... when the French advanced in full panoply of battle on the morning of the 28th, they fount Vitebsk in its turn evacuated by the elusive foe.
~ D. Chandler, The Campaigns of Napoleon, p.778
Inspired by the imagery of a full army deployed in battle formations, facing nothing but an empty town, I laid out the French forces for such an action, Garden Wars style, and took some shots.
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| only little specs in the distance from town |
An earlier comment on the blog about how small the formations looked when laid out at the Garden Wars scale also made me want to get a shot of the whole formation from the town perspective.
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| the view of town from the eagle atop the Guard flagpole |
Also it gave me a chance to get some new shots of the finished Lancers.
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| Lancers Polonais in the sunshine |
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| Napoleon Bonaparte and staff, looking at a missed opportunity |
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4 comments:
Very inspiring!
Keep making these little dioramas
Regards
Rafa
A brilliant idea Murdock and some brilliant photos; love it!
I have only just 'discovered' your blog, so have put a few links on our 'communal' blog that aims to link wargaming efforts world-wide in these bicentennial years (and beyond). Check it out at http://waterloo2015.blogspot.com.au
Very unusual, and great photos!
Thank you Rafa, James and Phil.
I have a new set of posts planned over the next week.
The Russians have had a parade and the posting will be up soon.
James, I have checked out your other blog and I have long had the plan/idea to do a HUGE Napoleonic campaign via some sort of web approach ... how or what form/shape it would or could take has not been clearly seen yet.
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