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Historical Discussion / Favourite Historical Alliance

« on: July 18, 2015, 02:58:07 pm »

What's your favourite historical alliance? I found the Anglo-Portuguese very interesting as it was formed in 1386 and is still active!

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Regiments / ♞1st Regiment of Life Guards♞

« on: June 23, 2014, 10:18:10 pm »

"Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense!"
Evil be to him who evil thinks



(Apologies to the repetition of '1st') The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was seen as Britain's elite in the Napoleonic era and were part of the most royal Household Cavalry which serve as the royal family's official bodyguard. Usually the term 'Household Cavalry' is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Head of state.

Originally the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and the 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, two elite regiments who saw plenty of action in the seventeenth and eighteenth century until 1788 where they amalgamated into the 1st Regiment of Life Guards.

They saw their first action in the Battle of Dettingen, a part in the War of the Austrian Succession against the French on the 27th of June in 1743. The brave men of the 1st Regiment did their job of protecting the king; George II, who led his troops into battle.


George II commanding the British with his guardsmen behind.

The establishment was obviously not expecting any resurgence of trouble and dutifully went about scaling back the operational effectiveness of the Life Guards with their numbers being greatly reduced. The reappearance of Napoleon changed all that. the Household Cavalry Regiment was quickly reformed and sent over to Belgium at the earliest opportunity. Lack of time for organisation meant that virtually the entire British cavalry contingent was grouped together under the command of Lord Uxbridge. The force was rushed to the battlefield that Wellington had chosen to meet Napoleon. But, even before the battle begun, the First Life Guards were involved in a serious skirmish with scouting Lancers of the French Guard. These French lancers were already pursuing the 7th Hussars and 23rd Light Dragoons. It was left to the Life Guards to retreive the situation and to drive the French Lancers back to their own lines, killing a Lancer colonel as they went. They were now blooded and ready for the battle proper.
The battle raged from 11:30 to 2pm before the Household Brigade was called upon. Lord Uxbridge had been given a free hand with his cavalry. He told the Union Brigade to charge whilst he took the Household Brigade to releive the pressure on the beleagured La Haye Sainte. The Second Life Guards were on the left, the King's Dragoon Guards in the centre, the First Life Guards on the right and the Blues in reserve. The force swerved to the left of La Haye Sainte engaging the Carabiniers, Infantry, into two cavalry divisions, put 15 guns out of action, took two eagles and even reached the wagon trains of the French forces. Unfortunately, in doing so the Household Brigade had dispersed itself as a coherent force. Uxbridge himself retired in an attempt to round up some fresh reserves but found few cavalrymen uncommitted. Many Lifeguardsmen had advanced so far that they had a difficult time breaking back through the French lines to return to their countrymen. The fighting continued for some time yet, and packets of Household Brigaders rode between the defiant British squares and even helped to rescue the endangered 5th Battalion of the King's German Legion.

It was not until the arrival of Blucher's Prussians that the battle was finally deemed an Allied victory. By this time, the Household Brigade had taken heavy losses and were finally disengaging to allow the Prussians the spoils of the pursuit. They were exhausted but more than pleased with their performance in what was one of the defining battles of history.


The Famous painting of the charge of the 1st Life Guards at Waterloo by Henry Joseph 'Harry' Payne

Officers
Colonel Stark
Captain Axmis
Cornet Aurelian

Sub-officers
Squadron Corporal Major Christensen
Adjutant Louis
Corporal of Horse Kain

Enlisted
Guardsmen Achilles
Trooper Fluffles
Trooper Connimir
Trooper Shadow



Application for recruitment:

-Name:
-Steam name:
-Location (Country):
-Past regiment experience (If any)
-What days of the week are you available for 6:30 - 7:00 PM GMT?
-Do you have a working Mic?
-Why have you chosen to apply?
-Do you swear to serve and honour your officers and most importantly your country in the name of the king, George III?

*Under Construction still*

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Regiments / ♞2ème Régiment de Cuirassiers♞

« on: February 17, 2014, 12:00:02 am »

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The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 2e Régiment de Cuirassiers or 2e CR) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then a cuirassier regiment. It was descended from the régiment Cardinal-Duc, which is at the top of the list of twelve cavalry regiments created by the same royal ordnance of 16 May 1635 - this made the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment the oldest surviving cavalry regiment in the French Army, until its disbandment in 1991.

