Rifles in the Peninsular (1 Viewer)

[farmertony]

Thanks Tony. If I spot one I'll let you know, of course it's up to you how many horses you have pull a wagon, so when short of space cut down to two or four horses !

Yes they are all great books, I might introduce Rifle the dog into these little adventures for a while, which you may remember from Costello's book. Though unfortunately for him I do have some Brunswickers as well !
It's been a long time since I read it, but in fiction there is a book on the Rifles called "Death to the French" by C S Forester the guy who wrote the Hornblower books and The Gun which got turned into the film "The Pride and the Passion" !

Steve

Yes,I read both of these as a teenager,along with all the Hornblower books(too many years ago now).Bernard Cornwell(of "Sharpe" fame) was a fan of C S Forrester and he must have read "Death to the French" because its central character,Rifleman Matthew Dodd,who becomes separated from his unit during the retreat to the lines of Torres Vedras and has a series of adventures with the Portuguese partisans,reappears in"Sharpe's Escape" where he is pictured as one of Sharpe's men who becomes separated during the battle of Bussaco.Keep this thread going,I am looking forward to the next installment.

 

[Horus]

Thanks Tony.
I think I may well be looking at certain online stores and re-reading it now that you've reminded me of the storyline !
Thanks for everyone's likes !
Steve

 

[Horus]

The stories begin as the fire flickers over then men's faces, a veteran harks back to the retreat to Corunna, when Thomas Plunkett shot and killed French Cavalry Brigade General Auguste Colbert at what was considered a long range for even for a Baker rifle. Which was sufficient to make the French call off their impending attack.

Figures WB with "General Colbert" AKA General Caulaincourt by Del Prado.
Pictures of Thomas Plunkett in his famous act usually have him in this Supine position.
Steve

 

[mestell]

Your diorama is a very nice interpretation of the painting. Its great when the efforts in making a diorama come together so well . . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[Horus]

To continue...

One of the men speaks of his time as an officers servant and how they found themselves at Zaragoza as he was liaising with the Junta during a siege and how when the defenders were suffering from low morale with some of the city in the hands of the French and where after weeks of bitter hand to hand, close quarter fighting in the streets and houses, the French prepared to make a big push to take the rest of the city by storm and how on one street where there were just a handful of troops and armed citizens and a single cannon where the crew had all been killed or mortally wounded the girlfriend of one of these gunners stepped forward at the pivotal moment and fired the Cannon breaking the assault with a blast of canister.

For Agustina of Aragon actions at Zaragoza, she was now a National Heroine of the people of Spain.

Figures, Kronprinz, Wb, JJD FL.

Steve

 

[arditi]

Wonderful story! That is what is intended with these figures.

 

[Horus]

Wonderful story! That is what is intended with these figures.

Thanks Arditi and cheers to all those who have liked the thread !

Steve