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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

GERMAN ARMOUR
The Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf B. Tiger II, commonly referred to as the King Tiger, was the successor to
the legendary Tiger I heavy tank. It was designed to be even more heavily armed and armored than its
iconic predecessor.  Like the Panther tank, it incorporated design improvements gleaned from combat
experience on the Eastern Front.  The King Tiger was armed with the finest tank gun of WW2, the
dreaded long barreled 8.8 cm KwK. L/71. Coupled with excellent sighting optics, this cannon was capable
of destroying any Allied tank with ease, while it's well sloped armor provided excellent protection. In fact,
German armaments officials during the war stated the King Tiger's front profile was impervious to all
Allied weapons and there is no evidence that the King Tiger's 150mm thick glacis plate was ever
penetrated in combat. To defeat the King Tiger, Allied tanks would have to outflank it in order to take
shots at its weaker side and rear armor. In the hands of a skilled crew, the King Tiger was a fearsome
opponent.
 
This massive armament and extremely thick armor came at the price of weight, and at almost 70 tons the
King Tiger was the heaviest production tank of World War Two. Due to engine technology limitations of
the time, the King Tiger was underpowered, since it used the same 750 horsepower Maybach HL 230
engine found on the much lighter Tiger I and Panther tanks. Additionally, the massive weight of the King
Tiger put enormous strain on engines, gears and drivetrains and led to early malfunctions and teething
problems. Often, these issues were exasperated by inexperienced drivers (with only days or a few weeks
of training) who did not adhere to engine limitations. Contrary to popular belief, though, the King Tiger
was no lumbering behemoth. Once combat experience was gained, mechanical improvements were
implemented and by the end of the war the operational availability rate of King Tigers was on par with the
Panzer IV and actually better than the Panther. Furthermore, post-war testing showed the King Tiger
displayed similar maneuverability to the Panther and Panzer IV and was actually more maneuverable
than many Allied tanks.  
 
Ultimately, too few King Tigers were produced to affect the outcome of the war, but the King Tiger
remains one of the most deadly tanks of World War Two.

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GA-50
THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
GERMAN ARMOUR,
PANZERKAMPFWAGEN VI AUSF B. TIGER II,
FACTORY “AMBUSH” CAMO
KING TIGER, LATE 1944.
(23 pcs)

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Weight 1620g

Late in 1944 through the end of the war, German panzers were routinely rushed from the factory
assembly centers directly to the front lines, often without time for the Panzer troops to apply turret
numbers or other markings. This King Tiger is meant to represent one such vehicle. It features a
historically accurate "soft edge" tri-camo pattern with the iconic camo dots that became widely known as
"Ambush" or "Licht und Schatten" (Light and Shade) camo. The only other markings are Balkenkreuz
(Baltic Cross) applied to each turret side at the factory.  Historic pictures abound of King Tigers with
nothing but ambush camo and turret Balkenkreuz on both the Western and Eastern Fronts.

Consequently, this ambush camo King Tiger is extremely flexible for collectors. While the inspiration for
this model was a Kampfgruppe Peiper tank that fought with King Tiger #213 during the Battle of the
Bulge, the model is just as accurate depicting a King Tiger from numerous other units. Some examples
include the famous schwere Panzerabteilung 503 "Feldherrnhalle" fighting in Hungary or schwere SS
Panzerabteilung 503 fighting in Berlin during the final desperate battle against the Russians.
Furthermore, most 1/35 scale King Tiger decals are compatible with this model if collectors want to depict
their favorite specific unit.

This JJDESIGNS King Tiger comes with the following features:

- all hatches are fully operable and both open and close
- fully detailed turret interior and driver's crew compartment
- fully detailed and opening engine compartment
- removable side mudguards that can be individually attached to allow maximum display possibilities
- removable track links to attach to the side of the turret
- adjustable cupola mounted anti-aircraft machine-gun with historically correct armor sleeved MG-34

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THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA

SPANISH CONQUISTADORS
From the moment of Christopher Columbus' discovery of lands previously unknown to Europe in
1492, the New World captured the imagination of European adventurers. Thousands of men came
to the New World to seek fortune, glory, and land. For two centuries, these men explored the New
World, conquering any native people they came across in the name of the King of Spain (and the
hope of gold). They came to be known as the Conquistadors.

