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The Voyage of the James Caird – Stranded on the Pack Ice

17th March 2019 Blown Periphery 0

On the Ice The Trans-Antarctica expedition of 1914 – 1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt [more…]

The Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876 Part Four – Outnumbered, Outmanoeuvred and Outgunned

10th March 2019 Blown Periphery 0

After the annihilation of Custer’s force, the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne regrouped to attack Reno and Benteen. The fight continued until dark, approximately 21:00 and for much of the next day, with the outcome in [more…]

The Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876 Part Three – The Battle of the Greasy Grass

3rd March 2019 Blown Periphery 0

Brigadier General Terry and Colonel were unaware of the Battle of the Rosebud and Crook’s retiring back to Goose Creek. Gibbon and Terry joined forces in early June at the mouth of Rosebud Creek, where [more…]

The Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876 Part Two – The Battle of the Rosebud

24th February 2019 Blown Periphery 0

The Mission and Military Campaign At the end of spring in 1876, the Lakota and Cheyenne Plains Indians held a long-standing ceremonial tradition known as the Sun Dance. This was an important religious and spiritual [more…]

The Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876 Part One – Background

17th February 2019 Blown Periphery 0

I’ve always had a fascination with the events surrounding the Battle of the Little Big Horn and General Custer’s Last Stand. This goes back to my childhood in the 1960s and those Sunday afternoon films, [more…]

The Stockwell Shooting – A Failure of C3I?*

10th February 2019 Blown Periphery 0

Operation Kratos In 2001 international terrorist events directed security services to conclude that terrorist events involving suicide bombers, were not only likely but sadly inevitable in any country. Among many other agencies, the Metropolitan Police [more…]