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Pressure at Papelotte
The position of the outbuildings at Papelotte means that things get hot quite early, so with the French pushing hard things can get tricky. The key for the French is to effectively clear the skirmisher buildings then they are free to move onto the main assault. Sometimes its best to try and shoot the skirmishers
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Waterloo – continued advance
Over the next couple of turns the French continued to advance across the valley into the allied guns… The French continue to advance over turns 2 and 3 to the east of Hougoumont The French advance on La Haye Sainte The French Guard cavalry moving across the open ground to the west of Papelotte French
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The French Advance at Waterloo
“Todays fox”… Napoleons French are lined out and ready and are advancing across the board whilst Wellington sits on the ridge in front of them waiting the onslaught…
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Waterloo, initial deployments
OK so here are the basic initial deployment areas for the battle of Waterloo. The French are preparing to attack the British, who are positioned opposite them on the ridge the other side of the valley…
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The big day is nearly upon us…
Well tomorrow is the big day… the first weekend event at the NEW wargames holiday centre. We will be welcoming some old faces and some new ones to the centre to fight the battle of Waterloo.
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Dedication to our dear friend.
Mark opened today’s events with a dedication to the man whose vision and support has made this new Wargames Holiday Centre a possibility, Mike Ingham…
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Further memoirs
I received these photos just today, from a dear friend of Mikes, Paul Williamson. I just have to share them with you as they are a great reminder of the man and made me smile!
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A light goes out!
Sadly, on Friday the 4th February at approximately 10:45 Mike Ingham finally succumbed to a lengthy period of illness.
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The Phoenix has arisen!
Over the last twelve months there has been a plan to move the entire Wargames Holiday Centre, Lock stock and barrel down to Berkshire.
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Battle of Waterloo live, here on the 12th & 13th February 2011
Tune in and don’t miss a thing, we are going to be reporting live with this game, here on the website!
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Cavalry of the American Civil War
I’ve started cleaning up the ACW collection and while doing so was suitably impressed with the cavalry collection, so much so I wanted to share them with you.
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The Age of Marlborough.
Starting in 1700 this war came about due to the the expansionism of Louis XIV of France and a desire of Austria
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