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THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA,
SPANISH CONQUISTADORS,
ARQUEBUS AND CROSSBOW.
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The Spanish army of the sixteenth century had been forged through the Reconquista of the Iberian
peninsula by Ferdinand and Isabel who succeeded in overthrowing Granada in 1492, the last European
Islamic state. This was mainly achieved by arming the citizenry and forming militias, something which was
unthinkable in neighboring countries like France, where the elite class assured its survival by restricting
the right to bear arms and armour.
The Spanish armies were therefore feared throughout Europe. Their pikemen and halberdiers thought
nothing of dragging the flower of European nobility from their horses, allowing gunners to run their
matchlocks up into their armour and literally blasting the helpless knights to pieces. By 1500 the Spanish
citizen soldier had become the most efficient killer Europe had seen since the Roman legionaries.

In European battles since 1500, the Spanish armies adopted to fight in coordinated units of equal
numbers of gunners/crossbow, pikemen and swordsmen.
First the Spanish gunners and crossbowmen shot massed volleys into the enemy pike phalanx, whilst the
Spanish pikemen supplied a “hedgehog” defence. The gaps resulting from the concentrated fire, was then
exploited by the heavily armoured swordsmen who dashed forward in packs to hack at the helpless
pikemen, whose pikes were basically useless in such close quarter combat.
The combination was unbeatable, and would serve the Spaniards equally as well against the echelons of
Aztec troops.

The primary weapons of the Conquistadors included swords, crossbows, matchlocks and to a lesser
extent pike. The crossbow was important, as it was easy to manufacture and more reliable than the
matchlocks especially in the humid tropics of Mexico and central America.

The Pike was extremely important to the Spanish armies. Even though the Aztecs possessed no cavalry,
the Aztec armies tended to fight in large dense formations of light infantry and the primary danger for the
Conquistador was being surprised and over run before they could bring their superior combinations of
weapons to bear on their Aztec opponents. Pikes were therefore used to keep the massed ranks of the
enemy at a distance, whilst the guns and crossbows inflicted their terrible damage. Swordsmen could
then deal with any enemy that broke through.

THE AGE OF ARTHUR

ANGLO SAXON/DANISH SHIELDWALL

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The death of King Edward the Confessor of England in January 1066 had triggered a succession struggle
in which a variety of contenders from across north-western Europe fought for the English throne. These
claimants included the King of Norway, Harald Hardrada.

The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in
England on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an
invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson.
After a bloody battle, both Hardrada and Tostig along with most of the Norwegians were killed. The battle
has traditionally been presented as symbolising the end of the Viking Age, 

Harold's victory over the invading Viking army was short-lived. Three days after the battle at Stamford
Bridge, on 28 September, a second invasion army led by William, Duke of Normandy, landed in Pevensey
Bay, Sussex, on the south coast of England. Harold had to immediately turn his troops around and force-
march them southwards to intercept the Norman army. Less than three weeks after Stamford Bridge, on
14 October 1066, the English army was decisively defeated and King Harold II fell in action at the Battle
of Hastings, beginning the Norman conquest of England
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR,
ANGLO SAXON/ DANES.
FYRDMAN.
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR,
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR,
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR,
ANGLO SAXON/ DANES.
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR,
ANGLO SAXON/ DANES.
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR,
ANGLO SAXON/ DANES.
FYRDMEN.
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR,
ANGLO SAXON/ DANES.
FYRDMEN.
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THE ALMORAVIDS

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The Almoravids, also known as the Murabits, were a fundamentalist Islamic movement of the 11 th and 12th
Centuries. Founded by Ibn Yasin, in southern Morocco, they combined devotion to Islam with a fierce
military tradition, and a desire to conquer. In 1070, the Almoravids established their capital city at
Marrakesh, which at the time, was little more than a mosque in the desert surrounded by the tents of the
faithful.

