Portsmouth Napoleonic Society
@pns1814.bsky.social
Although the P.N.S. is essentially a research group, we often travel to some of the more unusual corners of Belgium, France, Portugal and Spain traversing the fields of glory. We constantly endeavour to secure a window of education and understanding of the
Set up at #BattlesThroughHistory for a display of Le Haie Sainte and a few books on sale.
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Set up at #BattlesThroughHistory for a display of Le Haie Sainte and a few books on sale.
No prizes for guessing where I am today. #napoleonic #waterloo #cannon #royalarmouriesmuseum #fortnelson
August 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
No prizes for guessing where I am today. #napoleonic #waterloo #cannon #royalarmouriesmuseum #fortnelson
We will be at Battles Through History Show. South of England Showground, Ardingly West Sussex RH17 6TL, 4th & 5th October
#militaryshow #southofenglandshowground #miniaturewargaming #militarybooks #napoleonic #napoleonicwar #peninsularwars #napoleon #wellington #waterloo
#waterloo210
#militaryshow #southofenglandshowground #miniaturewargaming #militarybooks #napoleonic #napoleonicwar #peninsularwars #napoleon #wellington #waterloo
#waterloo210
June 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We will be at Battles Through History Show. South of England Showground, Ardingly West Sussex RH17 6TL, 4th & 5th October
#militaryshow #southofenglandshowground #miniaturewargaming #militarybooks #napoleonic #napoleonicwar #peninsularwars #napoleon #wellington #waterloo
#waterloo210
#militaryshow #southofenglandshowground #miniaturewargaming #militarybooks #napoleonic #napoleonicwar #peninsularwars #napoleon #wellington #waterloo
#waterloo210
210 years ago Wellington moves back on Mont St Jean Napoleon will eventually arrive at Le Caillou.
www.pns1814.co.uk/waterloo1.htm
www.pns1814.co.uk/waterloo1.htm
June 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
210 years ago Wellington moves back on Mont St Jean Napoleon will eventually arrive at Le Caillou.
www.pns1814.co.uk/waterloo1.htm
www.pns1814.co.uk/waterloo1.htm
210 years ago Napoleon was fighting the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were fighting at Quatre Bras www.pns1814.co.uk/Quatre%20Bra...
www.pns1814.co.uk/Ligny.htm
www.pns1814.co.uk/Ligny.htm
June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
210 years ago Napoleon was fighting the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were fighting at Quatre Bras www.pns1814.co.uk/Quatre%20Bra...
www.pns1814.co.uk/Ligny.htm
www.pns1814.co.uk/Ligny.htm
210 Years ago today The Duchess of Richmonds Ball Brussels 1815 #waterloo #brussels1815 www.pns1814.co.uk/Waterloo.htm
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
210 Years ago today The Duchess of Richmonds Ball Brussels 1815 #waterloo #brussels1815 www.pns1814.co.uk/Waterloo.htm
Today marks the 109th anniversary of the loss of E18. In the early hours of 2nd of June 1916 E18 hit a mine from a Mine Barrier off the Island of Dagerort. On the discovery of E18 it was found that the conning tower hatch was open so she was on the surface when she hit the mine.
June 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Today marks the 109th anniversary of the loss of E18. In the early hours of 2nd of June 1916 E18 hit a mine from a Mine Barrier off the Island of Dagerort. On the discovery of E18 it was found that the conning tower hatch was open so she was on the surface when she hit the mine.
