Refighting History: Volume 7 – The Seven Years War: Western Theatre: Warburg, Vellinghausen and Wilhelmsthal

In Volume 7 of Refighting History, Charles S. Grant examines the Seven Years War battles in the Western Theatre. From 1757 through to 1762 an Allied Coalition army fought against the French in support of Prussia. In August 1758, the first British contingent of troops arrived. The Allied army was a polyglot mix from nations including Britain, Brunswick, Hanover, Hesse, Prussia and Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg. This volume follows Charles’ normal formula of setting the scene, describing the historical battle, discussing how best to wargame it and then an account of how the game played out. The book has three major actions from the years 1760, 1761 and 1762. These are: Warburg, Vellinghausen and Wilhelmsthal. The first game covers the whole battle, the second just one, but critical, part and the last is divided into two games. There are additional chapters on The British Contingent in the Western Theatre and The Legion Britannique. —description from publisher