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THE CRUSADES,
EL CID AND THE RECONQUISTA,
THE ALMORAVIDS,
ALMORAVID ARCHERS.
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THE CRUSADES,
EL CID AND THE RECONQUISTA,
THE ALMORAVIDS,
ALMORAVID ARCHERS.
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THE WARS OF THE ROSES 1455-1487

The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England. They were fought
between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, the houses of Lancaster and
York. They were fought in several sporadic episodes between 1455 and 1487, although there was related
fighting before and after this period. The conflict resulted from social and financial troubles that followed
the Hundred Years' War, combined with the mental infirmity and weak rule of Henry VI, which revived
interest in the alternative claim to the throne of Richard, Duke of York.
The final victory went to a claimant of the Lancastrian party, Henry Tudor, who defeated the last Yorkist
king, Richard III, at the Battle of Bosworth Field. After assuming the throne as Henry VII, Henry Tudor
married Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter and heiress of Edward IV, thereby uniting the two claims.
The House of Tudor ruled England and Wales until 1603.

THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD 1485

The Battle of Bosworth (or Bosworth Field) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the
civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that raged across England in the latter half of the
15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader Henry
Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty. His
opponent, Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle. Historians consider
Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, making it a defining moment of English and
Welsh history.

LIVERIES AND BADGES

By the time of the Wars Of The Roses, badges were of considerable importance. These along with the
Livery Colours were closely associated with what was then known as Livery and Retaining (Bastard
Feudalism).
The badges were rarely worn by their owners, for they were marks of ownership. They were, however,
worn by his servants, house-hold men, retainers, and probably temporarily by the adherents to his cause.
So great and extensive was the use of these badges, that they were far more generally employed than
the coat of arms. For where a man’s badge would be common knowledge and bear some repute
throughout the kingdom, few people would know what his coat of arms looked like.

HERALDIC BANNERS, BANNERS AND STANDARDS

There were 3 main types of flags used during the Wars of The Roses.
The largest was known as the Heraldic Banner, and was used solely for displaying the coats of arms. This
was normally square and made with stiffened buckram with a batton along the top. Therefore it was
always on the fly, so the standard bearer did not have to wave the banner about, which gave him a spare
hand in which he could brandish a weapon, so he would be able to defend himself and the banner.

The Banner was a smaller version of the Heraldic Banner, and usually only carried one large badge or
device. The field was often in the colour of the livery, but this was not a rule.

The third type was known as a standard, and was a long swallow tailed style.

In an effort to destroy Henry Tudor, Richard decided to leave his position on Ambion Hill, leading his
household retainers down the slope, thundering towards Henry’s men with levelled lances.
A few of the key personalities involved in King Richard’s heroic last charge will be available in the
summer.
King Richard III and his standard bearer, Sir Percival Thirlwall, charge towards Henry Tudor and his
standard bearer William Brandon.
Richard had seen Henry separated from his main force during the battle, and decided to end the fight
quickly by killing the enemy commander. He led the charge of mounted knights into Henry’s small group
of men.
Oxford had left a small reserve of pike equipped mercenaries with Henry, which proved critical in slowing
down the pace of the charging knights.
Although the initial charge had seen Richard kill Sir William Brandon, Henry’s Standard bearer, the
remainder of Henry’s bodyguards and mercenary pikemen succeeded in delaying the Yorkist attack.
Seeing Richard embroiled with Henry’s men, and separated from his main force, William Stanley made a
decision to ride to the aid of Henry.
Now outnumbered, the Yorkist group was surrounded and gradually driven back, where “King Richard,
alone, was killed fighting manfully in the thickest press of his enemies”.

King Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in
1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the
last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the
Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.

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THE WARS OF THE ROSES 1455-1487,
THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD 1485,
SIR THOMAS HOWARD OF ASHWELLTHORPE,
EARL OF SURREY,
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Thomas Howard was an English nobleman, soldier and statesman who served four monarchs. He was
the eldest son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife Catharina de Moleyns. The Duke was
the grandfather of both Queen Catherine Howard and the great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1513 he led the English to victory over the Scots at the decisive Battle of Flodden, for which he was
richly rewarded by King Henry VIII, who was away in France at the time.

