Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Gentlemen Officers of All Armies:

Please join me in a toast to the following Anglo-Allied officers who have earned promotions in rank and/or medals for their active participation in our fine army and club.

Kapitein Pär Jonsson – I Corps, 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division, 2nd Brigade, Nassau Vrijwillige Jager Company - Promoted to Majoor
Lieutenant Zafer Edjer – Brunswick Brigade, Death’s Head Hussars – Promoted to Major and Awarded the Military General Service Medal
Luitenant Vincent Maddis – I Corps, 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division, 2nd Brigade, 7th Dutch Militia Battalion – Promoted to Kapitein
2nd Lieutenant Scott “The Rat” Clawson – Hanover Brigade, Field Battalion Verden – Promoted to Lieutenant and Awarded the Waterloo Medal
2nd Lieutenant Thomas David Phillips – Hanover Brigade, Rettburg Foot Artillery – Promoted to Lieutenant
Ensign Juergen Kraut – II Corps, 2nd Infantry Division, 1st KGL Brigade, 3rd KGL Line Battalion – Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
Vaandrig Greg Olendar – I Corps, 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division, 2nd Brigade, II/2nd Nassau Regiment – Promoted to 2e Lieutenant

In addition, the Anglo-Allied Army is pleased to bestow the MWO Commander Medal to the following Prussian officers for the valuable services they have provided to the NWC Club, the Allied Coalition and the Prussian Army:

Generalfeldmarschall Stefan GroßPrinz Reuter von Wahlstadt
General der Infanterie Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen

Please offer your congratulations to these fine officers in recognition of their individual achievements.

Congratulations Gentlemen

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Congrats to all my fellow warriors.

Congratulations.

To those I have had the privilege to face in battle, I raise my glass,flask, keg, bottle, etc. and salute you as honored and worthy adversaries.

To those, I have not, I look forward to seeing you on the field of honor at some point.

Cheers!

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Marechal Jeff Bardon
Duc de Castiglione et Prince de Wagram
Commandant de la Garde Imperiale

Maréchal Bardon,

Thank you for your kind words!

Congratulations gentlemen.

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Generaal Marco Rietveld
I Corps
Allied/Dutch Army

Congratulations Gentlemen. A round of drinks on me.

Did I ever tell you about the time I earned my Waterloo Medal? Well, it rained all the previous night and the field was quite muddy at daybreak...

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FM Sir 'Muddy' Jones, KG
2nd Life Guards, 1st Squadron, Household Cavalry
1st Duke of Uxbridge & Anglesey K.G.

Well Sir Muddy,

I for one would love to hear the rest of the Waterloo Medal story........................

Helga, another round on my tab!

Please, don't encourage him.

Every story goes something like this:
"It had rained much of the day though the weather slowed the French advance I soon found myself in the thick of the action. Roundshot fell all about me, and I soon found myself covered in mud..... "

"Later in the day, having trudged through the mud soaked field for hours that seemed like days and found myself wearing much of it, ...."

"Were it not for my trusted steed, a valiant white charger, though after a days hard fighting, one would never guess such a fine animal lay beneath the caked mud exterior..."

Perhaps if you ply him with enough drink, he'll make this one short and we can all go back to what we were doing.

Cheers!

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Marechal Jeff Bardon
Duc de Castiglione et Prince de Wagram
Commandant de la Garde Imperiale

Well, at least there seems to be a certain consistency in the telling of the tale by our redoubtable Field Marshall. Not that I would doubt his word in any case. British Field Marshall's always speak the truth.

I have had the privilege of visiting the field of Waterloo only once in my life. It had rained just the day before and our shoes were literally caked with that very mud. We refered to it as "The Sacred Mud of Waterloo". I, for one, believe every word of Sir Muddy's fine story, although I was personally spared the whole round shot incident and had not thought to actually bring my horse. He would have been a bit difficult to fit on the plane in any case.

Congrats everyone!

Thanks for the Order too....

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

Congratulations gentlemen on your individual promotions and on advancing the Allied Cause in general. Huzza!

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Very happy to see my ami reach Major in his Black uniform he has beaten me from 05 to 15 Bravo Major keep up the Good work! Long life to the dead heads warriors!

Congratulations to my fellow warriors! It is an honorable duty to fight side by side with such brave men as you are, Gentlemen!

Please allow me to raise the glass for a salute to our courageous enemies who dare to meet us on the battlefield. My respect for the brave Frenchmen as they dont fear to fight eye to eye against the members of the glorious Anglo-Allied army.

And I will raise my glass a second time: Gentlemen, for King and Country!

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