I thought I'd put a thread together with all of the videos of my recent trip to Peninsula Battlefields in one place. Cant wait to get back out there too.

I've just returned from two brilliant days guiding Yorkshire Officer Training Regiment & Dutch exchange Cadets. Aptly we explored Killiekrankie & Dunkeld 1689 (plus some Highland sightseeing). My first (in hopefully many) British battlefield guiding jobs. And good fun too.

RT @SiBiggs: Buonaparte inspected the Royal Marines, who were generally fine-looking young men, with much satisfaction; he inspected their….

HMS Bellerophon was commanded by Frederick Lewis Maitland. (relation to the famous Maitland of Waterloo fame), was the son of a distinguished naval officer, in a family of RN & Army officers. Later he was C-in-C East Indies & China as Rear-Admiral. He died aboard HMS Wellesley.

You will of course see this painting everywhere today (it is rather famous), by Sir William Quiller Orchardson. But the Robert Gibb above of Napoleon ARRIVING shows the curiosity people had with the surrendering dictator. This still exists, it is the core of the debate

#OnThisDay 15 July 1815 7am Napoleon Bonaparte aboard HMS Bellerophon (a 3rd Rate & 74 guns) & surrendered for his 2nd & final time, having fled Paris. On deck, he announced in French "I am come to throw myself on the protection of your Prince and your laws."

An opportunity to find a "lost" castle* is too good to miss out on!. At one of my former sites we knew there was a castle & rough location, but the exact whereabouts/layout is unknown, so a project idea I had & taken up by enthusiastically by @NTS_archaeology in year 1 of many,

#OnThisDay 12 July 1808 Wellesley left Cork with orders to drive Junot out of Portugal. He set sail for Corunna in the Donegal ⚓, transferring to the Crocodile⚓. There had been a delay as his 9,000 strong force was originally intended for Venezuela.

The Battle of The Boyne, fought #OnThisDay 1690. Where William of Orange faced James, not only Irish troops on both sides, but many nations, religious beliefs spanning political support. At Oldbridge the Dutch Guards fought through the Boyne river.

RT @mcribbHistory: With @redcoathistory 's enthusiasm, drone & knowledge of seiges, we bring you, Cuidad Rodrigo, from inside and the air!….

With @redcoathistory 's enthusiasm, drone & knowledge of seiges, we bring you, Cuidad Rodrigo, from inside and the air!.

Cuidad Rodrigo, a city stormed, quickly, with bloody losses on all sides (allies, French & civilians). Lessons not implemented for the next seige too perhaps?. @redcoathistory & I take the drone into the air, then walk the walls & the city streets in the next Peninsular Episode

The latest (and possibly last) Sharpe novel has a cover. Sharpe's Storm. Set between Regiment & Seige, the invasion of France 1813/1814 I hope Cornwell has recaptured the original writing style (no mentions of Command please 💻). Out 22 October 2025.

"A series of hilltop forts built to defend England during the Napoleonic Wars are being preserved to ensure their legacy can live on. ".

RT @AndNapoleon: Please make sure to follow the X pages of our brilliant guests: @GraemeCallister @mcribbHistory @nkramer5812 @AMikaberidze….

RT @GraemeCallister: You can start in the village of Deutsch-Wagram itself, just a short and pleasant train ride out of Vienna. The village….

RT @mcribbHistory: Please watch, like & subscribe,. Battle of Glenlivet 1594.

RT @mcribbHistory: Glenlivet, not just the Scottish water of life, but a religious clan battle in 1594. One of the highest elevation battl….

RT @mcribbHistory: Maida Vale in London is named after a pub "The Hero of Maida", which stood on Regent's Canal until it closed in 1992. B….

RT @mcribbHistory: Fought #OnThisDay 4th July 1806, the Battle of Maida, General John Stuart’s victory over the French (inc Swiss, Polish &….