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Historical Discussion / Re: The Dutch at Waterloo

« on: November 17, 2012, 08:55:04 pm »

Nassau was not just a place, it was also a noble house, and had marital and dynastic ties to the house of Orange, hence the Principality of Orange-Nassau. In 1815 though Willem IV traded Nassau with Prussia for Luxembourg, and it was then ceded to the independant Duchy of Nassau.

Therefore, the two Nassau battalions at Waterloo were under Wellington's command, but not as part of the Netherlands' armies, they were simply post-Confederation anti-Bonapartist forces - contributing to the Seventh Coalition. Their commander, von Kruse, had actually fought against Wellington's forces before in Spain from his time in the Confederation of the Rhine, but they could apparently put the past behind them for the sake of the present.

I feel the need to correct you here:
There were eight battalions of nassauers in the 100 days, plus a volunteer company, not just two.
The first and second regiment both had the orange cockade, but I'm not entirely sure what their status was.
The '3rd' regiment of Nassuers, however, was actually the 28th regiment 'Regiment orange-nassau' in the Netherlands army, and had a Dutch style uniform. The 2nd (light) regiment, the regiment orange-nassau and the volunteer company were part of perponchers division (A dutch one).

On another note, General Chassé, whose division pushed back the middle guard and saved the British flank from an attack, had commanded the Holland brigade in Spain, against the British and was very anti-British, and made no secret of it.

Edit: Did a little check: the 1st regiment had their own (black) cockade, the others the orange cockade, and thus should be seen as a part of the Dutch army.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Russian History

« on: November 17, 2012, 10:17:09 am »

Peter the great is quite well known here in the Netherlands. There's even a house somewhere by a harbour, now a museum, which is named the Tsar's cabin - Peter stayed there on his visits to Holland, and drank strong, stróóóng alcoholic drinks with Russian sailors there. 

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Skins & OSP Resources / Re: Beta's Shack [Dutch Militia Preview!]

« on: November 16, 2012, 10:31:35 pm »

Long live the Shack!

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Off Topic / Re: Meme Thread

« on: November 16, 2012, 10:26:08 pm »

Damn, that's a lot. Even saw an old one I made 

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Nederlandstalig Forum / Re: Stel jezelf voor

« on: November 16, 2012, 06:49:40 pm »

Trouwens, Rudosexy, maak je nog steeds die photoshop schilderen?

Niet dat ik er één ga bestellen, maar gwn uit interesse 

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Community / Re: Stories from War

« on: November 16, 2012, 05:59:08 pm »

If you are going to the joke, why not add the picture?

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Community / Re: Stories from War

« on: November 16, 2012, 05:45:43 pm »

My plan to mod went down due to both personal matters and the fact that Python decided to seriously screw my computer.

Now you may fuck off.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars

« on: November 16, 2012, 05:17:27 pm »

I find the French Chasseur-Au-Cheval Kinski a much better example of practicality! 

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Nederlandstalig Forum / Re: Stel jezelf voor

« on: November 16, 2012, 04:22:13 pm »

Das moderator hast gesprochen!

Ik ben helemaal niet jaloers op Avenge en z'n zogenaamde vriendin(nen). Wie gaat hier nou een oordeel trekken?

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Nederlandstalig Forum / Re: Stel jezelf voor

« on: November 16, 2012, 01:04:13 pm »

En van een hoop andere regimenten.

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Community / Re: Favorite moments in NW?

« on: November 16, 2012, 01:03:21 pm »

It happened yesterday, on a 84e siege map (The one with the single fortress island). The bridge had offcourse allready been destroyed, and the attackers were sallying forth to the right flank. Me and a guy named named MrAlexsander took a boat, and sailed just north of the right flank, and flanked the enemy. We killed more then fiveteen, if not more, attackers together, and we didn't stop until we ran out of cartridges. We sailed back, picked up new ones, and resumed our position. I got shot barely a minute later though, but that didn't matter ; there was just 2 minutes left, and we won.

