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Battle Honours: Historical: - Cape of Good Hope 1806 - Talavera - Busaco - Cidudad Rodriguo - Badajoz - Salamanca - Vittoria - Nivelle - Orthez - Toulouse - Peninsula Fictional: 1v1 Results |  | Napoleonic Wars History 1801 The French revolution began in 1789 and from then on set the whole of Europe alight with conflict. Under the genius of Napoleon Bonaparte the French had won battles against nearly every major nation and now dominated the European mainland. She now turned her attention outward towards Great Britain and Her overseas possessions. France had sent an expeditionary force to Egypt with a view to the invasion of India. The 28th were sent as part of a British force under General Sir Ralph Abercromby to counter that threat. They made an amphibious landing near Alexandria on the 8th of March. The French General Menou advanced towards the British who were camped about four miles to the east of Alexandria. He had the advantage of 1400 cavalry and superior artillery. He made a feint towards the British left but made his main thrust at the British right which included the ground the 28th were holding which was an old ruined fort on the Mediterranean coast. The fighting was very fierce and whilst under heavy attack to the front and flanks French cavalry was thrown at the 28th's rear. Lieutenant Colonel Chambers who had assumed command when Colonel Paget was seriously wounded was undaunted by this alarming turn of events and gave the order ' 28th, rear rank only, right about face, and although assailed from both sides the regiment calmly repelled all attacks in fierce hand to hand fighting. By 10.00 am the French were in full retreat along their entire line. In honour of the 28th's conduct on that day they were granted the unique distinction of wearing a badge on the back of their head dress as well as at the front. This badge takes the form of a sphinx with the word 'Egypt' beneath. 1808 An expedition under sir John Moore including the 28th was sent to Spain to link up with the Spanish army and drive the French out of the country. However General Moore soon realised that the Spanish army was not going to stand against the French. He also learned that the French were moving to isolate and destroy his force leaving him with no choice but to withdraw the 240 miles to the port of Corunna. The withdrawal began on Christmas Eve, and was carried out in terrible weather conditions over snow covered mountains. The 28th formed part of the rear guard under their own General Paget, now recovered from his wound and Divisional Commander under General Moore. Throughout this gruelling retreat the 28th had been in almost constant contact with the French and had fought many holding and delaying actions. The army reached Corunna on the 11th January and were able to regroup, get some much needed sleep and food, and be issued with arms and ammunition. They then fought the French again just outside of Corunna and succeeded in beating them before being successfully taken off by the Royal Navy. A precursor of Dunkirk? Although the main part of the regiment left the Peninsula it left a detachment behind in Lisbon which as part of a composite battalion under the Duke of Wellington took part in the battle of Talavera. Many more famous battles were fought before the final push in 1813 which saw the defeat of the French at the battle of Toulouse in 1814 and the abdication and exile of Napoleon to the island of Elba. 1815 In March of this year Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to France gathering popular support as he travelled slowly from the coast to Paris. Whole regiments that were sent to intercept and arrest him defected to his cause. An allied army was assembled in Belgium which included the 28th who had hurried across the sea from Ireland where they had been stationed for several years. Napoleon was aware that he had only a short time to obtain a quick victory whilst the allies were still bickering about who should do what and before the allied army grew to an overwhelming size. He therefore marched towards Brussels on the 15th June. He met the Prussian army at Ligny driving them off and nearly destroying them completely. Wellington had decided to stop the French advance at Quatre Bras some 25 miles south of Brussels and on 16th June at the crossroads the battle was joined. The 28th in square against cavalry valiantly resisted every effort to break them and eventually Marshall Ney, the French Commander was forced to withdraw. During the height of the battle Sir James Kempt, the Brigade Commander rode into the 28th's square, doffed his hat and cried 'Bravo 28th, The 28th are still the 28th and your conduct this day shall never be forgotten'. After the battle of Quatre Bras the 28th joined the main army at Waterloo. Wellington had chosen the location for it's suitability to his now well known tactic of hiding the exact number and strength of his force by screening parts of it behind dips and rises in the land. As a bonus this also served to protect some units from direct damage from artillery. He intended to deny the battlefield to the enemy until Blucher's Prussians could recover from their mauling at Ligny and come up to re-enforce him. As he said afterwards, "It was a damned serious business, the nearest thing you ever saw in your life". During the course of the evening Napoleon was informed that the Prussians would shortly arrive, and in desperation he flung in the last of his reserves, the famed Imperial Guard. Unfortunately the ploy failed and the Guard were repulsed with heavy loss. Wellington took of his hat and waved it as a signal for a general advance. The French army was broken and fled the field. Napoleon went into exile once again this time to remain there until his death. |
