Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

His Imperial and Royal Majesty Napoleon I, By the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Republic, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine hereby confers the title of Marechal of France
upon
General Colin Knox,
Commanding 5ème Régiment de Cuirassiers,
Réserve de Cavalerie,
La Grande Armee.

Monsieur le Marechal Knox has demonstrated great skill and courage on the field of honor. He has also been a valuable resource for tactics which have benefited all officers of :a Grand Armée. He brings great credit to himself and to La Grande Armée and it is for these reasons that I am waiving the OBD point requirement to give him this great honor.

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A deserved honor Mon Maréchal Knox!

Congratulations, my friend. That is going to be one very hard trophy for any Coalition officer to claim. Goodness knows that the allure of your sword alone has cost many a good Allied warrior his own weapon. I know, for even now you retain my original blade.

But enough lamenting over past events. We have a great honor to celebrate and the challenge before us today is to see if we can collectively render you penniless.

You know, now that I reflect upon these recent promotions by LGA Command, I am reminded of the time, many actually, when Generaal Bilj offered to promote me to an Ensign.

What bothered me even more was how quickly, and enthusiastically, his idea was endorsed by the Anglo-Allied Army's General Staff.

Of course, there was also the incident of the firing squad as well, but we try not to dwell on that one.

Congratulations Colin, do we address you as Marechal Peacock?

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Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackburn, 1st Duke of Aberdeen K.G.
85th (Buck's Light Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
16th British Brigade
7th Division
III (Peninsular) Corps
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

Most High Marechal General Knox, Esquire

Congrats and well deserved!

That's Monsieur le Marechal Peacock to you

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That's Marechal Grande Peacock actually. Like the big chicken. Grand Poulet.
Now Mr Nemesis I need to speak to you about your tailor...a little tardy sir

Thanks to all my friends for this honour.

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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"

Congratulations Sir - very well deserved indeed. <Salute>

Congratulations Marechal Knox on your baton. Well deserved.

Even though I have several of those candy sticks in my trophy room already, I will make a special place for yours.

Send a courier when you are ready.

Regards,

Your Friend,

Sir Muddy

God Save the King!

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

Congrats Colin! Well deserved my friend....I drew you painting for your honor!

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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

Thanks Scott. Very good pic, I believe this is a good caption :The clever French flanked the hapless Prussians by moving through the impassable swamp

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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"

Sir Muddy thank you my friend. Sadly real life is limiting my gaming to 1 game. I will be sure to contact you for another match in the near future though!

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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"

Congrats Marechal Knox. I blame you for the profligate use of squares by French officers...

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