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while the infantry could crash without a care i m sure they feel it s meager compensation for them having to walk while we laze about on our horses still we d gotten not even a single glimpse of the french troops and jokes were already heard that they had been the previous weekend one local however informed us that the french were in the next village over with this news we set off in haste all thoughts of lazing about discarded backing up along the equestrian center we headed through a woods to enter upon a large open plain unfortunately there was very little we could do to prevent being observed from the wooded hills across from us that concealed our destination from view shortly after having set off onto this plain a cry came from one of the highlanders as well as our commander middleton himself that they d seen french cavalry possibly chasseur heading into the woods 500m to the northeast or hiding behind those woods embarrassingly neither hussar van ee nor my own eyes had seen a thing the original route was abandoned and we were told off onto a route that would take us directly north and then east to approach our objective through the cover of a forest shortly after having crossed the plains confirmation arrived of the cavalry sighting as a small group of chasseurs a cheval was seen less than 200 meters away where a side path passed between two woods when they fell back out of sight hussar van ee and myself were sent off to pursue with the remainder of the column following at best speed we dutifully did so at good speed and with sensible precaution coming around a corner we spotted both about a dozen enemy infantry while further back enemy artillery and cuirassiers later turned out to be 1 cuirassier and several other cavalry were seen while hussar van ee returned to the column to report the artillery opened fire on little old me what a waste of gunpowder with my view partially obstructed by woods further ahead to the north i spotted the chasseurs a cheval disappearing behind these woods whereas the enemy infantry close by had fallen back to the east the column arrived turned the corner to the north then immediately to the east again as advancing directly against the cannon across this ground would be suicide however to the east an isolated group of french infantry whose leader i have been told is named stavros was seen with us hussars forming the rear guard orders were given for the infantry to advance to the east and the wagon to follow close by at this very moment i heard a large number of hooves ad spotted movement on the road we had just come from yelling cavalry behind we tried as best as we could to reform to face this threat much to dismay my effort proved quite futile were this in earnest i would have been quite dead within the first moments of the engagement well done on the chasseurs who had grabbed the opportunity to outmaneuver us our infantry regrouped on the wagon and thus managed t fend off the chasseurs a cheval had enemy infantry been closer we d been in serious trouble in this case the price was just one lowly hussar unfortunately it was me once the opposing cavalry fell back we were ordered forward again amazingly the isolated french infantry had not used the time to maneuver our infantry pursued and with the artillery well out range and the cavalry a good 200m off chased away this small hostile force following the road in the direction of les rueles we were very aware of both the french cavalry as well as the same group of infantry moving in parallel just to the north speeding ahead the chasseurs moved to our front and lined up neatly for a charge with the infantry taking advantage of the wagon s cover and van ee and myself deployed in parallel we stood and received the charge i have to say it doesn t feel right for cavalry to stand in receive but a charge of our own would have isolated us amongst the french and at least this time we gave a good reckoning of ourselves observing that nothing much would be achieved the chasseurs left us be and galloped further down the road where unfortunately the wagoneer s son as well as one of the highlanders were lagging behind they paid the price for their tardiness delivering the wagon and some light casulaties to les rueles we moved on towards the quarry that would be our position for the night stavros s troops moved to block our way again however this time we had the opportunity to combine the strength of musket and sabre the infantry chasing the french out of the woods and hussar van ee and myself sabring down the ones that tried to run soon after a black flag was waved and the survivors were taken prisoner leaving the prisoners under guard of the highlanders the 7th of the line dutch infatry and us hussars set off up into the woods towards the crossroads that were our final destination as terrain got rougher the duty of scouting ahead was handed over to the infantry with us cavalry walking behind this also gave us an opportunity to dismount and walk our horses as we probably should have been doing sooner already in those woods we briefly encountered a hostile gendarme d elite who turned his horse around and raced off to report on our advance with the element of surprise lost we found the way out of the woods blocked by a piece of artillery and a small group of infantry advancing along the road clearly was no option so the 7th moved through the woods to flank the hostile position hussar van ee and myself grasped the few moments after a hostile salvo to spur our horses past the front of the battery and into the cover of the woods on their flank then when they realized they were going to be outflanked the opposing artillery and infantry moved to pull back this was the moment we d been waiting for and excellent teamwork with the infantry had made it possible we charged down the road throwing the french in disarray if we had not already taken more prisoners than we could handle we would have captured both the gun and the infantry turning back towards the quarry we had one last surprise up a side road came two french heavy cavalrymen they saw us hussars and seem to consider an attack when a number of muskets were then leveled by the infantry at our flanks they knew there truly was no point and fell back out of sight this ended the martial activity for the day having secured the crossroads we were given permission to return to the village for some rest and relaxation with a wedding in process we offered a complimentary salvo and photo opportunities in exchange for drinks the drinks never did materialize but a complimentary kiss from the bride did and i think they seemed to truly appreciate the surprise the lack of drink was soon fixed with the 7th setting out to forage for billet space and supplies they did not succeed in finding billet space but the local population was very generous in supplying them with plenty wine and all sorts of food returning to the quarry we set up camp in the woods above pretty much the same exercise as the day before and with weather still fine we once again did not prepare a shelter this time only the highlanders made shelters with the 7th sleeping under the stars as well dinner proved interesting i had made the foolish mistake of buying brie rather than some hard cheese this had now mutated into an unholy mixture of cheese and horse sweat with a most vile stench i ate the good bits some sausage and some bread and then was about to throw the brie