The BCMH and the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras (FLTV) are hosting a one day Conference on the Lines at the Cavalry & Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London.   Registration 9.30am Conference 10am to 5pm Confirmed speakers so far: • Professor Charles Esdaile • Col

An article by Dick Tennant about a fundamental aspect of logistics from ancient times and still very relevant in the Napoleonic period – and beyond…. Wellington’s Mules     Picture credit http://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/1705-two-centuries-of-smuggl

The BCMH and the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras (FLTV) are hosting a one day Conference on the Lines at the Cavalry & Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London. Announcement at FLTV website Furrther details and booking to be announced shortly.

This post relates to an ongoing project to recapture the military music of the Napoleonic Wars by Dick Tennant and others. Bate Military Music Ensemble   Napoleonic Military Music Music of Wellington’s Regiments CD Review Music of the Allies by Philip Haythornthwaite   Bate Ense

British Journal for Military History Vol. 1, No. 3 (2015) Articles Huw J. Davies, ‘‘Moving forward in the old style’: Revisiting Wellington’s Greatest Battles from Assaye to Waterloo’ Waterloo, as Wellington’s final battle, and his only encounter with Napoleon, has b