"insigne régimentaire du 2e régiment de cuirassiers."

While other types of cavalry had their important roles to play, it was the cuirassiers, the descendants of the medieval knights, who could turn a battle with their sheer weight and brute force. They looked dangerous everytime they ventured forward and the generals never employed them frivolously. When it came to hardware the cuirassiers were riding arsenals: body armor, helmets, carbines, pistols and long straigh sabers. The Russians called them zheleznye ludi (the iron men).

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"The apparel of the average ranker and trumpeter serving in the 2ème Régiment de Cuirassiers"

There were 12 regiments of cuirassiers. Originally the 25 understrength regiments of l'Cavalerie were converted into 18 regiments. The first 12 received the strongest and tallest men and horses. Napoleon gave them armor and they became cuirassiers. They were considered as elite troops. Some British officers thought that the cuirassiers were "Bonaparte's Bodyguard." But for the Russians, Austrians and Prussians Napoleon's heavy cavalry was a familiar opponent. In 1805 at Austerlitz the 5e Cuirassier Regiment captured Russian flag.

The cuirassiers wore dark blue coat, a flaming grenade on coat-tails and saddlecloth, red epaulettes and plume attached to their headwear. Inspections conducted in cuirassier regiments showed lack of epaulettes on big scale. According to Decree isuued on April 7th 1807 : "From March 1st to December 1st the cuirassiers have to wear a mustache but must be clean shaven for the remaining 3 months." This regulation was until new one was issued on March 3rd 1809.

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Cavalry Company of the IIe Corps.
Expected attendance: 10-15.

The 2e Régiment de Cuirassiers is the Cavalry Regiment for the IIe Corps d'Armée Francais. This Regiment offers the adrenaline-inducing hacking and slashing of Sabres, whilst speeding around on a mount. The members of the Cavalry are expected to be decent at melee, and active to most, if not all events.


"The banner that the regiment's colour bearer would protect with his life."


The Officers and NCOs encourage people to play Cavalry groupfighting regularly, to improve their skills on horseback. The atmosphere in the company is relaxed, yet serious at the same time. Add their leader if you're interested in joining the cavalry for example the colonel: IIe_2eCui_Col_Stark, or me, the Adjutant: Adjutant Louis Francois

Tags:
IIe_2eCui_*Rank*_*Name*

In game banner:

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Roster
Officers
Colonel Stark
Major Axmis
Lt Aurelian

NCOs
Mdlc Christensen
Adjutant Louis Francois

Enlisted
Brigadier Kain
Guard Numitor
CvlIns Perry
CvlVet Connimir
CvlVet Shadow
CvlVet Roy
CvlVet Fluffles
CvlVet Polski
Cvl Set2121
Cvl Sven
Cdt Neo

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"When I speak of excellent French cavalry,
I refer to its impetous bravery,
and not to its perfection"
- General Jomini

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Regiments / 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles

« on: December 27, 2013, 08:55:26 pm »

10th Princess Own Ghurka Rifles

History

The 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles were an indigenous people mainly from the mid-western, eastern Nepal and the Gorkhaland region of India. Their name derives from the Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath. The regiment (abbreviated to 10 GR), was originally a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin. The regiment was first formed in 1890, taking its lineage from a police unit and over the course of its existence it had a number of changes in designation and composition. It took part in a number of campaigns on the Indian frontiers during the 19th and early 20th centuries, before fighting in the First World War, the Third Anglo-Afghan War and the Second World War. Following India's independence in 1947, the regiment was one of four Gurkha regiments to be transferred to the British Army. In the 1960s it was active in the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation. It was amalgamated with the other three British Gurkha regiments to form the Royal Gurkha Rifles in 1994.

At the end of the Third Burmese War in 1887, it was decided to withdraw the regular army battalions and replace them with a freshly recruited military police force. Recruited in India, it was intended that the military police would be a temporary force which would establish order in districts of upper Burma and then hand over those districts to the civil police. The military police would then be used to form additional regular battalions of the Indian Army. The Kubo (Kabaw) Valley Military Police were raised on 9 April 1887 by Sir F.B. Norman (OC Eastern Frontier Brigade) at Manipur in India and was composed in equal numbers of Gurkha recruits and Assam hillmen. The first commander was Lieutenant C.W. Harris. The battalion moved to Burma and was initially stationed at Tamu.

