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Vorwatts vorwatts my children....vy are you not moving dummkopf?[:(!]



General de Brigade Knox
Grand Duc d'Austerlitz et Comte de Argentan



Escadron Mamelouks
Chasseurs a'Cheval
Division de Cavalerie la Vieille Garde.





CO. 1er Brigade, II Heavy Cavalry Division, Reserve Cavalry.
http://www.aspire.co.nz/colinknoxnwc.htm

Haha! Isn't he cute?

Colonel Bill Peters, 17th Dragoons, III Corps, French Army
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt, Austerlitz and ... more to come)
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Mr. Knox,
horses look very different in Europe than in NZ, so I doubt Bluchers faithful steed looked much like that one

Feldmarschall Jim 'Prinz' Pfluecke
Commander, Austrian Cavalry Reserve
3 Graf O'Reilly Chevauxleger Rgt
Hahn Grenadier Bn

Why Jim I have it on very good account that the Prussian cavalry at Auerstedt were all mounted in a similar fashion. They certainly had similar intelligence in their leadership that day[:0].

Source : included in the expletives from a ww2 comic I found in my cupboard.[:)]

I trust the windy city is treating you well, our's is. On that subject I just read a book that reckoned the nickname for Chicago was more to do with bluster around the time of the columbian word fair than your wind.

Might be similar here as we have the political mob and a lot of wind in windy wellington.

Indeed I imagine the Prussian cavalry would have had a lot of wind riding these fellows as well[:o)]

General de Brigade Knox
Grand Duc d'Austerlitz et Comte de Argentan



Escadron Mamelouks
Chasseurs a'Cheval
Division de Cavalerie la Vieille Garde.





CO. 1er Brigade, II Heavy Cavalry Division, Reserve Cavalry.
http://www.aspire.co.nz/colinknoxnwc.htm

Oh I thought it was Scott sorry !

Col Kliff Marbot
3/3 e Artillerie de Cheval
2nd Div I Corps LaGrande Armee

well - the French must really be ashamed now: they got their butt kicked at Waterloo by a Feldmarschall who was riding into battle on a donkey!!!!! [8D][}:)]
and and amazing animal too - all these Allied/Prussian victories in Germany - and then I wonder if the donkey was cold at la Rothière.....

almost seems like the Allies wouldn't have needed horses at all to bring the French down on their knees [:D][:D][:D]

Ensign Roland Lenzi
1st Light bataillon
Brunswick Brigade
Anglo-Allied Army

Well Colin.....as Roland said, you were all beat by Blucher on a Donkey! [:D] In fact you were beat by a lot of Donkey's!! [:D]

Of course I have the biggest donkey of them all:



[B)][:0][}:)][:D][:p][8D]

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(Old Windy) (Windbagfrankfurter) (The Mad Prussian) (Herr Windbagenführer)
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Kommandeur Garde-Grenadier-Korps
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Oh, so that explains why Blucher got dumped at Ligny! I always wondered how the old "war horse" ended up on the ground! [:p]

"Vorwarts you jackass!" [:D]

And getting to Waterloo - always wondered why they showed up in the AFTERNOON rather than in the MORNING! Legend says that the poor beast had had enough of the old growler and dumped him in the mud. Since Blucher had to walk the rest of the officers did too. They were a mess by the time they showed up. Its one reason why the French lost. The mud covered up the Prussian uniform and many of them thought that they were Frenchmen come to join up with them from Grouchy's command.

But hey, we are talking about Waterloo, one of the dumbest battles in history! Lets talk about how the donkey kicked Blucher in the behind at Auerstedt! Or how he tossed him into the Elbe at Wartenberg! [:p][:p][:p]

Colonel Bill Peters, 17th Dragoons, III Corps, French Army
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt, Austerlitz and ... more to come)
Swiss-Swedish Army CinC, Musket and Cannon Game Club - Come over and see what we are all about!

Oh look the Emperor has a horse that is his size he looks tall on him oui very bon picture I would say!

Col Kliff Marbot
3/3 e Artillerie de Cheval
2nd Div I Corps LaGrande Armee

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Bill Peters</i>
<br />Oh, so that explains why Blucher got dumped at Ligny! I always wondered how the old "war horse" ended up on the ground! [:p]

"Vorwarts you jackass!" [:D]

And getting to Waterloo - always wondered why they showed up in the AFTERNOON rather than in the MORNING! Legend says that the poor beast had had enough of the old growler and dumped him in the mud. Since Blucher had to walk the rest of the officers did too. They were a mess by the time they showed up. Its one reason why the French lost. The mud covered up the Prussian uniform and many of them thought that they were Frenchmen come to join up with them from Grouchy's command.

But hey, we are talking about Waterloo, one of the dumbest battles in history! Lets talk about how the donkey kicked Blucher in the behind at Auerstedt! Or how he tossed him into the Elbe at Wartenberg! [:p][:p][:p]<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Jealousy is a shame, you're just angry that Prussia show up at the right minute to ruin the Emperor's tea party with his lil housewife Marshals. Blucher seems to do that over and over again.... [:D] Or was it is nap we interrupted while Ney killed all the horsemen in site?? [:p] French horsemen that is....

Lil Boney is a cranky ol' goat!! [:D]

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General der Infanterie Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
(Old Windy) (Windbagfrankfurter) (The Mad Prussian) (Herr Windbagenführer)
Generalquartiermeister der Preußischen Armee
Kommandeur Garde-Grenadier-Korps
Königlich Preußische Armee am Niederrhein
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by clifton seeney</i>
<br />Oh look the Emperor has a horse that is his size he looks tall on him oui very bon picture I would say!

Col Kliff Marbot
3/3 e Artillerie de Cheval
2nd Div I Corps LaGrande Armee
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I've seen cats on tricycles taller then Ol' Boney!! [:D]

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General der Infanterie Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
(Old Windy) (Windbagfrankfurter) (The Mad Prussian) (Herr Windbagenführer)
Generalquartiermeister der Preußischen Armee
Kommandeur Garde-Grenadier-Korps
Königlich Preußische Armee am Niederrhein
Webmaster & Club Cabinet - Public Relations Officer
Vorwärts Meine Kinder, Vorwärts!!

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oh were the Burns-wickers there also, oh know I think their duck got killed or his fathers plucked!

Col Kliff Marbot
3/3 e Artillerie de Cheval
2nd Div I Corps LaGrande Armee

Alright Gentlemen thats enough horsing around! Your making yourselves all look like donkeys!

Col Mike Ellwood
Commanding Officer
3rd Dragoon Division
Reserve Cavalry

Just wanted to move this post back up for Scott seen we have a new forum and new emoticons

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

Aw Colin so sweet! We all know that Nappy was a horses a$$ or was that Murat??

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