| Who we are The 3rd Coldstream Guards is a fun enjoyable regiment with many fun and enjoyable people. We are a regiment full of people you just want to talk to all the time. A lot of us are jokesters when we are out of events, but when we are in events we are a s serious as the fucking U.S Marine Core. We don't say discouraging things to people when they mess up but instead we give them tips on how to do better next time. We also do something called Coldstream Foot training. I got the idea from Jorge; the leader of the 8th when I was in the 8th. If you don't want to join the 3rd then definitely join the 8th. They have a fun community with awesome leaders. It is almost impossible to hate them. We will fight our way to the top and we hope to eventually become a very popular Napoleonic Wars Regiment. If you are looking for a serious, disciplined and competitive regiment then enlist with the 3rdCSG! |  Cap Badge of the 3rd. |
Muster Roll Regimental Staff: Colonel (Regimental Leader) Vacant Lieutenant Colonel (Regimental Staff) Vacant Major (Junior Regimental Staff) Vacant 1st Company Company Staff: Captain (Company Leader) Captain Gregory Lieutenant (Company 2nd-in-command) Lieutenant Edward Ensign (Company standard bearer) Ensign Throngar Non-Commissioned Officers Sergeant Aljobe Corporal TayNay Men of the Line Spoiler Lance Corporal Ranktank Guardsman Cristan Guardsman Bash Guardsman Alex Private Jario Private Cornelius Private AlfredTheGreat Private Count Maxula Private Chief Private WilliamTheBlob Private Damon [close] Boot Camp Spoiler Recruit Ryan Recruit Marcus Recruit MisterMaim [close] Reserves Spoiler Mercenary TheSwedishDude Mercenary Tincan 2 Mercenary Tincan 6 Mercenary Tincan 7 [close] Attached Duties Credits Spoiler - Thread Design & Layout; Joseph Graham [close] Our Steam Group TeamSpeak; ts.siropgaming.co.uk:9992 |   | Rank Structure Regimental Staff Colonel - Col Lieutenant Colonel - LtCol Major - Maj
Event Schedule As a regiment for Mount and Blade Warband Napoleonic Wars, we got to various events. Some being 1v1's and some being multi-regiment event's. The event's also vary from training to promotion ceremony's. We always have an event each week and at least one linebattle and one training are required of each member of the regiment. If you cannot always make them then please let an officer know. We get it if you cant always come to events because we realize that people have lives to live, after all life is short so we want to enjoy it to the fullest.
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[b]ARE YOU A TRUE HOBO?:[/b]| Who are we? We are a British regiment with many different nationality's as well as personality's. Do not be offended if you are called a name or something, we just joke around. We only joke around out of Event's of course. We have extreme rules on trolling and PTS (Permission to speak). PTS is basically when you simply have to ask permission to speak during events to avoid confusion during them. The regiment is a great place for poor meleer's to go, for we are fairly good at melee. We love to provide a fun time in and out of events. If you ever have a game that you would like to play with other's, don't be afraid just encourage other people to play the game also. Besides all of that, you should definitely consider joining us. If you don't want to join us that is fine, but I would love to recommend a regiment called the 80th (Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot owned by one of my closest friends. If you are looking for a serious, disciplined and competitive regiment then enlist with the 72nd! |  72nd Cap Badge. |
| Origin In 1771 the family title of "Earl of Seaforth" was restored to Kenneth Mackenzie after his family had forfeited it because of their involvement in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. As a gesture of gratitude, the Earl offered to raise a regiment on his estate for general use by the Crown. The offer was accepted and a corps of 1,130 men was raised. Of these, 900 were Highlanders and the remainder coming from the Lowlands and was located at Elgin, its first base, in May 1778. In August 1778 the Regiment marched to Leith for embarkation to the East Indies– but a dispute regarding their terms of service lead the men to march back to Edinburgh and they took up a position of protest in the vicinity of Arthur's Seat, remaining for several days. During this protest, the men were amply supplied with food and ammunition by the populace of the capital, who had taken side with them in their grievances. After three days of negotiations, compromises were reached and the men again marched from the capital to their quarters at Leith, this time led by the Earl of Seaforth, but the idea of sending them to India now having been abandoned. At this time, the Regiment was designated as the 78th Regiment of Foot. Early History 1781–1798: East Indies. Embarked on 12 June from Portsmouth with a unit strength of 973 rank and file. Because of change of diet, rough seas and scurvy 274 had died on the voyage and on arrival at Madras on 2 April 1782, only 369 were fit to carry arms. They joined the army of Sir Eyre Coote at Chingleput at the beginning of May but because of their general health, they were considered unfit for service. Those able to wield arms were drafted into the 73rd (Macleod’s Highlanders) Regiment. By October they had recovered their strength and "the colours were once again unfurled" to allow the Regiment to take part in the wars against Tippoo Sahib. At this time, the Earl of Seaforth died and was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Humberston Mackenzie, who in turn was killed on 7 April 1783 on board the sloop HMS Ranger in action against a Mahratta fleet on his return from Bombay to Madras. He was succeeded by Major–General James Murray. |  Uniforms of the 72nd |
