Saxons - difference between 1866 & 1870

[Leman]

That looks  'a right rivetin read' - pity my German only stretches to Kann ich ein bier haben!

[Chad]

I have a softback volume from Caliver books in English.

Chad

[maciek]

That looks  'a right rivetin read' - pity my German only stretches to Kann ich ein bier haben!

OOBs should be understandable ...

[Leman]

Is that softback still available Chad?

[Chad]

It's still on the website. £14.50 I think. Good value.

Chad

[Chad]

By the way if you are really stuck for OOBs, give a nod on my personal e-mail and i will scan and send them to you.

Chad

[cameronian]

The best (most detailed) 1866 Austro/Saxon OOB I've seen was published in Strategy and Tactics in 1994 to accompany their Austro-Prussian board wargame.

[maciek]

The best (most detailed) 1866 Austro/Saxon OOB I've seen was published in Strategy and Tactics in 1994 to accompany their Austro-Prussian board wargame.

Was it more detailed than Nafziger's, available online ?

[Chad]

I wondered what the definition of 'most detailed' was.

I would have thought the information in the Official History would be as detailed as any.

Chad

[maciek]

In case of OOBs "most detailed" means that strength of every regiment is given.

[Chad]

maciek

The Nafziger OOB is from the Official History I mentioned. I cannot remember if the book has any detailed figures. If it does they are probably only of smaller actions. I know casualty figures are noted for some of the actions.

Chad

[Chad]

There are 2 Saxon OOBs in Nafziger. The second (later date) is detailed as to number of men.

Chad

[maciek]

Hi guys,
do you know this book:
http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/more.php?ProdID=10162

is this a translation of Grosser Generastab's book, available online (but in German, which I barely understand) ?

http://books.google.pl/books?id=g0AIAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=der+feldzug+von+1866&hl=pl&ei=gD2pTZ3lOcGEOtGHucYJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

I'm asking, because yesterday I received my copy of Hellion's "Road to Koniggratz" and I'm so dissapointed, that I immediatelly started to look for another book about campaign of 1866.

[Chad]

Maciek

This is the book I mentioned earlier.

I found it very good and is excellent value for money

Chad

[cameronian]

Maciek

This is the book I mentioned earlier.

I found it very good and is excellent value for money

Chad

That is the official Prussian history and although excellent, is not definitive when it comes to Austrian units. The OOB in Strategy and Tactics if from the official Austrian history, Österreichs Kämpfe im Jahre 1866. The compiler was Mike Bennighof, an acknowledged scholar of the period. He includes short regimental details next to many of the units, how they performed in the frontier battles etc.