Thursday, 8 September 2022

September 8 1760 Capitulation of Montreal.

 

French troops burn their colours rather than surrender them. Figure from the Heinz Centre Clash of Empires exhibition by Time Machine. 

Saturday, 20 August 2022

Le Lys sous L'erable

 This French group are excellent. Here is their Facebook page. They recently did an event at Saint-Malo in a fort that is accessible on foot only at low tide. More on their page. 



Thursday, 11 August 2022

Thursday, 4 August 2022

Naked In The Sun (1957)

  An unfortunate title but the excellent Florida Seminole History page recommend it.

During the 1830s white settlers are moving into what is now Florida. An unscrupulous slave trader captures the wife of Indian Chief Osceola, setting off a war between the Seminole tribe and the U.S Army.

Across the Ocean, Into Battle: German Soldiers, Families, and Communities in the American Revolution

  Historian Friederike Baer focuses our attention on the varied experiences of the German auxiliaries in the American Revolution. Between 17...