| The men has enlisted for a three-year period of service and at the end of this term, most returned to England, save for 425 who elected to remain in India. They were joined by men from other regiments who had also elected to remain on the sub–continent instead of taking their discharge home. This bolstered the regiments number to 700 men. Due to the end of the war with the French, the number of Crown regiments had been reduced and the Seaforth’s designation was changed from the 78th Foot to the 72nd Foot on 12 September 1786. In 1789 the war against Tippoo Sahib re–started and the 72nd were to see service in the actions of Dindigul, Palghatcherri, Bangalore, Seringaptam, Savendroog, and the 1794 victory over Tippoo which marked the end of the Second Mysore War. The Regiment eventually embarked from Madras back to England on 10 February 1798, being awarded the title "Hindoostan" on its colours. |
| 19th Century The regiment began the 19th century in Ireland, before joining the Highland Brigade sent to capture the Dutch Cape Colony (now in South Africa) in 1806. It remained there for much of the next 15 years, although it did join the invasion of Mauritius in 1810.A 2nd Battalion was raised in 1804. This spent most of its existence in Ireland before disbanding in 1816. The regiment also ceased to be a Highland regiment in 1809. After fighting in the Fifth Cape Frontier War (1818-19), the regiment returned to Britain in 1821. It regained its Highland dress and status in 1823. That same year it was re-named after Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, younger brother to King George IV and commander-in-chief of the British Army. It carried out sentry duty at the Tower of London before being sent back to the Cape Colony for 12 more years in 1828, going on to serve in the Sixth Cape Frontier War (1834-36).1842 was an eventful year for the regiment. It was presented with new Colours by the Duke of Wellington and also put down industrial riots in Manchester. The following decade took it to Ireland, Gibraltar, the West Indies and Canada on garrison duties. The 72nd fought with the Highland Brigade at Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1854-56) and in Central India during the Indian Mutiny (1857-59). In 1863 it took part in the Umbeyla Expedition on the North-West Frontier.It returned to Britain for home service from 1865 to 1871, before moving to the subcontinent once again. While there it fought in the Second Afghan War (1878-80) at Peiwar Kotal (1878), Charasiah (1879), Kabul (1879) and Kandahar (1880). In 1881 the regiment was amalgamated with the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs) to form The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs). |  Three men of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, 1856 |
| Late 19th Century-Mid 20th Century The regiment was formed in 1881 by merging the 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs), which became the new unit’s 1st and 2nd Battalions respectively. It was made the county regiment for seven northern Scottish counties, including the Orkney Islands.Both battalions were in India at the time of the merger, with 1st Battalion returning to Britain in 1882 and 2nd Battalion in 1895. In 1883 1st Battalion was posted to Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight and received new Colours the following year from Queen Victoria at Osborne House. Her son, Prince Leopold, the Duke of Albany, was made its colonel-in-chief. In 1898 1st Battalion was sent to the Sudan. A year later 2nd Battalion was sent to southern Africa to serve in the Boer War (1899-1902), fighting throughout the conflict. 1st Battalion moved to India in 1903 and stayed there until the outbreak of the First World War (1914-18), receiving new Colours from King George V during the 1911 Delhi Durbar.In August 1914 2nd Battalion, which had been back in Britain since 1903, deployed straight to the Western Front with the 4th Division, staying there throughout the war. 1st Battalion joined it there in October 1914 as part of the Meerut Division. 1st Battalion then moved to Mesopotamia in 1916 and Palestine in 1918. The regiment was awarded seven Victoria Crosses and raised nine territorial battalions and three service battalions during the conflict. In 1920 the future King Edward VIII became the regiment’s colonel-in-chief. 1st Battalion spent the 1920s in Britain before deploying to Egypt and Palestine in 1933 and Hong Kong in 1937.2nd Battalion returned to India straight after the the First World War, fighting on the North-West Frontier in 1930. It then moved to Palestine in 1932 and Britain in 1934, joining the British Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of the Second World War (1939-45).In June 1940 2nd Battalion was captured at St Valery and so had to be reconstituted in Britain two months later. 1st Battalion was still in China on the outbreak of war and stayed there until November 1940, when it was deployed to Malaya. From February 1942 until the end of the war 1st Battalion was stationed in India, while the new 2nd Battalion spent the same period fighting in the Middle East, Sicily, Italy and North-West Europe. 1st Battalion spent the first five post-war years reasserting colonial control in Malaya, Java and Singapore. In 1948 the regiment’s two regular battalions were merged into one. The regiment then spent the 1950s in West Germany, Egypt, Aden and Gibraltar before being amalgamated with The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1961 to form The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons). |
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