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THE WARS OF THE ROSES 1455-1487,
THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD 1485,
THE RETINUE OF SIR THOMAS HOWARD OF ASHWELLTHORPE,
EARL OF SURREY,
STANDARD BEARER
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THE ANCIENTS COLLECTION

ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME
REPUBLICAN ROMANS
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC
By the first decades of the 1st century, the COHORT had replaced the maniple as the standard tactical
unit of the legions.
The three lines of the manipular legion were combined to form the cohort, which generally numbered
about 480 to 500 men. Maniples and centuries continued to be used as military and administrative
subdivisions for the cohort.
There were six centuries in a cohort, which were now all 80-men strong. 
Each Centuria was commanded by a Centurion, and also included an Optio, a Signifer and a Cornicen.

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
CORNICEN.
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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE ROMAN ARMY OF THE MID REPUBLIC,
CORNICEN.
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THE CARTHAGINIANS
Ancient Carthage was a Phoenician state founded in 814BC. The Carthaginian Empire was to extend
over much of the coast of Northwest Africa as well as substantial parts of coastal Iberia and the islands of
the western Mediterranean sea.
At its height, the city state served as a major hub of trade, which brought it into conflict with the Greeks in
Sicily, and with the Roman Republic, which led to a series of conflicts known as the Punic Wars.

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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE CARTHAGINIANS,
CARTHAGINIAN SCORPION AND CREW.
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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE CARTHAGINIANS,
CARTHAGINIAN INFANTRY.
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ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME,
THE CARTHAGINIANS,
CARTHAGINIAN INFANTRY.
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THE FUR TRADE

MOUNTAIN MEN – THE RENDEZVOUS

A mountain man was an explorer who lived in the wilderness. They were instrumental in opening up the
various Emigrant Trails (widened into wagon roads) allowing Americans in the east to settle the new
territories of the far west by organized wagon trains traveling over roads explored and in many cases,
physically improved by the mountain men and the big fur companies originally to serve the mule
train based inland fur trade.

Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to
the 1880s (with a peak population in the early 1840s). Approximately 3,000 mountain men ranged the
mountains between 1820 and 1840, the peak beaver-harvesting period. While there were many free
trappers, most mountain men were employed by major fur companies. The life of a company man was
almost militarized. The men had mess groups, hunted and trapped in brigades and always reported to the
head of the trapping party.
This man was called a "boosway", a bastardization of the French term bourgeois. He was the leader of
the brigade and the head trader.

The Mountain men represents the “Beaver Pelts” of the original WSP title, and is the smallest part of the
series, as it mainly concentrates on the individual men and personalities that worked alone or in pairs in
the mountain wilderness.

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THE FUR TRADE,
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS,
JOSEPH “HE COULDN’T HIT A BARN DOOR FROM THERE” ADAMS
AND BROTHER JACK.
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THE BLACKFOOT

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The Niitsiapi, also known as the Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians, were found in the Great Plains of Montana
and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Only one of the Niitsitapi tribes were called Blackfoot, or Siksika.
The name is said to have come from the colour of the peoples’ moccasins.
It is believed that the leather used to make the moccasins came from the soot-stained leather at the top of
the wigwam.

Others believe they had dyed or painted the soles of their moccasins black.

One legendary story claimed that the Siksika walked through ashes of prairie fires, which in turn colored
the bottoms of their moccasins black.

Historically, the member peoples of the Blackfoot Confederacy were nomadic bison hunters and trout
fishermen, who ranged across large areas of the northern Great Plains of western north America. They
followed the bison herds as they migrated between what are now the United States and Canada, as far
north as the Bow River.
In the first half of the eighteenth century, they acquired horses and firearms from white traders and their
Cree and Assiniboine go-betweens. The Blackfoot used these to expand their territory at the expense of
neighbouring tribes.

They eventually became a formidable example of the classic Plains Indian culture. They were a powerful
force, controlling an area that extended from current day Edmonton, Alberta Province, nearly to
Yellowstone Park, and from Glacier Park to the Black Hills of South Dakota.
The Badger-Two Medicine Area is a significant sacred site for the tribe.

