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Say less, mon ami.
Photo by Paul de l’étoile
Chargez et feu par files / loading and firing in files @ Château de Fontainebleau
Photo by kind permission of Martina Cammerata
Garde à Fontainebleau
Why are you not protecting le Roi? Cover photo by Martina Cammerata
Le poste de garde / the guard post @ Château de Fontainebleau
Photo by kind permission of Franck Loiseau
Moi et les garçons / me and the boys @ Château de Fontainebleau
Photo by kind permission of Martina Cammerata
En marche à Fontainebleau
How did you spend your Easter holidays? We started our season at Château de Fontainebleau…more to follow! Cover photo by Association Le Chant Du Dèpart
Sergent’s “Stripes”
The main distinguishing feature of our new sergent’s impression is the lace band around his forearm. The 1779 Reglemente says that his lace should be “a simple silver braid on the forearm,” nothing that to make it stand out more…
Making Cartridges – Part 3
Welcome back- at last we’ve assembled our cartouches and loaded the giberne! And how, you might ask? With the template cut out… …we place a lead ball in the top of the mandrel, and then roll it into the paper.…
Caption Competition!
Taken at our recent training day, we thought this called for another caption competition! So….what is our soldat in the front rank saying to his Sergent? According to Matt Farmer (a regular commenter, and in reference to our recent meme),…
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Le Régiment Gatinois 