I lóve the 84e siege server. 

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Community / Re: Stories from War

« on: November 16, 2012, 09:51:20 am »

Thanks for the post guys, feel free to post stories yourself!

"And of Cold Winter Nights" - A story of young Duuring Boern!

      The cold air was all around. Snow. Everywhere. The Dutch village up ahead seemed warm and relaxing, and for a couple of seconds, Duuring's mind got off the pains of marching in the cold. Duuring's long blonde beard was his only source of heat on his face, and he could see lights out of the main center building. The small brigade, behind on the left flank of the army, was tired and need a break from marching, and the smell of warm tea by a fire fire would do nicely. Burning wood, warmth, heat. The young officer yelled "get to the buildings, we'll eat tonight boys!" The hungry and cold Austrians rushed through the forest, some so happy, leaping the small fence around the yard. The British officers herd the commotion from the savage soldiers. Austrians and Hungarians were running, forgetting about the cold and their numb feet that were before barely able to carry them, almost as a sudden flow of energy rushed through their white uniforms into their pale, winter like skin.     
      Inside the houses the British officers looked out of the foggy windows. "The bloody Austrians are coming to the village! Get outside and stop them! Savages will take our food!" The highlanders of the brave British brigade, McDonald and his small company, rushed outside alongside some of the King's German Legion's troops. Some charged head on, almost seeming to want death. A warm fire still in their eyes, and a lust to kill and die, to end the pain of marching, whippings, and the fear death itself. The Italian friend of McDonald and company, DanyEle,  was out taking shoots behind some fire wood. Duuring himself a blue panted Hungarian soldier fighting for warmth with survival, skirmished behind a tree, and sniped the poor Italian. Blood of the friend stained the white snow, which would become a common thing as the skirmish raged on. The cloudy breath of the musket starts to crowd the area. A vision shield of a mix of snow and smoke covered Duuring's vision, along with his skirmishing allies. 
       "Get to the house, you dogs!" Yelled an Austrian cavalry officer, sword in hand raised slightly. The cavalry flanked around to get the fleeing British, and give support to the charging infantry. The hooves are unheard due to the snow. British soldiers get caught up in the newly blood stained swords of the Austrian cavalry. Duuring sees a chance to surprise the British, and charges foolishly. His legs seemed slow on the command of charging, walking first, then as his legs warm up, a quicker pace. As he gets to the center, he fires his musket in a crowd of British on the porch of one of the houses. He sees his friends charging with him. The coldness left him, a rush of energy overcomes him as he lowers his bayonet. His move was to stab the soldiers and work his way to the door, where safety and warmth lay. He stabbed at an officer, simply parrying the heavy bayoneted musket away. Allies on the side and behind him, he quickly remembers to be careful. Then, from the back came an unspeakable pain, a low groan quickly leaves Duuring's mouth. Pain, pain rushing everywhere. His eyes start to close. His knees buckle and give way, and soon he was kneeling. Within the last breath, he sees his Hungarian friend rush forward, blood on his bayonet, tears in his eyes. Then silence. Death.

 

More! More! I will try to write a story myself too 

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Historical Discussion / Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars

« on: November 16, 2012, 09:46:30 am »

Haha, indeed one of the best dressed soldiers in this time. Note that the colours of the uniform were later taken over by the german national flag: black for the fabric, red as badge colour & gold for the brass knobs!

Yeah, I'm sure the Germans made their new flag based on uniforms from 150 years before.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Lutzowches Freikorps

« on: November 16, 2012, 09:45:09 am »

That lancer, amazing uniform, best of the whole era!

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Community / Re: Favorite map, and why?

« on: November 15, 2012, 08:08:17 pm »

The siege map on 84e siege with the fort that has four cannon holes, a bridge which ALWAYS gets blown up and a way of attack on the left. No idea how it's named though.