away jokingly i asked the lads of the 7th whether they would like some fromage au cheval and to my shock some of them did and even offered wine in return not one to look a gift horse in the mouth i agreed with the trade one small issue at the camp site was the absence of a water supply some of the 7th infantry went to fetch water from town and were kind enough to fill the large metal drumn we had for our horses as well with the majority of my beer unfortunately having been left at the first camp both myself and hussar van ee drank from this barrel joking that as it doesn t kill the horses we should be okay too this would later prove to be a mistake the rest of the evening was spent with the 7th infantry in a valiant attempt to help them finish their wine we were all dog tired so we only drank a few mugs before retiring to the comfort of our cloaks i slept a bit restlessly until i woke up to be violently sick hussar van ee would repeat the ceremony shortly after rising in the morning and since we d actually eaten entirely different things we figured food wasn t to blame with the most likely culprit being the water unfortunately this left us with nothing to drink in the morning and a very thirsty throat to set off with nb reports from the french cavalry indicate that they had followed the infantry column for the better part of the morning only losing them when we broke for lunch well done indeed as we never caught on to their presence additional info from bastien of the 12th chasseurs a cheval we spend the morning to pursue the wagon and his escort unfortunately we overshot it when you were at lunch and we went much further to the south after performing a large loop we met again with french forces where we decided to lunch fifteen minutes later the wagon has been spotted by stavros s infantry and we had to scramble we went west in order to intercept the wagon and his band but were unable to find anybody instead we found the wagon s path where it turned back then you know what happened next posted by derk at 20 27 1 comment labels 1815 2009 campaign la boissiere ecole living history sunday 23 august 2009 bles fully loaded horse equipment one step further to completion the past weeks i ve been working on getting my horse equipment closer to completion making some of the simple cloth bags and such especially relevant as i ll need them for the campaign weekend at la boissiere after all it s if you can t carry it you re not taking it today i had the opportunity to check it all out on my horse bles he didn t seem to mind the extra luggage so much other than that it extends the already annoying to him saddling process even further i made a cloth cover for my d style eating tin stored on the porte manteau and a pair of linen saddle bags carried in front of the saddle since i don t have the pistol holsters yet and my saddle has a straight vertical pommel they seem to sit a little low i think that together with the porte manteau still on loan from martijn until i have made my own i ve got enough carrying capacity also on proud display is my brand spanking new cloak that i finished over my summer holiday yes that d be the dark blue thing stored above the saddle bags fortunately it all comes together very comfortable during riding hardly seem to notice the bags at all except maybe just a little when cantering now i just have to finish 2 shako couvres before thursday posted by derk at 19 52 no comments labels bles cavalry coat saddle sunday 2 august 2009 coat in the making working on my overcoat to make ure i have it ready for la boissière ecole it s nearly finished just need to do both rows of buttons on the front still quite pleased with the result so far it s a relief making something that does not have to fit close to the body for a change looking at the photos i will need to check the cuve at the bottom once all the buttons are in looks to me like the sides are a touch too low relative to the front also i m not 100 happy with the way the back buttons up but that may improve once it s had the time to fully fall into place posted by derk at 13 16 1 comment labels 1815 coat photos uniform friday 26 june 2009 and another photo of a melee with french dragoons posted by derk at 09 42 no comments labels 1815 2009 battle cavalry photos waterloo thursday 25 june 2009 waterloo pictures here s some pictures taken at waterloo by phil thomason have a look at his site for some astonishing photography with bles prior to mounting at ease front at ease side two hussars and officer riding in formation lieutenant gasthuys hussar van ee hussar groeneveld cavalry melee cavalry melee photo from lesoir be after the battle posted by derk at 23 01 no comments labels 1815 2009 battle cavalry photos waterloo monday 22 june 2009 reading lessons andré dellevout author of the dutch belgian cavalry at waterloo paid a visit to our bivouac as well as we were having a browse through the book bles suddenly took an active interest insisting in having a look at the pictures himself photo courtesy of bart ramakers nb the picture is actually posed but only because the photographer was too surprised to get the shot when it first happened posted by derk at 23 13 no comments labels bles dellevoet waterloo waterloo bles is bombproof last weekend was my first napoleonic re enactment and the first for my gelders horse bles as well i had an absolute blast and am extremely impressed with bles bles has experience with jousting and skill at arms shows as well as with medieval re enactment with a small amount of artillery but nothing like a noisy battlefield with loud bangs and smoke pretty much everywhere so i honestly did not know what to expect i did know that worst case his response could be something like stand in place and not go anywhere one wild turn for the rear before i could stop him backing away from scary stuff some bucking that i was confident that i could ride out he bucks pretty slowly to my amazement none of the above happened on friday bles enthusiastically loaded on the truck for our long trek to waterloo first to pick up albert s belgian warmblood horse kidnapper then on into belgium due to huge traffic jams it took us 7 hours to make the 300km journey both horses were pretty relaxed throughout once arrived on the camp site we tied them to a picket line and judging from their behaviour they were obviously best of friends already this wouldn t change over the weekend the two horses entirely content with each other s presence being tied up to a picket line was another first for bles so we had a safety boundary around in case he did disagree with the idea this proved pretty much unnecessary but did allow us to give them a small area to roam during the first night when there still was grass the next day the event kicked off for real the first few times when people were doing musket drills nearby i kept a close eye on bles his response never was much more then perking an ear or glancing over his shoulder cannon fire was a bit more startling but only just we did some formation work together where i was once again reminded just how much slower his natural walk is than that of e g kidnapper on a few occasions i did manage to get him to pick up his walking pace but in a lot of cases we did have to trot to keep up definitely something for me and bles to work on other than that bles seemed to be enjoying himself he really does enjoy playing with other horses be it formation work playing tag or melee the first battle was due on satur...