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Portrait identifying Schwarz as the "inventor of artillery" Berthold Schwarz O.F.M. (sometimes spelled Schwartz), also known as Berthold the Black and der Schwartzer, was a legendary German (or in some accounts Danish or Greek) alchemist of the late 14th century, credited with the invention of gunpowder by 15th- through 19th-century European literature.
Napoleon in command Napoleon not in command The Battle of La Rothière was fought on 1 February 1814 between the French Empire and the allied armies of Austria, Prussia , Russia, and German States that were previously allied with France, taking place during severe weather conditions (a wet snowstorm).
The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch.Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment (mustered 1739) and numbered 43rd in the line, in 1748, on the disbanding of Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot, they were renumbered 42nd, and in 1751 formally titled the 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot.
Captain Ussher relinquished command of Undaunted on 29 June 1814. [10] Captain Charles Thurlow Smith then took command of Undaunted. Following Napoleon's escape from Elba in February 1815 Undaunted and Garland, under the command of Captain Charles Austen in Phoenix, were sent into the Adriatic in pursuit of a Neapolitan squadron, supposed to be ...
Chain of Command (Richard Clarke, TooFatLardies, 2013) Combined Arms (Ian Shaw, Tabletop Games, 1983) Command Decision (Game Designers' Workshop, 1986) followed by version 2 and 3 (Emperor's Press 1996) and Command Decision: Test of Battle (Test of Battle Games 2006) Command at Sea Vols I-VII (Clash of Arms Games, 1994) Crossfire (Quantum ...
The regiment's tradition dated back to 1626, when Elector George William of Brandenburg had a standing mercenary unit established during the Thirty Years' War, in order to defend the borders of his margraviate.
Undaunted had a length between perpendiculars of 300 feet (91.4 m), a beam of 56 feet (17.1 m) and a draught of 24 feet (7.3 m). Designed to displace 5,040 long tons (5,120 t), all of the Orlando-class ships proved to be overweight and displaced approximately 5,535 long tons (5,624 t).
A selection of characters from the series, including Guts (front) and his party (from bottom left to right): Azan, Isidro, and Isma; (second row, left to right) Schierke, Farnese of Vandimion, and Casca; (third row, left to right) Serpico, Roderick of Schtauffen, and Manifico de Vandimion; (top right) Ivalera, and (above) Puck