What new form of warfare did the French unleash on Europe? 1792 saw the start of the French light infantry. It took a few years but by 1812, there were 185 battalions of light infantry in service. Listen to today's episode to find out why they were such an important part of Napoleon’s armies

I did a thing! I’m very pleased with this mount that I made to hold the fabulous present I received for my birthday back in January.

I hope it does justice to the wonderful people who clubbed together to buy it for me.

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Heritage 1815: a committee of Napoleonic historians working to safeguard the future of sites from the Waterloo campaign.

Following news of the planned sale of Gemioncourt Farm & 8.5 hectares of land on the Quatre Bras battlefield, the committee has issued a statement 🧵1/

Was Bergen Op Zoom the British Army’s worst defeat of the Napoleonic Wars?

Andrew Bamford of Prime & Load Podcast joins us to explain how such a major defeat happened when the British army was meant to be at the height of its powers.

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Was Antwerp always a ‘Bridge too Far’ for the British? Was Bergen op Zoom Britain’s worst defeat of the Napoleonic Wars?

Join me, @zwhitehistory.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Bamford on @napwarspod.bsky.social where we talk about all this and more.

And yes the 2/44th played a part!

When you love playing with the drill of the British Army in the early 19th Century so much that you create your own blocks to do it.

Then decide that’s not realistically enough so continue and “recruit” a whole company! “Why are you the way that you are?” springs to mind again 😂

Members of F26 Bethnal Green’s, Green Watch received their King’s Coronation Medal today the Tower of London.

I feel very proud to serve our capital and even more so knowing that tomorrow I’ll have served our country for 22 years between @londonfire.bsky.social & @britisharmy.bsky.social

I can’t be sure of the dates as I didn’t make any notes back when the below pictures were taken.

I’m certain they must be from late ‘05 or early ‘06, almost 20 years ago. What a ride it’s been since!

All taken in the vicinity of Basra, Iraq, Op Telic 7 with D Sqn, SCOTS DG. I was 20 years old.

Good experience gained and great work done on a large multi agency exercise today. It’s always excellent to see London’s first responders working together to resolve what can be difficult and protracted incidents.

Crews from F26 Bethnal Green acquitted themselves admirably.

On this day in 1814 the Battle of Brienne was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Despite the Allies ceding the field to Napoleon, he could not prevent Russian and Prussian forces, commanded by Blucher later linking up with Schwarzenberg’s Austrians.

“Friends that play (in castles) together, stay together”. An excellent day was had on Friday adventuring in Windsor, a home of the British Royal family since the 12th Century, with the Emperor of Napoleonic Nerds himself, @zwhitehistory.bsky.social

January’s book haul so far with another on the way which I’m very excited about. Some are to help with my living history impression, some are for research for @napwarspod.bsky.social , but all are for fun! “We’re gonna need a bigger shelf!”

What an incredible 40th birthday it’s been. I am completely surprised at the kindness and generosity of the have best people in my world. I could never have imagined the history nerd journey of the last few years. You know who you are and I’ll be in touch properly very soon.

We’ve hit the incredible milestone of HALF A MILLION downloads on the Napoleonic Wars Podcast.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us on the passionate deep-dives into all aspects of the period, and especially to our phenomenal guests.

Be sure to follow us as aim for 1 million!

500,000

56 months.
270 episodes.
300 hours of content.

The @NapWarsPod has finally reached HALF A MILLION downloads.

Thank you so much to everyone who made this possible.

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New to Bluesky so here I am. Mostly to catch all the Napoleonic nerdery and inflict pictures of me doing living history on the world. There may also be the occasional fire engine.