Up until around 1730, the Blackfoot traveled by foot and used dogs to carry and pull goods. They had not
seen horses, but were introduced to them on the Plains as other tribes, such as the Shoshone, had
already adopted their use.
The Blackfoot called the horses Ponokamita (elk dogs). The horses could carry much more weight than
dogs and moved at greater speed, and they could be ridden for hunting and travel.

Horses revolutionized life on the Great Plains and soon became to be regarded as a measure of wealth.
Warriors regularly raided other tribes for their best horses, and were generally used as universal
standards of barter.
Medicine men were paid for cures and healing with horses, and those who designed shields and war
bonnets were also paid in horses.
The individual’s prestige and status was judged by the number of horses that he could give away.

Blackfoot war parties would ride hundreds of miles on raids.

A boy on his first war party was given a derogatory name, but after he had stolen his first horse or killed
an enemy, he was given a name to honour him.
Warriors would strive to perform various acts of bravery called “counting coup”, in order to move up in
social rank.
The coups in order of importance were;
Taking a gun from a living enemy, and or touching him directly, capturing lances, and bows, scalping an
enemy, killing an enemy, freeing a tied horse from in front of an enemy lodge, leading a war party,
scouting for a war party, stealing headdresses, shields, pipes (sacred ceremonial pipes) and driving a
herd of stolen horses back to camp.

In subsequent years, mountain men trapping in Blackfoot country generally encountered hostility.
When John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, returned to Blackfoot country, he barely
escaped with his life!
In 1809, Colter and his companion were trapping on the Jefferson River, by canoe when they were
surrounded by Blackfoot warriors. Colter’s companion John Potts, did not surrender and was killed. Colter
was stripped of his clothes and forced to run for his life, after being given a head start (which famously
became known in the annals of the West as Colter’s Run). He eventually escaped by reaching a river five
miles away and diving under either an island of driftwood or a beaver dam, where he remained concealed
until nightfall.
He then trekked another 300 miles to a fort.

Like many other Great Plains Indian nation, the Niitsitapi often had hostile relationships with white
settlers. Despite the hostilities, the Blackfoot stayed largely out of the Great Plains Indian Wars, neither
fighting against nor scouting for the United States army.
When the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho were fighting the United States army, they sent runners into
Blackfoot territory, urging them to join the fight.
Crowfoot, one of the most influential Blackfoot chiefs, dismissed the messengers and threatened to ally
with the NWMP to fight them if they came north into Blackfoot country.
News of Crowfoot’s loyalty reached Ottawa and from there to London. Queen Victoria praised Crowfoot
and the Blackfoot for their loyalty.
The Blackfoot also chose to stay out of the Northwest Rebellion. News of the continued neutrality
reached Ottawa, where Lord Lansdowne the governor general, expressed his thanks to Crowfoot
again on behalf of the Queen back in London.

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WSP-31
THE FUR TRADE,
THE BLACKFOOT,
BLACKFOOT WARRIOR.
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COLLECTION

DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY, 1777.

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The Battle of Oriskany on August 6, 1777 was one of the bloodiest battles in the American Revolutionary
War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign. A party of Loyalists and several Indian
allies ambushed an American military party that was trying to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix. This was
one of the few battles in which almost all of the participants were Americans; Patriots and
allied Oneidas fought against Loyalists and allied Iroquois in the absence of British regular soldiers.
The Patriot relief force came from the Mohawk Valley under General Nicholas Herkimer and numbered
around 800 men of the Tryon County militia plus a party of Oneida warriors. British commander Barry St.
Leger authorized an intercepting force consisting of a Hanau Jäger (light infantry) detachment, Sir John
Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York, Indian allies from the Six Nations,
particularly Mohawks and Senecas and other tribes to the north and west, and Indian Department
Rangers, totaling at least 450 men.
The Loyalist and Indian force ambushed Herkimer's force in a small valley about six miles (10 km) east of
Fort Stanwix, near the village of Oriskany, New York. Herkimer was mortally wounded, and the battle cost
the Patriots approximately 450 casualties, while the Loyalists and Indians lost approximately 150 dead
and wounded. The result of the battle remains ambiguous. The apparent Loyalist victory was significantly
affected by a sortie from Fort Stanwix in which the Loyalist camps were sacked, damaging morale among
the allied Indians.
The battle also marked the beginning of a war among the Iroquois, as Oneida warriors under Colonel
Louis and Han Yerry allied with the American cause. Most of the other Iroquois tribes allied with the
British, especially the Mohawks and Senecas.

