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The First Battle of Manassas, 1861, Louisiana Infantry (Wheat's Tigers)   The battalion called the Louisiana Tigers was the creation of Roberdeau Chatham Wheat, and was to become one of the most …

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The Battle of Gingindhlovu was fought on 2nd April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the siege at Eshowe, and a Zulu impi of king Cetshwayo. The British soldier would refer to it as t …

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The Roman army of the mid-Republic (also known as the manipular Roman army or the "Polybian army"), refers to the armed forces deployed by the mid-Roman Republic, from the end …

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Roger’s Rangers was a company of soldiers form the Province of New Hampshireraised by Major Robert Rogers and attached to the British Amry during the Seven Year’s War (French and Ind …

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In ancient Greece the Prodromoi were skirmisher light cavalry. The translation can best be represented by “runners-before”, or “runners ahead”. This implies that these cav …

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The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father. It took place during the War of The Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British A …

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Between the 15th and 13th centuries BC, the Hittites were one of the dominant powers of the near east, and clashed with the other main three powers, Egypt, the middle Assyrians and the empire of Mitan …

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The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father. It took place during the War of The Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British A …

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The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father.It took place during the War of The Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Ar …

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The Samnites and their relatives in central and south Italy are known as Oscans, from the name of their language.The Samnites were the largest and most important Oscan nation, and was made up of a lea …

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The Battle of Gingindhlovu was fought on 2nd April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the siege at Eshowe, and a Zulu impi of king Cetshwayo.The British soldier would refer to it as th …

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Naval Brigade landing parties were a feature of Victorian campaigns and the Zulu War was no exception.In the aftermath of Isandlwana HMS Shah was diverted from a homeward journey and landed most of …

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