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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society

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Although the P.N.S. is essentially a research group, we often travel to some of the more unusual corners of Belgium, France, Portugal and Spain traversing the fields of glory. We constantly endeavour to secure a window of education and understanding of the

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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In less than 48 hours we will be at Battles Through History for a 3rd year with a new display and loads of very cheap books on Napoleonic history. #wargaming #napoleonic #PeninsularWar #Waterloo
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Three large reenactments here 1990, 1995 and 2015. www.pns1814.co.uk/Waterloo%20R...
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Allied army 211 years ago had been fortifying the farm of Hougoumont and Le Haye Sainte. www.pns1814.co.uk/Le%20Haye%20... www.pns1814.co.uk/Hougomont.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
211 years ago Wellington moves back on Mont St Jean Napoleon will eventually arrive at Le Caillou. www.pns1814.co.uk/waterloo1.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
211 years ago today Wellington's Allied army fought the French at Quatre Bras. www.pns1814.co.uk/Quatre%20Bra...
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
211 years ago today Napoleon fought the Prussians at Ligny. www.pns1814.co.uk/Ligny.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Today marks the 211th anniversary of the Duchess of Richmonds Ball in Brussels on the evening of the 15th of June. At the bottom of this webpage is some pictures from an exhibition at Goodwood House titled "Dancing into Battle" www.pns1814.co.uk/Museums.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A pamphlet on the Dos de Mayo 1808: app.box.com/s/ptoxxgfds7...
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Dos de Mayo 200th anniversary pictures from our visit in 2008. www.pns1814.co.uk/Madrid.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Set up at #BattlesThroughHistory for a display of Le Haie Sainte and a few books on sale.
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
No prizes for guessing where I am today. #napoleonic #waterloo #cannon #royalarmouriesmuseum #fortnelson
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We will be at Battles Through History Show. South of England Showground, Ardingly West Sussex RH17 6TL, 4th & 5th October #militaryshow #southofenglandshowground #miniaturewargaming #militarybooks #napoleonic #napoleonicwar #peninsularwars #napoleon #wellington #waterloo #waterloo210
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
210 years ago Wellington moves back on Mont St Jean Napoleon will eventually arrive at Le Caillou. www.pns1814.co.uk/waterloo1.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
210 years ago Napoleon was fighting the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were fighting at Quatre Bras www.pns1814.co.uk/Quatre%20Bra... www.pns1814.co.uk/Ligny.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
210 Years ago today The Duchess of Richmonds Ball Brussels 1815 #waterloo #brussels1815 www.pns1814.co.uk/Waterloo.htm
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Today marks the 109th anniversary of the loss of E18. In the early hours of 2nd of June 1916 E18 hit a mine from a Mine Barrier off the Island of Dagerort. On the discovery of E18 it was found that the conning tower hatch was open so she was on the surface when she hit the mine.
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
109 years ago E18 spent the past 2 days patroling the area around Libau and Memel.Known to the British as Billet Number 2. My Great Grandfather W G Powell had been in the Baltic since Oct 1914 serving with Horton on E9. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
109 years ago 29th May no reports. Pictured below is E9 in the Baltic with W G Powell at the helm before being transferred onto E18. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
109 years ago E18 had a good day today, at 4:42 PM, E18 torpedoed the German destroyer V100, blowing off her bow. Had it not been for the calm seas, it is likely she would have sunk from the damage. The attack occured East of Gotland off the coast of Latvia. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
109 years ago E18 left the port of Reval (Modern day Tallinn) on her last mission. The diary of Francis Goodhart, commander of E8, states that E1 and the Russian Bars departed at 1400 hrs, E8, E18 and the Russian Gerpard left port together at 1800 hrs on 25 May. www.pns1814.co.uk/W%20G%20Powe...
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Dos de Mayo our page with pictures of 200th anniversary: www.pns1814.co.uk/Madrid.htm
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Dr Zack White @zwhitehistory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Does preserving and protecting a key site from the Waterloo campaign sound important to you? Then follow @heritage1815.bsky.social to stay up to date with their efforts to safeguard the future of Gemioncourt farm, a site of significant fighting during the Battle of Quatre Bras.
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Ciudad Rodrigo January 19th 1812 #peninsular #wellington www.pns1814.co.uk/Ciudad%20Rod...
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Kate Astbury @100days1815.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Looking for a new place to visit this coming year - try Portchester castle in Hampshire and learn about the Caribbean revolutionaries held there as prisoners of war as well as about the Parisian prisoners who built a theatre on the ground floor of the keep
Floor map of prisoner of war depots during the Revolutionary periodSculpture of a Black man, woman and child on a boat from the top floor of Portchester castle, representing the thousands of prisoners of war from the Caribbean held there in the 1790s
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Happy Christmas from Pompey
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Today, 216 years ago, the action at Sahagun. See our page: www.pns1814.co.uk/Sahagun.htm #peninsular #napoleonic #corruna #sirjohnmoore
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A selection of Napoleonic books we have on sale at ridiculous prices: #Napoleonic #waterloo #peninsularwar #napoleon #wellington
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
All set up and waiting for the start: #peninsularwar #waterloo #books #bonaparte #napoleon
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This Sunday, we will be here from 10:00am till 3:00pm selling books on the Napoleonic period at ridiculous prices. #napoleon #peninsularwar #waterloo #bonaparte #books
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Portsmouth Napoleonic Society @pns1814.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello everyone, thank you to all those now following me. Like many of you, I suspect I am fed up with the type of posts in "The other place" and hope this turns out to be better.
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