Yes, I know I was writing “Blackguards!” about Fleury but it sort of ground to a halt and I need to think about it a lot more, and I was suddenly aware that it was nearly March and I had about 3k words to the year, I thought I’d better write SOMETHING. So it’s The Muffled Drum and starts at the battle of Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. Unsurprisingly, if you’ve been following the blog for the last couple of day, it includes Hussars.
Gratutious Hussar.
<<<This picture is from an earlier time, though – medieval Hussars actually went to battle wearing WINGS. Can you believe it?
This is more the kind of thing I’m doing, though.>>> HUSSAR!
For those who are interested – I got the title…
from this Napoleonic War Poem by John Mayne from 1805.
If war poetry is your thing, this is a great resource – poems from 1793-1815.
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