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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The USA is a revolting country. Glad to never have to go back there.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not difficult. Just select PBEM when starting a new scenario. The game engine does the rest.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I am an official WDS play tester - currently testing a new soon to be released title. Always up for a quick game.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Are you familiar with the Wargame Design Studio PC games? I’m a fan.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Another secondhand book fair at our local Town Hall, so another opportunity to fill some gaps in the collection. #history #booksky

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Another one of my Redcoat History podcasts is online - this one about the assault on Montevideo in 1807. Thanks again to Chris Parkinson for making this available. #britisharmy #napoleonicwars #history www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pBS...

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The British Army’s Strangest Forgotten Disaster? (1806-1807)

YouTube video by Redcoat History

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

New book haul! first in a while. Naval & Military Press Ltd had big sale on. #napoleonic #history #books

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Thanks to my good mate Chris Parkinson, another of my Redcoat History podcasts has gone up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywkq... The Invasion of Java in 1811! Now there's a little known campaign. Watch to find out more. #napoleonic #history #redcoat #britisharmy

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The Bravest Man to Ever Wear a Redcoat: The Java Campaign

YouTube video by Redcoat History

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Unboxing the end of an era. I started the King George's Army & The Men Who Led Them series in 2009. It has officially come to a conclusion today, with the receipt of my author copies for Vol 5. A big shout out must go to Bob Burnham, Andrew Bamford, Rob Griffith, Nick Lipscomb, + others. #helion

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

On this, the 111th Anzac Day, remembering those who did not come back. Including my grandfather's older brother, Private Tom Dean, 19th Battalion AIF. Wounded at Pozieres, died of wounds in Rouen, as the matron's letters to my great-grandmother attest. We will remember them. #anzacday

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Thrilled to be a finalist in the Geelong Short Play Festival for the second year running! Now comes the hard(er) part - bringing the play to life. #geelongwriters

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

My new podcast on Redcoat History is out. I hope to be doing a few more of these soon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj6y...

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Not Just Waterloo: Britain’s Forgotten Campaigns

YouTube video by Redcoat History

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

2/ And here are some more. Check out the 52nd attacking the Middle Guard. And Wellington meeting Blucher! #napoleonic

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I recently remembered that I had in my collection the movie book to the film Waterloo that my Dad bought me on seeing the film in 1970. The images in it are great. Mostly of scenes that never made the final cut. More to follow. #napoleonic

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Having only one Scots cavalry regiment - and not being ideal cavalry country - skews things I think. But 2.5 times more North American infantry field officers than Welsh? That's the bit I did not foresee.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

2/ FtGds + Line Infantry: 1266 (41.7%) English 677 (22.3%) Irish 901 (29.7%) Scots 34 (1.9%) Welsh 71 (2.3%) Foreign (Dutch/French/Hanov/W Indies) 88 (2.9%) North American Scots were 10.1% of the population of the UK at that time. Nth American mostly US Loyalists. WInd from families resident there.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Thanks Rory. Cavalry: 418 (61.7%) English 145 (21.4%) Irish 89 (13.1%) Scots 12 (1.8%) Welsh 11 (1.6%) Foreign (Dutch/Royalist French/Hanoverian) 2 (0.3%) Nth American Sources: Birth records, or self-identification on Insp Reports. For field officers serving 1793 to 1815. I'll do the Infantry next.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

2/ And the most common first names: 1 John 420+ 2 William 390+ 3 George 290+ 4 James 260+ 5 Charles 230+ 6 Thomas 210+ 7 Henry 190+ 8 Robert 170+ 9 Alexander 160+ 10 Edward 150+ #booksky #napoleonic

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's been Indexing time - for all five volumes! 3000+ field officers. The most common surnames were: 1 Campbell 55+ 2 Stewart 50+ 3 Gordon 45+ 4 Hamilton 40+ 5 Fraser 35+ 6 Murray 35+ 7 MacDonald / McDonald (combined) 30+ 8 Brown / Browne (combined) 30+ 9 Smith 25+ 10 Ross 25+

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King George's Army: British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 Volume 5 | From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 | Helion & Company

King George's Army: British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 Volume 5, From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 - just one of the military history books available from Helion & Company.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I do love local secondhand book fairs. Most of these cost me $2 each. There's my winter reading sorted. #BookSky #Napoleonic

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

One thing that history has taught me is that it always repeats. Always. I was working on a section of a new work, and before I knew it, I was faced with working out the details of an expeditionary force in the Straits on Hormuz. In January 1810... #Napoleonic #History

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

2/ ... how you want the data sorted, and what paginations, and then sit back. Seems to work! A bit of trial and error involved first, but worth it. Also - do it in Excel. Word is crapola for data manipulation. Once sorted, then export it back into Word. Reducing the manual effort by quite a bit.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm not fan of AI. The very idea that it could 'write something for me' has me reaching for an air sickness bag. However, I have discovered that it can be useful for writing support tasks. Like indexing, for example. Give AI some simple, non-ambiguous instructions on what to look for...

