tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3065398879308583553..comments2024-03-28T16:26:35.679-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Fort, AttackedOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69020632680428066252021-06-11T10:11:34.648-07:002021-06-11T10:11:34.648-07:00I've read that, quite excellent! I believe it&...I've read that, quite excellent! I believe it's the book the movie <i>Greyhound</i> was based on.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9461050794759238632021-06-11T08:32:42.989-07:002021-06-11T08:32:42.989-07:00Speaking of Hornblower & C.S. Forester OAFS, m...Speaking of Hornblower & C.S. Forester OAFS, might I suggest another work of his along the lines of the <i>Cruel Sea</i> & an EQUALLY good read: "The Good Shephard" about another DE in the N. Atlantic guarding convoys. Check it out! virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29726338637599775482021-06-11T02:05:41.686-07:002021-06-11T02:05:41.686-07:00Turn it off?Turn it off?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81611529345612570882021-06-10T19:15:11.446-07:002021-06-10T19:15:11.446-07:00Nope,my victimization by autocorrect continues.Nope,my victimization by autocorrect continues.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58835117978937191152021-06-10T18:29:28.789-07:002021-06-10T18:29:28.789-07:00StB #2 - Germans on the mind?StB #2 - Germans on the mind?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75615120109423208362021-06-10T18:29:01.395-07:002021-06-10T18:29:01.395-07:00StB #1 - I knew that. Except the two Avengers goin...StB #1 - I knew that. Except the two Avengers going after the First Rate, nice touch. 😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43856760770738990692021-06-10T18:03:58.139-07:002021-06-10T18:03:58.139-07:00Douglas Reeman, not GermanDouglas Reeman, not GermanSCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39304080917533725282021-06-10T18:03:13.267-07:002021-06-10T18:03:13.267-07:00Alexander Kent was the pen name of Douglas German,...Alexander Kent was the pen name of Douglas German, who wrote WWI and WWII novels under his real name. I have pondered on him writing a Bolitho book, at the same time he was writing Winged Escort, his book about CVEs. He has let his mind wander, it being a long dreary January day. Bolitho's frigate is about to be overwhelmed by a French First Rate, when two Avenger streak by, and moments later the First Rate blows up.Although that Bolitho novel was never published, of course.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73550479207404790712021-06-10T17:56:17.449-07:002021-06-10T17:56:17.449-07:00So many books, so little time.So many books, so little time.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6732066202028049832021-06-10T17:47:58.971-07:002021-06-10T17:47:58.971-07:00You must read The Hornblower Saga! Hornblower and ...You must read The Hornblower Saga! Hornblower and the Hotspur is my favorite.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44723514504959252182021-06-10T15:49:52.156-07:002021-06-10T15:49:52.156-07:00Well, I did devour the series written by Alexander...Well, I did devour the series written by Alexander Kent, most riveting!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39293451389677669572021-06-10T15:31:55.100-07:002021-06-10T15:31:55.100-07:00Second on the Hornblower recommendation, Sarge. Th...Second on the Hornblower recommendation, Sarge. Though Parick O'Brien is also commendable (and addictive).<br />You've drawn me right back in, Sarge. Good stuff!<br />Boat GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7920188658565730662021-06-10T14:56:41.055-07:002021-06-10T14:56:41.055-07:00Oops!
Fixed it.Oops!<br /><br />Fixed it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36147298054708329222021-06-10T14:56:25.684-07:002021-06-10T14:56:25.684-07:00There is that...There is that...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68742652587337917592021-06-10T14:05:37.544-07:002021-06-10T14:05:37.544-07:00"...he didn't intend to stay in the open ..."...he didn't intend to stay in the open any longer that would be necessary." Think that should read "...than would be...", eh?Tank Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955019760069183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22306436807631317922021-06-10T14:04:14.691-07:002021-06-10T14:04:14.691-07:00Well, ya ain't dead yet, so there's still ...Well, ya ain't dead yet, so there's still time...Tank Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955019760069183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11416426978782634102021-06-10T12:20:21.602-07:002021-06-10T12:20:21.602-07:00I have a confession to make, I've not read any...I have a confession to make, I've not read any Hornblower. It's ashamed I am...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3834239568424130452021-06-10T12:19:28.209-07:002021-06-10T12:19:28.209-07:00When the troops needed to be more or less within v...When the troops needed to be more or less within voice range for commands to be heard and executed, the tactic of standing in line and firing volleys was useful. The Boers began breaking the redcoats of that habit, the Great War really made them stop that. In truth they could have learned from the American Civil War that that was a bad practice, but after all, those were mere colonials...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88305192870154509152021-06-10T10:58:46.158-07:002021-06-10T10:58:46.158-07:00Or reading Horatio Hornblower or Sharpe's Rifl...Or reading Horatio Hornblower or Sharpe's Rifles...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10750307513585916992021-06-10T10:57:19.165-07:002021-06-10T10:57:19.165-07:00British musket/rifle tactics didn't change sig...British musket/rifle tactics didn't change significantly from the late 1600's to the early 1900's. Stand and deliver while in formation was a thing for a very very long time.<br /><br />Almost like the uniforms and the guns changed more than the tactics (a simplification, but...)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30359227642202368572021-06-10T09:39:56.383-07:002021-06-10T09:39:56.383-07:00Thanks, I try. (Probably picked up by watching Bla...Thanks, I try. (<i>Probably picked up by watching Black Adder.</i>)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90404555041749221942021-06-10T09:38:11.218-07:002021-06-10T09:38:11.218-07:00Yup!Yup!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55513683170642214792021-06-10T09:31:44.776-07:002021-06-10T09:31:44.776-07:00I can hear the slightly upper-crustish sound to Ca...I can hear the slightly upper-crustish sound to Captain Jenkins voice. You have gotten the speech patterns and the styles down very well. <br /><br />The ruffling of Jefferson's feathers and Jenkins smoothing them, a very good exchange. I could feel the tension ratchet up and then flow back out.<br /><br />And, well, there's a reason that good forts have a huge clear-cut area around them. The Abenaki just found out why. Unfortunately, unless one or two survived, it isn't going to be a good teaching moment for the Abe. Teaching by inference - They just all disappeared - isn't most people's forte.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38646863923347037622021-06-10T09:28:14.312-07:002021-06-10T09:28:14.312-07:00More Indians with muskets, the raid-style of India...More Indians with muskets, the raid-style of Indian Warfare would have been, hrmmm, still not successful. More bloody, more concentrated maybe. Rifles would have fitted more into the flowing war style of the various tribes. <br /><br />But, really, even close up, the Indians favored flowing raid tactics in hand-to-hand, fast moving, advance/withdrawal, kind of like light cavalry with their foot tactics (and, definitely light cav with the western tribes when mounted.) As long as the Europeans were able to form heavy infantry formations and bring the stonk and shock of said heavy formations, the Indians could win a few, but would lose the overall war.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24675041649846791062021-06-10T09:25:58.485-07:002021-06-10T09:25:58.485-07:00I may have been subconsciously inspired by that fi...I may have been subconsciously inspired by that film, having seen it multiple times. I think I'm due for another viewing soon.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com