General Discussions

The email that came through about the change to the Forum reminded me that I hadn't actually visited the site in a few years though I used to be a regular of the old Napoleonic Discussion Forum. I haven't lost interest, it's just that I moved to Alderney and have acquired a whole host of new hobbies and activities.

I'm still plugging away at my biography of Marshal Macdonald (up to 1814 and near the end of the military stuff at last) and would love to hear from anyone else interested in him.

Regards to all,

Susan Wood (formerly Susan Howard)

I've just finished writing my article on the Combat of Schleiz. It was an intriguing encounter that I previously knew little about, and through my research, I learned a lot about the actions of both sides. I hope I did the topic justice.

Michael

For those interested in German grand dukes:

https://humanitieslaw.ncfu.ru/jour/article/view/1303

Once again, I have been catching up on episodes of the Napoleonic Wars podcast,- plaudits to all, like and subscribe etc, etc - but here I am taking up my keyboard to comment on a detail that has on numerous occasions, now, been causing me momentarily to flinch at the mention of the various officers and statesmen who once answered to the name of 'DUNDAS'. For the sake of my digestion, and to the enhanced dignity of the podcast no doubt, I should be grateful if it could be disseminated to all interested parties that this Scottish surname deriving from the place name Dundas, conforms to the Celtic language pattern of generic followed by specific, in this case dun, a fort or defensible feature, followed by deas 'southerly,' and is not therefore pronounced 'dun-derss' but- 'DUN-DAS.'

General Sir David DunDAS Henry DunDAS, Lord Melville. There it is. It's g…