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GOLITSYN IN THEÂ CRIMEA
Vasily Golitsyn The Ottoman failure at Vienna in 1683 led to renewed Russian expansion. Strengthened in 1686 by confirmation of the Andrusovo terms in the Treaty of Eternal Peace with Poland, Russia became committed to war with the Ottoman Empire. The leading minister, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, led two campaigns to the Crimea in 1687 and 1689. The 1687 campaign was…
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Battle of Pavia, (February 23-24, 1525).
Despite improvements in the punching power of missile weapons and the increasing tactical prevalence of pike-and-firearms infantry, knights continued to wear armor. They increased its body coverage and thickness and remodeled it, adding crenelations and deflective surfaces. The full suit of body armor was thus a product of the end…
The Significance of Lepanto
Sembrose por la corte como negocio venido de la mano de Dios, y á todos nos parescia un sueño, por sir cosa que no se ha jamas visto oido esta batalla y victoria naval. There is no man at the court who does not discern in it the hand of…
PETER ALEXANDROVICH RUMYANTSEV
(1725-1796) Military commander, from 1774 known as Rumiantsev-Zadunaisky for his military victories “across the Danube.” Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev was the son of Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev, who rose to prominence in the circle of Peter I, and Maria Andreyevna Matveyeva, whose father was an ambassador and senator. Early in the reign…
Artillery fortress
Bourtange fortification, restored to its 1750 condition, Groningen, Netherlands. 17th century map of the city of Palmanova, Italy, an excellent example of a Venetian star fort. Historian John Lynn’s excellent term for fortifications that employed “trace italienne” bastions and other new features that eliminated “dead zones” in crossing fields of…
Seapower and global hegemony 1815-30
Action at close quarters during the Battle of Navarino Bay. This detail shows Codrington’s flagship, HMS Asia (centre), simultaneously destroying two Ottoman ships. When the Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815, Britain was the only global maritime power. Even with a major reduction in her navy, Britain’s naval power was unchallenged.…
Prussian Disaster II
1. Musketeer, 25th regiment c.1790, 2. Fusilier c.1790 (in 1789 they wore green vests and breeches), 3. Grenadier, 6th regiment c.1768 (the last year of the mitre before being replaced by the Casket, 4. Grenadier in Kasket c.1790, 5. Line Grenadier c.1799 wearing the new style mitre adopted by the…