In 1890, it was decided to convert the Kubo Valley Military Police Battalion in Burma into a new battalion with the title of 10th Madras Infantry. The 10th Madras Infantry, one of the oldest battalions in the Indian Army, had recently been disbanded. The new battalion had no association with the old except for the name. The relics of the battalion were eventually taken back to India.

The 10th Madras Infantry was formed from the Kubo Valley Military Police on 1 June 1890 under the command of Major Macgregor at Mandalay Palace. The battalion did not inherit the precedence or honours of the 10th Madras Infantry at that time by decision of the army authorities. Their reasoning being that it would be incorrect to give such a new battalion the precedence and honours of one of the oldest battalions in India. But it was also true that the composition of the 10th Madras Infantry had been through similar drastic changes in composition. For example, after the Mahratta wars, its composition was changed from Northern Indian to Southern Indian.                                         

The initial strength of the battalion was three British officers, eight Indian officers and 277 other ranks. It was not at first exclusively Gurkha in composition. The battalion was initially composed of Gurkha parties of recruits from the 42nd, 43rd and 44th Gurkha Rifles, an equal number of men from the hill-tribes of Assam including Jhurwahs, small numbers of Dogras and a few Hindustanis. The non-Gurkhas were gradually wasted out of the regiment.

In its first few years of existence, the regiment was referred to by two different names in the Indian Army Lists. In 1890 it was called the 10th (Burma) Regiment of Madras Infantry and the following year it was called the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Battalion) of Madras Infantry. But in reality, the second name was the one used by the battalion until 1892.

It became the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Rifles) of Madras Infantry on 9 February 1892 at Maymyo in Burma. It was at this time, with the conversion of the unit to a Rifle Regiment, that the old colours of the 10th Madras were taken back to India (rifle regiments do not carry colours) and laid up at the Church of St. John in the fort at Vellore near to where the earliest predecessor of the 10th Madras Infantry had been raised in 1766. On 3 May 1895 the name of the regiment was changed again to 10th Regiment (1st Burma Gurkha Rifles) of Madras Infantry to reflect its now all-Gurkha composition.
 

On 13 September 1901 as part of a broad reorganisation of the Indian Army it became the 10th Gurkha Rifles and the regiment maintained its assigned recruiting areas in the Limbu and Rai tribal areas of eastern Nepal. A 2nd Battalion was formed in 1903 although it became the 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907. A new 2nd Battalion of the 10th Gurkha Rifles was formed in 1908. From 1903 to 1912 the first battalion was stationed in Maymyo, Burma as almost a ceremonial unit. In the winter months of 1912 and 1913 the 1st Battalion was sent into the Kachin Hills to guard against a potential uprising that did not occur.

The Khukuri

The khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी) is a Nepalese knife with an inwardly curved edge, used as both a tool and as a weapon in Nepal. It is a characteristic weapon of the Nepalese Army, the Royal Gurkha Rifles and of all Gurkha regiments throughout the world, so much so that many English-speakers refer to the weapon as a "Gurkha blade" or "Gurkha knife".
The kukri is effective as both a chopping and a slashing weapon. Because the blade bends towards the opponent, the user need not angle the wrist while executing a chopping motion. Its heavy blade enables the user to inflict deep wounds and to cut through muscle and bone. While most famed from use in the military, the kukri is most commonly used as a multipurpose tool and is a very common agricultural and household implement in Nepal. Its use has varied from building, clearing, chopping firewood, and digging to cutting meat and vegetables, skinning animals, and opening tins.

The Regiment

Officers
Karṇēla Louis
kaptāna Kain

NCOs
Apavitra Axmis
Lānsa Apavitra Sharpe

Enlisted
Tēja śūṭara Crixus
Nijī Shadow
Nijī Ian
Nijī Fluffles
Nijī Roy

"If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha." -  Former Indian Army Chief of Staff Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw