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In Development / Re: War of the Year of the Yang Earth Dragon- A Boshin War Mod!

« on: November 21, 2013, 12:44:59 pm »

'War of the Year of the Yang Earth Dragon' is indeed an accurate translation of '戊辰戦争', but it's an absolutely terrible name for a mod.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Napoleonic short story?

« on: November 21, 2013, 11:34:25 am »

Conrad dabbled in the subject.

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Iron Europe / Re: [NW][M]Iron Europe - WWI Mod (New French Uniform Preview)

« on: November 21, 2013, 03:28:45 am »

I demand Great Britain and her Colonial troops such as the Canadian Corps and the ANZACs

I don't think you know what 'colonial' means.

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War of 1812 / Re: [NW][M]The War of 1812 (UNIT ROSTER pg1 * MOD IN PROGRESS*)

« on: November 20, 2013, 02:40:04 am »

There they only show the centre company officer, and assume we will know how the others dressed based on him.

Flank company officers always wore wings, and since I wanted to portray a Grenadier, I used mere instinct.

Not necessarily. Flank company officers very frequently wore epaulettes instead of wings. Officers of light regiments often did the same.

It may be worth nothing that the 41st re-enactment group has their grenadier officers in epaulettes. I don't know if they have any evidence that corroborates this or not, but it be odd for them to just assume their flank officers should wear epaulettes.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Reenactment Discussion

« on: November 15, 2013, 04:55:56 am »

You going to leave it like that or gussy it up like Knoetel shows it?

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In Development / Re: [NW][M] Liberty or Death - A War of Independence Modification (Update #2)

« on: November 15, 2013, 04:46:27 am »

-The Marines were not royal unit 1804(if you are a royal unit you have blue facing the marines didn't have blue facings till after 1804)

In the interest of nit-picking even further, I have to point out that the Marines were granted the 'Royal' title on 29 April, 1802. The order to adopt blue facings came through on 6 May, though it stated the new uniforms weren't to be adopted until 4 June to celebrate the King's birthday.

Another thing is that they're called the "1st Battalion" here, but British marine divisions simply had companies which weren't organised into battalions. No ship was allocated more than a company (they were allowed one marine per gun, plus an officer staff) so a battalion served no purpose. Sometimes temporary battalions were formed when several companies were serving on land together, but it wasn't a permanent establishment. There were three semi-permanent battalions formed in the Napoleonic era that wound up serving in the War of 1812, but they were quickly disbanded. In short, there may have been Marine battalions (there were two at Bunker Hill), but they was no "1st Battalion".

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Iron Europe / Re: [NW][M]Iron Europe - WWI Mod (Update #21 Into the Trenches! Pg158)

« on: November 09, 2013, 01:48:43 am »

There's certainly no better way to honour veterans than with senseless acts of violence.

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Released Modifications / Re: Scottish Bagpipe Highland Cathedral Replacement *NW*

« on: November 06, 2013, 11:07:36 pm »

My question is why does the game even contain a song written in the 1980's?

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In Development / Re: [NW][M] Powder And Pomp (French revolution Mod) looking for coders and modellers

« on: November 06, 2013, 10:14:55 am »

Do you even realise that the term Régiment was banned in Republican France, the republican regiments were called  Démi-Brigade...

The term 'régiment' was used until early 1793, so if he plans on setting the mod during the days of Valmy and Jemappes, it makes sense to call them 'régiments'.

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Iron Europe / Re: [NW][M]Iron Europe - WWI Mod (Update #21 Into the Trenches! Pg158)

« on: November 06, 2013, 08:14:24 am »

I think you answered your own question.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Why did Saxony betray Napoleon in the Battle of Nations?

« on: November 05, 2013, 11:58:11 pm »

Saxony's betrayal had nothing to do with German "nationalistic pride" as such a thing did not exist. There was no notion of a German nation in the Napoleonic era. That developed later in the 19th century. The Germanic states despised each other and warred constantly. Prussia was especially known for their dislike of other Germanic states. There was Saxon nationalism, Prussian nationalism, and Bavarian, and Austrian and so forth, but few people seemed to have desired a united German nation. Von Schill tried to stir up Germanic pride and was ignored as Prussian rebel.

In short, people associated themselves with their state, not their ethnicity.

Saxony threw in her lot with France, until, at the battle of Leipzig, they realized they could get a much better deal fighting for the other side. Bavaria did the same, even though they liked Napoleon quite a bit more then they liked Austria. They did what was best for themselves. Had Leipzig been won, they would have stayed with Napoleon.

That wouldn't have done either one much good, Saxony having changed sides during the battle and Bavaria having declared war on France two days before it started. I doubt Bavaria could have passed their declaration of war off as a practical joke.

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Released Modifications / Re: [NW|M] The Century of War (17th Century mod)

« on: November 05, 2013, 10:52:55 pm »

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he got them from an inaccurate source and didn't just make them up.

The respected historian John A. Lynn states that the best evidence suggests about two-thirds of Napoleonic combat wounds were caused by musket fire and around 2% by bayonets. André Corvisirer states that of the inmates at the Invalides in 1715, over 70% had musket wounds and fewer than 3% had bayonet wounds. Larrey, Napoleon's surgeon general, recorded similar numbers.

Artillery didn't begin to cause the majority of casualties in European-style warfare until WW1.

I have no idea how this relates to the early 17th century, but I'm just here to correct what needs correcting.

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In Development / Re: Seven Years War (Under Progress)

« on: November 04, 2013, 10:49:12 am »

Doing a faction first because it's the one you want to make the most is about as reasonable a course of action as I've ever heard.

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In Development / Re: Seven Years War (Under Progress)

« on: November 04, 2013, 12:29:58 am »

The Royal Highland regiment was the 42nd Foot at this time, it got the Royal Highland name in 1881.

The 42nd second got the 'Royal Highland' title in 1758 in recognition of their contributions to the ultimately failed attack on Ticonderoga. Between 1758 and 1881 they were officially titled the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch).

As an aside, it's the Seven Years' War, not the Seven Years War.

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In Development / Re: [NW](M) 2015, Freedom's War

« on: October 31, 2013, 02:19:50 am »

For the record, the IRA doesn't exist any more and wasn't a terrorist group when it did.

The Provisional IRA, on the other hand, is a whole other matter.