Metis and Cree attack Canadian and NWMP camp, 1885

Canadian Militia, set up a defensive camp near a Hudson's Bay post. The militia entrench themselves.

The Cree warriors prepare to swarm the Canadians.

The left of the Canadian and NWMP post also entrench behind some hastily built defences. The buildings have already been torched by a previous raid.

Ian begins his Metis attack

Eventually, the Canadian tactics of flanking didn't work. The Cree and Metis swarmed both wings of the Canadian position. The survivors fled, leaving the Metis and Cree to loot and then burn the remaining buildings.

Fort Charlotte, George's Island, Halifax Harbour, 2018

This weekend was the 25th Anniversary weekend of the Halifax Citadel Regimental Association. As I was in the unit during the summer of 1995, and 1996, I was able to partake of events.
The only one I could attend due to work and family commitments was the tour of George's Island. The island is a drumlin, the same as Citadel Hill. The island was a fortified site from 1749-1945.
 We went with a member of my other regiment, the 84th, Alistar Hamilton as he was in the unit for 7 years.
As it was family friendly, I also took my wife and children.

Jeff our guide, Ali and myself

Ian and Leena enjoying the hike up the hill

its amazing this place is in the middle of the city and is untouched

Ali and I

Jeff and I

The kids looking toward the Dartmouth shore

Looking towards the Citadel

from the upper battery embrasure

the ditch. My wife was the only one in our group to find any of the famed garter snakes (just a baby) and several mice)

inside one of the cannopiers in the ditch. 

looking out the musket loophole

the main gate entrance

one of the several guard towers

inside the gunner's barracks

still holding up well

not so in others. 

the original drawbridge mechanism

looking down the ditch

the main gate

looking towards Halifax

another cannopier

Parks Canada is hoping to eventually have the site open to the public but it will take several more restoration projects to allow for regular access

with the brush, it's easy to mistake how deep the ditch would be

Pier 21 from the harbor side. 

anti-submarine mine chamber ruins. Several structures on the island are in ruins or are being stabilised. 

the lower magizine for the mines

approaching the dock

coming to land

Halifax from the harbor

off we go

and Ali and I hoping the weather will clear up, which it did. 

American Civil War action: Hoover's Gap

Having noticed that I have not had a Civil War battle for awhile, I shall be fielding an action once I clean up my black powder table.

Union forces on the hill, made up of dismounted cavalry armed with repeater rifles

The Confederate Cavalry arrive

Confederate Infantry begin to advance and fire from the woods

the Confederate Cavalry deploy to cut off the road

I played the Confederates differently from their historic counterparts.

The infantry were extremely aggressive in their attacks. though the cavalry took heavy looses, the rebel artillery and firepower drove off the yankees. 

This battle which I fought on the table top was actually the last one with my civil war collection I parted with the collection to a fellow collector in order to expand my other collections hopefully those of you who look at this site will enjoy the last shots of this collection in action