It is known that while he was working in the archives of the archdiocese of Dbrnouk, Prof. Halembique encountered Prof. Aethelstan Gruber, lecturer in Balkan history at St. Andrew's University. Halembique's (winestained) diary records that the two had many long discussions regarding Syldavian history over meals in Drbnouk's smokey cantinas. We are lucky to have one page from his diary available to us where the two sketched out the dynastic history of Syldavia during the mid 17th to 18th century, with Halembique's notes in his native French and Gruber's annotations in English alongside in pencil. This page will prove quite useful as we head toward wargaming the campaigns of the 1730's and 40's.
It goes without saying that this blog has been stalled for some time while I have had my hands full with work and kids. I have had the AAR for the Battle of Olbernhau (see previous post) mostly completed for some time, but it has been languishing forgotten in the limbo of the "drafts" file. In the effort to re-start things in motion around here, the first order of business is to publish it! Battle of Olberhau After Action Report Prelude The town of Olberhnahu with forested hills to the east (rear). The Allies enter the table from more or less this position moving from right to left, then turning sharply west (left) As outlined in the previous post ( here ), our scenario revolved a hypothetical encounter of the French IX Corps and the Allied Army of Bohemia just west of the town of Olbernhau, southern Saxony, in August 1813. The battle game is preceded by the approach of the town by Count Pahlen III’s Russian hussar division, moving in from the
A fortutitous find and most useful indeed. It will indeed inform any work regarding the 1730s and may become a vital research tool...
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