Anglo Dutch Dispatch

Greetings gentlemen and welcome to the Anglo-Dutch Dispatch. Don't forget that we have our quite unique London Gazette, which is updated regularly with all our Armies' news and information. We have had a few new members start their training over the past months, welcome gentlemen, but membership is very low this quarter… please continue badgering friends and relatives and get them to look at OUR club.

Lord Cheshire, Brigadier General Sir Tony Dobson, has announced his intention to retire. It is scarcely necessary to describe how much this stalwart and tireless warrior and gentleman will be missed by all in the NWC.

Gentlemen over the next few months there will be some major changes within the Army due to the changing front in France. KT The Guards Division will become an active Division. There will be more information on this as time goes on but the Corps should be up and running, ready to go to France by the end of Feb 1803. The RMA is on the quiet side this Quarter but with new plans in mind I hope we can see some new Cadets pass thought its doors. I would like to thank all the Officers that took the time to answer the muster call. That is it for now chaps; it remains for me to wish you all great gaming and a Happy New Year!!

Ranks

This has been everybody’s favourite subject. So I have now decided to keep this in for this issue. Here is a list of the Anglo-Allied rank structure.

Cadet 0
Ensign 05
2nd Lt. 50
Lt. 100
Captain 200
Maj. 300
Lt. Col. 400
Col. 500
Brig. Gen. 700
Maj. Gen 1000
Lt. Gen 1500
Fld. Marsh 2000

PLEASE NOTE

The rank of Colonel can only be passed by an officer in Brigade/Division/Corps command or by an officer with an admin role within the club.

It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce the following promotions, decorations and commissions and postings.

God save King George!!

Postings

Ensign Richard White appointed as Adj to the Army.

Honours

Brig Gen Mark Nelms Honoured with a Knight Hood KG
Col Mike Davies Honoured with a Knight Hood KG

Commissions

The following Ensigns have successfully completed their training and passed out from the RMA:

Cadet Laurence Dowson 28th Nov 1802

The following Officers have been commissioned to the Guards:

Promotions

George by the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith.
To our Trusty and well beloved Officers Greetings. We reposing especial trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good conduct, do by these Presents Constitute and appoint you to be an Officer of Our Land Forces from this date forward. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge your duty as such in the Rank of Lieutenant or such higher Rank to which We may from time to time hereafter be pleased to promote or appoint you, of which a notification will be made in the London Gazette, and you are at all times to exercise and well discipline in Arms both the Inferior Officers and Men serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And We do hereby Command them to Obey you as their superior and you to Observe and follow such Orders and Directions as from time to time you shall receive from Us or any of your superior Officers according to the Rules and Discipline of War in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's this date in the Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command

GR

Promotions as of the 13 Jan 1803.

Ensign Mark Black to 2Lt 02 Oct 1802
Lt Col Sir Jim Hall to Col 03 Oct 1802
Lord Cheshire Brig Gen Sir Tony Dobson to Maj Gen 17 Oct 1802
Lt John Kurtz to Capt 18 Oct 1802
Ensign Paul Frampton to 2Lt 20 Oct 1802
Lt Col Michael Davies to Col 16 Dec 1802
1e Lt Marco Rietveld to Kapt 01 Jan 1803
Ensign Richard Asher to 2Lt 02 Jan 1803
2e Lt Erwin Muilwijk to 1e Lt 05 Jan 1803
2nd Lt Mike Rea to Lt 13 Jan 1803

Congratulations Gentlemen well played!

Medals and Awards

George by the Grace of God. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith.
Sir, I am directed to transmit to you the accompanying medal which has been conferred upon you for your services with the British Forces during service to the King against the French. In Forwarding the Decoration, I am commanded by the King to assure you of His Majesty's high appreciation of the services rendered.
I am Sir, Your obedient Servant

Wellington!

The following officers have received awards for their service to the club or for their battlefield endeavours:

MGSM (Military General Service Medal):

To:

Brig Gen Mark Nelms 03 Oct 1802
Maj Gen Sir Ken Jones 03 Oct 1802
Col Geert Van Uythoven 18 Oct 1802 X 2
Col Geert Van Uythoven 19 Oct 1802 X 2
1e Lt Andrew Veenstra 19 Oct 1802
1e Lt Andrew Veenstra 20 Oct 1802
Ensign Richard Asher 16 Dec 1802
Col Geert Van Uythoven 16 Dec 1802 X 3
1e Lt Hans Boersma 16 Dec 1802
1e Lt Marco Rietveld 16 Dec 1802
Col Sir Jim Hall 01 Jan 1803

2nd Lt Paul Frampton 01 Jan 1803
Col Geert Van Uythoven 01 Jan 1803
Kapt Marco Rietveld 01 Jan 1803 X2
Col Micheal Davies 01 Jan 1803
2nd Lt Richard Asher 01 Jan 1803
Col Sir Jim Hall 05 Jan 1803
Kaptain Marco Rietveld 05 Jan 1803

Army Gold Medal

To:
Col Geert Van Uythoven 17 Oct 1802

DISTINGUISHED Conduct Medal (D.C.M)

Col Geert Van Uythoven 02 Jan 1803
Kaptein Marco Rietveld 02 1803

Reports

I Corps

At this time I Corp has hit a really bad patch and the Command Staff are looking at ways to get the Corp back to it’s former self. From the report I had from the Corp Commander no Officers apart from the Dutch Div Report to answer the Muster.