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DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK,
THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY, August 6th 1777,
2 MILITIA CASUALTIES.
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In July and August 1775 Herkimer headed the Tryon County Committee of Safety, and became colonel of
the district militia. After the split in which Loyalist militia members from the area withdrew to Canada, he
was commissioned a brigadier general in the Tryon County militia by the Provincial Congress on
September 5, 1776. In June 1776, he led 380 men of the Tryon County militia to confront Joseph
Brant (Mohawk) at Unadilla, New York. Herkimer asked the Mohawk and five other Iroquois nations to
remain neutral, while Brant said the Indians owed their loyalty to the King.
When Herkimer learned of the siege of Fort Stanwix to the west in late July 1777, he ordered the Tryon
County militia to assemble at Fort Dayton. He marched them out to Fort Stanwix, about 28 miles to the
west. His force marching in column was ambushed on August 6 by a mixed force of British
regulars, Tory militia, and Mohawk in the Battle of Oriskany. Herkimer's horse was shot, and he was
seriously wounded in the leg. In spite of his injuries, he sat propped up against a tree, lit his pipe, and
directed his men in the battle, rallying them to avoid two panicked retreats. When they withdrew, they
carried him home.
The brigade surgeon, William Petrie, dressed Herkimer's wound in the field and placed him on a litter.
The wound quickly became infected, but the decision to amputate the leg was delayed for about ten days
after the battle. The operation was performed by an inexperienced surgeon, Robert Johnson, because
Petrie had also been wounded in the battle and was not available. The operation went poorly, the wound
bled profusely, and Herkimer died of the injury on August 16, at around the age of 49.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN, 1861
THE UNION ARMY
THE 14th REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE MILITIA 1861-1864
The 14th Regiment New York State Militia, which was also called the 14 th Brooklyn Chasseurs, was a
volunteer militia regiment from the city of Brooklyn, New York.
During the civil war the men of the 14th Brooklyn became well known by both armies and throughout the
country for their hard drill, hard fighting, and constant refusal to stand down from a fight.
There were two things the men of the Fourteenth jealously guarded. Their regimental numeral, and their
red trousers.

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At their time of their muster into Federal service, the men were promised by no less a figure then General
Irvin McDowell, that they could use the number “14”. Officially, however the regiment bore the number
“84” on the roster of New York volunteer regiments, and there was in fact another regiment called the 14 th
New York Volunteers.
This situation always annoyed the officers and men of the Fourteenth, and throughout the unit’s civil war
career, use of the number “84” was scrupulously avoided. All correspondence, payrolls, and reports were
headed “14th New York State Militia”, while the regiment commonly referred to itself, and was commonly
known throughout the army, as the “14th Brooklyn”.

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The Chasseur uniform was adopted in 1860, and the regiment first paraded in it on 18 th April 1861. These
uniforms had been furnished by the city of Brooklyn. From this date until its men were mustered out in
1864, the Chasseur uniform was worn on virtually all occasions except fatigue.

They received their nickname, the “Red legged Devils”, during the First Battle of Bull Run.
Referring to the regiment’s colourful red trousers, as the regiment repeatedly charged up Henry House
Hill, Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson yelled to his men, “Hold on Boys! Here come
those red legged devils again!”

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After the Battle of First Bull Run, there was a short period when it seemed that the Fourteenth would be
obliged to go into the regulation blue uniform.According to its Colonel,

“… the red pants being worn out…. The army blue had to be substituted until others could be supplied by
contract and, although the blue looked neat and comfortable, the men were not pleased with them as they
would not be found dead without red pants on. The government soon supplied the distinctive uniform of
the regiment and continued to furnish it during its term of service.”

