Ambush in Spain or Portugal.

[SJWi]

Calvin, thanks for the Vendee information. Do you know which editions of Vae Victis covered the Vendee?  My French was basic. I did work for a Franco-Italian-German-British defence company and ran a team in Paris, so visited a lot. My only problem was that the common lingua-franca of the company was English. I am still in regular contact with ex-colleagues based on a common love of history, and indeed will be meeting some of them end of March for a visit to Les Invalides in Paris .Maybe I could find a good bookshop?   

[Calvin59]

SJWi, the articles about the war in Vendée appeared in the magazine Vae Victis N°92 May/June 2010 and N°93 July/August 2010.
You have some videos on this subject on You Tube too.
About literature I don't know if you will find anything during your stay in Paris. I think that most of the publications are regional. Maybe by chance at the bookstore of the Invalides museum you will find something. 

[Calvin59]

SJWi, send me your email address in PM, so I can send you some little things. 

[Calvin59]

I just remembered this book I have in my library. It traces the history of this period.


Jean  Tranié - Les Guerres de l'Ouest 1793 -1815
Normandie - Bretagne - Vendée - Maine - Anjou - Poitou

 

[SJWi]

Hi Calvin. Did you receive my pm with my e-mail address?

Regards

 SJWi

[Calvin59]

Yes, I received it, thank you, I will be busy at the beginning of the next week. 

[SJWi]

Excellent. Thanks.

[rumacara]

For british in the peninsula (Portugal and Spain) you can use the following;

BH1 Plastic British Napoleonic Line Infantry box set (comes with both stovepipe shackos and belgic shackos)
BH18 British 95th Rifles command
BH19 British 95th Riflemen skirmishing
BH30 British Light Infantry command advancing
BH31 British 43rd Light Infantry command advancing
BH32 British Light Infantry advancing, muskets at trail
BH 68 Infantry command marching 1808-14
BH 69 Infantry, centre companies, marching 1808-14
BH 70 Ragged Infantry, centre companies, marching 1808-14
BH 71 Flank companies marching 1808-14
BH 72 Ragged Flank companies marching 1808-14
BH 73 Flank companies skirmishing 1808-14
BH 74 Light Infantry command marching 1808-14
BH 75 Light Infantry marching 1808-14
BH 76 Light Infantry skirmishing 1808-14
BH 103 Dismounted Light Dragoons skirmishing 1808-12
BH 106 Colonels in bicornes ,(Worldwide) 1808-13
BH 135 Royal Foot Artillery firing 6 pdr 1808-14
BH 136 Royal Foot Artillery loading 6 pdr 1808-14
BH 137 Royal Foot Artillery traversing 6 pdr 1808-14
BH 138 Royal Foot Artillery firing 5.5 Howitzer 1808-14
BH 139 Royal Foot Artillery traversing 5.5 Howitzer 1808-14
BH 142 Peninsular War camp scene 1. British Infantry standing down, plus sentry.
BH 152 French prisoners under guard

Just to name some packs.

[Calvin59]

rumacara, thank you for having this list, so I can make a selection of the figurines that I would like to take for the ambushes. 

[rumacara]

If you want cavalry let me know and i will check wich ones.

[Calvin59]

That's very kind of you rumacara, yes why not it could be useful to me as well as those who will read this topic.
It is true that I would have liked the reference BH 103 Dismounted Light Dragoons skirmishing 1808-12, but there is no reference of mounted riders or command. 

[Calvin59]

After looking at the different English figurines from Perry Miniatures, I discovered that in the plastic box of the Light Dragoons we found the figurines assembled for the first period of the Peninsular War.