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

4/ Meanwhile, a bunch of jolly Prussians watching in the pub offer to join in against the French… Gabby ‘The Moocher’ Blücher Gus ‘Gneisup Mother Brown’ Gneisenau Ernie ‘The Tippler’ Tippleskirch George ‘Pidgeon’ Pirch Hansy "Bitin’ " Zeiten Freddy ‘Look out!’ Bülow Jonno ‘Saxy’ Thielemann

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

3/ Finally the French darts squad appears at the pub, late as usual; Leon ‘The Napster’ Bonaparte Mikey ‘Ginge’ Ney Jonno ‘Three Piece’ Soult Drew ‘Duh’ D’Erlon Honno ‘Third’ Reille Dom ‘Jean Claude’ Vandamme Georgie ‘Legga’ Mouton Frank ‘Sally’ Kellerman Manny ‘Hoochie Coochie’ Grouchy

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

2/ Then some of their continental mates rocked up to lend moral support… Dave ‘Sassy’ Chasse Gus ‘P&O’ Kruse Karl ‘Towers’ Alten Willy ‘The Duke’ Brunswick Bill ‘Skinny‘ Orange

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I, for one, would not like to encounter Tommy 'The Topper' Picton in a dark alley.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I wonder what the commanders at Waterloo would have been like if they were a bunch of blokes at the pub... Arfur ‘Wello’ Wellesley Roly ‘Poly’ Hill Harry ‘Bill’ Clinton Tommy ‘The Topper’ Picton Denny ‘Six’ Pack Henry ‘Hopalong’ Uxbridge Perhaps they're a darts team, waiting for the French to show?

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I strongly suspect he is bald to the crown of his head, as his old man was. His hair is a massive combover held in place by about 2 kilograms of product each morning. The hat is insurance to make sure his hair doesn’t self-salute in the wind before his hand can get up there.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Simple response? Don’t offer assistance again, EVER. Just smile and wave.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

You especially cannot bomb a proud ancient civilisation of 92 mills with a 600K strong army, now internally united with a common enemy. The US may just as well have bombed, let’s say, France. Plus we know that ‘regime change’ is the usual Septic window dressing, their secret code for ‘oil’.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I know. Just pointing out consequences the northern hemisphere may not have considered yet. No more Pacific bases for US ships, for one.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Dear USA: if push comes to shove and UK and Canada somehow become involved (unlikely I know, but…) you can assume Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿 are not on your side either.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This is absolutely what is forming up, metaphorically.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

So if you win the Oscar for best actor, and then go and give it to someone who was not even close to being nominated, the recipient suddenly becomes the best actor in the world? Is that how it works?

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A bit of a landmark day for me - attending the performance of my first play, Hear No Evil, a finalist in the Geelong Short Play Festival.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Unboxing!!! Thanks to From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 for sending my author's copies of Volume 4 half way around the world, as work on Volume 5 (the final volume) continues apace. You can order your copy of Vol 4 at www.helion.co.uk/military-his... #napoleonic #history #britisharmy #helion

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Alas Sean was on set rehearsing his next death scene😁 But I did have a Vietnam vet and a history professor in the audience - lots of interesting questions.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I'd like to extend thanks to Geelong Regional Libraries and Queenscliff Library for facilitating my talk on Writing Military History as part of the LocalWord25 festival last Friday morning. Such a nice venue! Such a good turnout! And such a long and interesting Q&A! #militaryhistory #Napoleonic

Steve Brown presenting Writing Military History at Queenscliff Library on Friday 22 August 2025.

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I'm just starting to prepare for my presentation on Writing Military History at Local Word 2025 - it's now only a couple of weeks away. Booking link: events.grlc.vic.gov.au/event/13943709 #localword25 Plus... some latest stuff I did for Redcoat History: www.youtube.com/watch?v=br6c...

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Steve Brown 🇦🇺 📖🖊️ @stevebrownauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Channel 9 from Australia. How are you going, Yanks - are you great yet?

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