WELLINGTON IN INDIA
THE BATTLE OF ASSAYE 1803
19th REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS

The 19th Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army created in 1781 for service in British
India. The regiment served in India until 1806, and in North America during the War of 1812. It was
disbanded in Britain in 1821.

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The regiment was raised by Colonel Sir John Burgoyne (a cousin of General John Burgoyne) as the 23 rd
Regiment of Light Dragoons on 24th September 1781 for service in India.
There had been no European cavalry to that date in India, and successive commanders there had called
upon the regular British Army to supply a cavalry unit.
The regiment arrived at Fort St. George, Madras in 1782 and became the first British cavalry regiment to
serve in India. In 1786 the regiment was renumbered as the 19 th Regiment of Light Dragoons

The 19th played a major role in the Anglo-Mysore Wars, and Anglo-Maratha Wars.
Their first campaign was against Tipu Sultan of Mysore from 1790 to 1792. After defeating Tipu the 19 th
were on garrison duty until 1799 when war broke out with Tipu again.
This time the Sultan was killed during the Siege of Seringapatam in May 1799.

In 1800, the 19th fought Dhondia Wagh’s rebel army and in 1803, led by Major-General Arthur Wellesley
they participated in the Battle of Assaye in September 1803. In this battle, the outnumbered British troops
defeated a Maratha army and the regiment was subsequently awarded the battle honour of “Assaye” and
presented with an honorary colour.

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THE BATTLE OF ASSAYE 1803,
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During the Battle of Assaye a formation of Maratha cavalry charged the 74 th Highland Regiment in the
flank, and began capturing some of the British guns.
In response, Lt. Colonel Maxwell advanced with his cavalry brigade, which consisted of three regiments of
Native Cavalry and the 19th Light Dragoons, and charged the enemy’s left driving the Maratha cavalry into
the river Juah, and from the field of battle.

The Maratha army was so large that the British rear was still threatened, so Maxwell’s cavalry returned to
the rear, and ended the day with another charge against the Maratha infantry, even though the men and
horses were exhausted.
In the initial pursuit of the Maratha cavalry Lt. Colonel Maxwell was killed.

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THE TROJAN WAR

THE GREEKS
Traditionally, the Trojan War arose from a sequence of events beginning with a quarrel between the
goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Eris the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding of
Peleus and Thetis, and so arrived bearing a gift. A golden apple, inscribed “for the fairest”.
Each of the goddesses claimed to be the “fairest”, and the rightful owner of the apple. They submitted the
judgement to a shepherd they encountered tending his flock. Each of the goddesses promised the young
man a boon in return for his favour. Power, wisdom, or love. The youth, in fact Paris, a Trojan prince who
had been raised in the countryside, chose love, and awarded the apple to Aphrodite.
As his reward, Aphrodite caused Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and the most beautiful of all women, to fall
in love with Paris.
The judgement of Paris earned him the ire of both Hera and Athena, and when Helen left her husband,
Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece
to wage war upon Troy.

Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon King of Mycenae, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and
besieged the city for ten years because of Paris’ insult. After the death of many heroes, including the
Achaeans, Achilles, Ajax and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse.
The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans, except for some of the women and children whom they kept or
sold as slaves. They desecrated the temples, thus earning the wrath of the gods.
Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes, and many founded colonies in distant shores.
The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, Aphrodite’s son and one of the Trojans, who was said to
have led the surviving Trojans to modern day Italy.
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Odysseus was alegendary Greek King of Ithaca, and the hero of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey. He
also plays key roles in Homer’s Iliad and other works in the same epic cycle.
The son of Laertes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, and the father of Telemachus and Acusilaus.
Odysseus is renowned for his intellectual brilliance, guile and versatility, and is therefore known by the
epithet Odysseus the Cunning.
He is most famous for his “homecoming”, which took him ten eventful years after the decade long Trojan
War.

TROY AND HER ALLIES

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