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Historyzine 012: The Battle of Blenheim

Posted on 2008-08-27 by jimmowatt

In Historyzine 12 our main feature is 1704 and the battle of Blenheim. John Churchill (Duke of Marlborough) is rampaging around Bavaria with the Dutch, Hesse, Austrian, Hanoverian and English troops. Gathering against him under the command of Marshall Tallard, … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 011: The 2nd special from Oudenaarde

Posted on 2008-07-16 by jimmowatt

The 2nd special episode from the reenactment weekend of 12th, 13th of July 2008 in the town of Oudenaarde in Belgium. This was the 300th anniversary of the battle of Oudenaarde in which the forces of the Anglo Dutch Austro … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 010: A special from Oudenaarde

Posted on 2008-07-12 by jimmowatt

A special episode featuring a report from the reenactment of the battle of Oudenaarde over the weekend of 12th and 13th of July, 2008. I’ve travelled over to Belgium and am staying in the town of Oudenaarde as they commemorate … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 009: The March to Blenheim

Posted on 2008-07-10 by jimmowatt

This issue features a review of the Richard Holmes book on Marlborough and in the section on the War of the Spanish Succession we look at the march of the allied troops across Europe and take a peek at some … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 008: War of the Spanish Succession 1703

Posted on 2008-05-28 by jimmowatt

It’s 1703 and all is not going well for the allies. Churchill’s ‘Great Design’ goes awry; the Hungarians revolt against the Empire and the Elector of Bavaria joins up with the French forces to directly threaten Vienna. This map should … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 007: 1702, Admiral Rooke attacks Cadiz

Posted on 2008-02-27 by jimmowatt

In this episode we explore the phrase to gird your loins. We examine the case of Admiral Byng who was executed to encourage the others and we interview Tony Cox of the Binge Thinking History Podcast. There’s a shout out … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 006: Siege Warfare

Posted on 2008-02-07 by jimmowatt

In episode 6 of Historyzine we look at early 18th century sieges, the changing nature of warfare and some of the reasons behind the reticence to commit troops to a fully fledged battle in this War of the Spanish Succession. … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 005:1702, taking back the River Meuse

Posted on 2008-01-15 by jimmowatt

In episode 5 of Historyzine we have a review of the National Archives Podcast Series; Historical webby gems Harry Lamin’s war correspondence Here we go around Wakefield Prison’s Mulberry Bush. And Episode 5 of our series on The War of … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 004: John Churchill given overall command of allied armies

Posted on 2007-12-23 by jimmowatt

This is episode four of Historyzine. In this episode we review Parnell’s History Podcast and History Podcast plus we look at the requirement to read the Banns before a wedding can be legalised. In the feature on the War of … Continue reading →

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Historyzine 003: Prince Eugene in Northern Italy

Posted on 2007-11-27 by jimmowatt

This is episode three of Historyzine. In this episode we take a look at the podcast series, Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History. We pick apart the phrase, ‘sleep tight, mind the bed bugs don’t bite’ and of course we have the … Continue reading →

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