109 years ago E18 spent the past 2 days patroling the area around Libau and Memel.Known to the British as Billet Number 2. My Great Grandfather W G Powell had been in the Baltic since Oct 1914 serving with Horton on E9. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
May 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
109 years ago E18 spent the past 2 days patroling the area around Libau and Memel.Known to the British as Billet Number 2. My Great Grandfather W G Powell had been in the Baltic since Oct 1914 serving with Horton on E9. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
109 years ago 29th May no reports. Pictured below is E9 in the Baltic with W G Powell at the helm before being transferred onto E18. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
May 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
109 years ago 29th May no reports. Pictured below is E9 in the Baltic with W G Powell at the helm before being transferred onto E18. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
109 years ago E18 had a good day today, at 4:42 PM, E18 torpedoed the German destroyer V100, blowing off her bow. Had it not been for the calm seas, it is likely she would have sunk from the damage. The attack occured East of Gotland off the coast of Latvia. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
May 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
109 years ago E18 had a good day today, at 4:42 PM, E18 torpedoed the German destroyer V100, blowing off her bow. Had it not been for the calm seas, it is likely she would have sunk from the damage. The attack occured East of Gotland off the coast of Latvia. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
109 years ago E18 left the port of Reval (Modern day Tallinn) on her last mission. The diary of Francis Goodhart, commander of E8, states that E1 and the Russian Bars departed at 1400 hrs, E8, E18 and the Russian Gerpard left port together at 1800 hrs on 25 May. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
May 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
109 years ago E18 left the port of Reval (Modern day Tallinn) on her last mission. The diary of Francis Goodhart, commander of E8, states that E1 and the Russian Bars departed at 1400 hrs, E8, E18 and the Russian Gerpard left port together at 1800 hrs on 25 May. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
Dos de Mayo our page with pictures of 200th anniversary: www.pns1814.co.uk/Madrid.htm
May 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Dos de Mayo our page with pictures of 200th anniversary: www.pns1814.co.uk/Madrid.htm
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Does preserving and protecting a key site from the Waterloo campaign sound important to you?
Then follow @heritage1815.bsky.social to stay up to date with their efforts to safeguard the future of Gemioncourt farm, a site of significant fighting during the Battle of Quatre Bras.
Then follow @heritage1815.bsky.social to stay up to date with their efforts to safeguard the future of Gemioncourt farm, a site of significant fighting during the Battle of Quatre Bras.
March 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Does preserving and protecting a key site from the Waterloo campaign sound important to you?
Then follow @heritage1815.bsky.social to stay up to date with their efforts to safeguard the future of Gemioncourt farm, a site of significant fighting during the Battle of Quatre Bras.
Then follow @heritage1815.bsky.social to stay up to date with their efforts to safeguard the future of Gemioncourt farm, a site of significant fighting during the Battle of Quatre Bras.
January 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Looking for a new place to visit this coming year - try Portchester castle in Hampshire and learn about the Caribbean revolutionaries held there as prisoners of war as well as about the Parisian prisoners who built a theatre on the ground floor of the keep
December 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Looking for a new place to visit this coming year - try Portchester castle in Hampshire and learn about the Caribbean revolutionaries held there as prisoners of war as well as about the Parisian prisoners who built a theatre on the ground floor of the keep
Happy Christmas from Pompey
December 24, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Happy Christmas from Pompey
Today, 216 years ago, the action at Sahagun. See our page: www.pns1814.co.uk/Sahagun.htm #peninsular #napoleonic #corruna #sirjohnmoore
December 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Today, 216 years ago, the action at Sahagun. See our page: www.pns1814.co.uk/Sahagun.htm #peninsular #napoleonic #corruna #sirjohnmoore
A selection of Napoleonic books we have on sale at ridiculous prices: #Napoleonic #waterloo #peninsularwar #napoleon #wellington
December 8, 2024 at 12:40 PM
A selection of Napoleonic books we have on sale at ridiculous prices: #Napoleonic #waterloo #peninsularwar #napoleon #wellington
December 8, 2024 at 9:13 AM
This Sunday, we will be here from 10:00am till 3:00pm selling books on the Napoleonic period at ridiculous prices. #napoleon #peninsularwar #waterloo #bonaparte #books
December 5, 2024 at 7:04 AM
This Sunday, we will be here from 10:00am till 3:00pm selling books on the Napoleonic period at ridiculous prices. #napoleon #peninsularwar #waterloo #bonaparte #books
Hello everyone, thank you to all those now following me. Like many of you, I suspect I am fed up with the type of posts in "The other place" and hope this turns out to be better.
November 14, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Hello everyone, thank you to all those now following me. Like many of you, I suspect I am fed up with the type of posts in "The other place" and hope this turns out to be better.