To make it a little easier to find a particular battle, here are links to them arranged in chronological order.
ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL
334 BCE The Granicus (updated Oct 2023)
326 BCE The Jhelum (Hydaspes)
WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
1741 Mollwitz
1742 Chotusitz
1745 Fontenoy
1745 Soor (map updated Jan 2024)
JACOBITE REBELLION
SEVEN YEARS WAR
1757 Prague
1757 Kolin
1757 Leuthen
1758 Zorndorf
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
NAPOLEONIC WARS
1796 Castiglione (updated July 2024)
1800 Marengo (updated Dec 2020)
1800 Hohenlinden
1805 Wertingen (updated Jan 2024)
1805 Gunzburg (updated Jan 2024)
1805 Haslach-Jungingen (updated Jan 2024)
1805 Elchingen (updated Jan 2024)
1805 Durnstein (updated Jan 2024)
1807 Friedland
1809 Aspern-Essling
ZULU WAR
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
1862 Antietam
1863 Gettysburg, Pickett's Charge
1863 Chickamauga, Snodgrass Hill
LATE COLONIAL WARS
Incredible work done here. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely outstanding research, presentation and analysis along with thought provoking assessments that refute generally accepted historical conclusions.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for a most enjoyable read (1796 Arcola).
Well, you're welcome Rod. And many thanks right back for the glowing review and for being a reader.
DeleteAgree with Rod Schwager, just incredible work, a magnificent resource.
DeleteOne tiny quibble: Aspern-Essling may have been the Emperor's first defeat, but General Bonaparte had been bested twice in Italy in 1796. One was Caldiero, the other I forget the name.
- Vincent Tsao
Thank you, Vincent. I appreciate your compliments and readership. It makes it that much more enjoyable for me to do these with such a savvy and supportive following.
DeleteActually, to your point that Bonaparte had been bested in Italy in 1796, I would qualify that by saying that in those two battles (Caldiero and Bassano) he was not in direct command at the time; those were fought by Massena and Augereau while Bonaparte was back in Verona. So (if you don't count Arcola, which I maintain he did technically lose) Aspern-Essling was the first one he officially lost (by his own admission) when he was in personal command.
Thank you again for your kind message and support. I'll keep going.
Thank you very much for the enjoyable reading!
ReplyDeleteSo many interesting (and sometimes unconventional) point of views.
Please go on!
Best regards from Germany
Andrea
Well, thank you, Andrea for reading them.
DeleteHello Jeff,
ReplyDeleteI see you updated some of your blogs, and nicely you wrote it behind the name of the battle... maybe it is also possible for you to give us an advice what this updates actually are?
I read already this battlereports and it would be interesting to see what came new without reading the whole blog again.
Thanks a lot
Andrea
It is possible. But I'm not going to. You'll just have to re-read the whole thing again. Think of the edits as 2nd editions.
DeleteAlso, I can't, for the life of me, remember what the changes were. I periodically go in and notice typos and make corrections. But for these noted, there would have been more substantial corrections or additions, sometimes based on new information.
I do remember the article on Omdurman. I received from a loyal reader, whose ancestor fought as an officer in one of the Sudanese regiments, a trove of information he had in his personal archives.
Outstanding presentation and attention to detail along with thoughtful reflection and analysis.
ReplyDeleteThis should be published!
Lance.
Increíble.
ReplyDeleteExcelente trabajo. Admirable. Impresionante.
Muchas, muchas gracias.
You are too kind, Jose. I appreciate the thanks and offer it right back to you.
DeleteJust found your website from a link on The Lead Adventurer's Forum. Excellently presented battle reports, with good maps and good OOB. They would make a good series of books....
ReplyDeleteIncredible stuff! I love your work! If you happen to take requests or recommendations, I'd really love to see articles on Hohenfriedberg, Kesselsdorf, Dettingen and Lauffeld (especially Hohenfriedberg). Thanks, and keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Colt. I do appreciate praise. Those other battles are good suggestions. I've actually got them on my list.
DeleteHi just going over this battle as I plan to make it my Christmas holiday game. So much information, thank you for all your research and effort.
ReplyDeleteIf you are still looking for ideas for battles. What about Seneffe 1674 fought between the Prince de Conde and William of Orange. Not your usual pike and shot battle.
Thank you so much for reading, Iain. I so appreciate people getting as much out of my posts as I put into them.
DeleteAnd thanks for your suggestion about another Obscure Battle. Seneffe would probably certainly fit that criterion. I'll look it up.
But my selection of which battles to focus on (and there are literally tens of thousands in history) have more to do with what piques my interest at the moment. Right now, for instance, I'm about to finish Falkirk Muir 1746, because I've been following my cousin's recent hiking trip across Scotland on Facebook. She had visited a number of battlefields on her trek and shared pictures (we are both ex-intel officers and history nerds) so I started reading about the '45. And Falkirk seemed interesting, and a little more obscure (if you're not a Scot) than Culloden.
Coming in the next few days.
This battle documentation that way inspired, that we play the battle. Thanks! https://www.facebook.com/groups/6mm.miniatures.wargaming/?multi_permalinks=5244852272281167¬if_id=1674381628258729¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff, I hope you're doing well. We spoke a little last year about the environment and weather conditions at the Battle of Marengo. Since then, I've checked up on your site now and again to see if you've had time to put together another wonderful piece. If you do find the inclination to come back to it, and are open to suggestions, the Battle of Gisikon in the Swiss Civil War of 1847 is intriguing - partly for the novelty of the Swiss warring with anyone, let alone themselves - and its also supposed to be the first battle where dedicated ambulance wagons arrived on the battlefield. That's more or less all I know about it, but if you wrote a piece on it, I for one would certainly read it!
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff , I have just come across your fantastic website but have noticed that you have not posted anything new in a few years. I very much hope you are doing well and hope to see some more obscure battles.
ReplyDeleteHi m8 just came across your blog posts. Very enjoyable indeed. Could you please let me know whereabouts you got the pics of your units flags from? As I am struggling to find what I need for my Dutch WSS 28mm army at the moment. Tys and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Andy. I appreciate the appreciation. As to the sources for the unit flags, I refer you to the References section of the article on Ramilles where I list all my sources (paper, digital, and internet). The Dutch flags from that period were derived from
DeleteHall, Robert and Iain Stanford and Yves Roumegoux, Uniforms and Flags of the Dutch Army and the Army of Liege, 1685-1715, 2013, Pike & Shot Society, ISBN 1902768523, CD-ROM from On Military Matters.
Hi Berry, I really appreciated it two years ago when I discovered this blog (October 22, 2022). Here:
ReplyDeletehttps://obscurebattles.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-obscure-battles.html
What are you working on now please?
You really didn't think about this?
Battle of Štoky near Jihlava in the Czech Republic (German Stockau or Stöcken) 1805? The Austrians won, but due to the outcome of the Battle of Slavkov, they had to retreat and return the trophies. Unfortunately, it's a little-known battle, but it's the right one for your blog and for you. Best regards and sorry for my English. Thank you. Roman from Czech Republic.
Like the others, I am a late comer to your site. Beautiful work! Thank you!
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