Pike & Shotte: Cavalry plastic boxed set

Description

168 pages of colour rich information with an introduction by writer Charles Singleton, this supplement for Pike & Shotte describes the history, armies, personalities and battles of the English Civil War. Included are detailed scenarios based on some of the most famous battles, complete with maps and orders of battle/army lists for the main protagonists. Crammed full of detailed background information, including: The Early Reign of Charles I The Bishops' Wars and the Short Parliament Rebellion in Ireland The First Civil War The Second Civil War Another War with Scotland Plus a comprehensive Civil War Timeline and detailed look at the armies of the civil war who were the infantry, the cavalry and artillery, how were they organised and fielded. The author then takes you on through the tactics of the Civil War and the military revolution of the period where the Dutch and Swedish systems were learnt and employed, and indeed explained here in detail along with more Civil War tactics. Profiles of the Royalist and Parliamentarian Commanders. Full colour guide to the colours used by participants in the Civil War. Early war army lists for the Scots Covenanter Army of the Bishops' Wars. Bishops' Wars Scots Royalist and English Pre Civil War Army. The Royalist Army Lists The Early Royalist Army The King's Oxford Army The Early Oxford Army The Late Oxford Army The Royalist Cornish Army, 1643 The 17th Century saw large standing armies in action all over Europe, in numbers previously undreamt of, and huge numbers of infantry, artillery and cavalry were raised. The cavalry of the period were mostly of the heavy variety; big horses that could barge other enemy cavalry and intimidate infantry, while carrying a determined rider protected by, at the very least, a back-and-breastplate, and usually a sturdy helmet. The cavalryman's offensive arms started with at least one pistol, a sword or pole axe for close-quarter fighting, and possibly a carbine. Cavalry were formed into squadrons, regiments and finally into brigades and were usually employed en masse in a cavalry wing on either flank of the infantry line. If a cavalry wing routed its opponents, that left it free to attack the flanks of engaged enemy infantry. This could be a battle winner, unless the jubilant horsemen galloped over the hills and far away in pursuit of plunder! These models can built to represent Royalist or Parliamentarian cavalry in the English Civil Wars or to be fielded as one of the many and varied regiments during the Thirty Years War. Models supplied unassembled and unpainted