tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176765887907872307.post218155749294006998..comments2024-03-22T08:41:25.558-07:00Comments on The Wars of the Gelderland Succession: A Maurice Campaign: Heisenleman, the final!Pechlivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675234219477487940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176765887907872307.post-26230388831088816162015-09-16T10:44:45.397-07:002015-09-16T10:44:45.397-07:00Indeed, it was very close. Perhaps the cannonade w...Indeed, it was very close. Perhaps the cannonade went on too long. But it was, I think, the Rotenburg cavalry attack that was decisive: it used up the whole of the afternoon and stripped away two regiments of the assaulting infantry.<br /><br />Du Vicque's attack seemed like a million-to-one chance; but then, as one of the great author's of our age once commented, 'million-to-one chances come up nine times out of ten.'Pechlivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675234219477487940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176765887907872307.post-47784367326042537202015-09-15T15:00:46.761-07:002015-09-15T15:00:46.761-07:00Ah! But for the onset of night, Nabstria and Fenw...Ah! But for the onset of night, Nabstria and Fenwick would have won a famous victory!Fitzbuttresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05032727811880366896noreply@blogger.com