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Welsh Adventurer Henry Lloyd

By Adrian Lowe

Few men in the 18th century lived a life as varied and unpredictable as that of Henry Lloyd. Read more

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Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie vs. the Duke of Cumberland

By David Alan Johnson

John William O’Sullivan watched the Duke of Cumberland’s army as it stretched out in front of him, lined up in battle order on the northeastern side of Drummossie Moor, a mile or so from Culloden House. Read more

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Jacobite Victory at Prestonpans

By David A. Norris

Before dawn on September 21, 1745, the dragoons and infantry of King George II stood in line of battle in a freshly harvested wheat field. Read more

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Fire By Volley: European Musketry at War

By Gustav Person

On the snowy field of Mollwitz, Poland, on April 10, 1741, newly installed King Frederick II of Prussia faced a formidable army of Austria. Read more

Resplendent atop a white war horse, William III leads his expeditionary force against his deposed uncle, King James II, at the Battle of the Boyne in this 18th-century painting by Benjamin West.

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King Billy at the Boyne River

By Eric Niderost

On March 12, 1689, James II, recently deposed king of England, landed in Ireland in a last-ditch attempt to regain his throne. Read more

Welsh Adventurer Henry Lloyd

Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie vs. the Duke of Cumberland

Jacobite Victory at Prestonpans

Fire By Volley: European Musketry at War

King Billy at the Boyne River

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George A. Custer’s “Last Stand” at the Battle of Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Somme: Offensive At All Costs?

Hitler’s Lebensborn Children: Kidnappings in German-Occupied Poland