Muster December 2002

Maandelijksche Staat
1e Brigade, 2e Divisie
Koninklijke Mobiele Armée

December 2002

Officer	Unit	Game ID	F/M	Opponent	Army	Game/Scenario	Turn/Total	Result
1e Luitenant H.E. Boersma	Jag. Nº 27	Z605	M	General-Major Ruben Lopez	Russian Army Staff	PTW / d'Erlon Unleashed	6/32	Pending
& 1e Luitenant A. Veenstra & Colonel G. van Uythoven	2e Ned. Divisie		F (MP)	Tomasz Nowacki & Colin Greenfield & Stewart Stiles		PTW/Ligny & Quatre Bras	3/28	Pending
Kapitein E. Voogd	Mil. Nº 5		F	Guillaume Aymonier-Ameline		CE / Corunna	13/24	Pending
& Colonel Geert van Uythoven	2e Ned. Divisie		F	Richard Barett & Theron Lambert		PTW / Twin Battles	19/28	Pending
			F	Mark Eason		NIR / Kutusov Turns to Fight	20/48	Pending
		MOE #2	F	Andrew Hall		CE / The Battle of Teugn-Hausen	15/16	Major Victory
			F	Macolm Cumberlidge	AdN	CE / Abensberg	5/28	Pending
		Z624	F	Bill Peterson	Garde Impériale	NRC/Campaign/Smolensk	9/28	Pending
1e Luitenant A. Veenstra	Mil. Nº 7	Z563	F	Colonel Michael Arret	AdR	BGW / La Grande Bataille de Waterloo	46/54	Minor Victory
		Z250	F	Lieutenant Craig Armistead	AdR	BGW / A Great Day for a Battle	19/54	Pending
		Z 627	F	GdB Tony Malone	AdN	BGW / The Battle of Waterloo	5/44	Pending
		Z469	F	Lt Gene Millard	AdN	NIR / Kutusov Turns to Fight	24/48	Pending
			F	Lt Oscar Raido	AdN	PTW / The Battle of Quatre Bras	9/28	Pending
& Mark Black & Lawrence Dowson	Anglo-Allied Army		F	Michael Arret		PTW / Waterloo at Ligny and Quatre Bras	4/104	Pending
& 1e Luitenant H.E. Boersma & Colonel G. van Uythoven	2e Ned. Divisie		F (MP)	Tomasz Nowacki & Colin Greenfield & Stewart Stiles		PTW / Ligny & Quatre Bras	3/28	Pending
Majoor M. Bijl	Mil. Nº 8			Not engaged

Drawn up: 5 January, 2003
2e Luitenant-Adjudant J.J. Schrequelndreyer

2nd Brigade:

Officier	GameID	F/M	Opponent(en)	Army	Battle/Scenario	Turn/Totaal	Resultaat
1e Lt Marco Rietveld	X7	F MP	Lt Patrick Mossier/ Sous Lt Richard Bache/ Sous Lt Armand Lauzon	AdR	BGW/The battle of Waterloo historical	8/44	Allied major victory
	X13	F MP	Lt Patrick Mossier/ Lt Richard Bache	AdR/ AdR	BGW/The battle of Waterloo historical	2/44	N/A
	Z619	F	Lt Sergio Alarcon	AdR	BGW/A Great Day for a Battle	5/54	N/A
	Z482	F	Lt Patrick Mosier	Armée du Rhin	BGW/General d’Erlons Assault	8/10	N/A
	?	F	Lt Mieszko Ciesla	Armée du Rhin	PTW/ Battle of Quatre Bras	5/28	N.A.
	Z625	F	Lt Rob Burns	Armee du Nord	Eckmuhl/ The Battle of Teugn Hausen	3/16	N.A.
Kolonel Geert van Uythoven	W19	F MP	Barrett/Lambert	ADR	PTW No.4 Ligny & Quatre-Bras	20/28	N.A.
	X7	F MP	Lt Patrick Mossier/ Sous Lt Richard Bache/ Sous Lt Armand Lauzon	AdR	BGW/The battle of Waterloo historical	8/44	Allied major victory
	Z195	F	Serge Sirochenko	ADR IV Res cav	PTW No.3 Quatre-Bras	17/28	N.A.
	Z296	F	Lt-Col Warnfried Schulze	ADN II Corps	NIR No.19 Advance the Guard	9/24	N.A.
	Z467	F	Lt Antonio Aitala	AdR VIII Corps	PTW No.5 Fury of the I Corps	23/28	Allied major victory
	Z474	F	GB Joseph Spinali	ADR IV Res Cav	BGW Waterloo historical	16/44	N.A.
	Z571	F	Yann Lamazec	ADN II	BGW There is Grouchy!	4/24	N.A.
	Z570	F	Yann Lamazec	AdN II	BGW There is Grouchy! reverse	4/24	N.A.
	?	F MP	Tomasz Nowacki/ Colin Greenfield/ Stuart Stiles	PTW No.4 Quatre-Bras & Ligny	3/28	N.A.
	Z585	F	Marshall Jeff Bardon	Imp. Guard	PTW No.21 Quatre-Bras AOW	8/28	N.A.
Z586	F	Lt Patrick Mossier	ADR VIII Corps	PTW No.7 d’Erlon Heeds Both Calls	14/28	N.A.
	X13	F MP	Lt Patrick Mossier/ Lt Richard Bache	AdR/ AdR	BGW/The battle of Waterloo historical	2/44	N.A.
	?	F	Lt Patrick Mossier	ADR VIII Corps	PTW No.7 d’Erlon Heeds Both Calls - reversed	1/28	N.A.
2e Luitenant Erwin Muilwijk	Z66	F	Tony Malone	ADN III	Austerlitz historical	23/38	N.A.
	Z498	F	Bruce Hall	ADR	PTW, Ligny historical	8/26	N.A.

II Corps

They are in a good state with most of its members having active games on going. There was well over 90% of the Corps answered the Roll call. The Corp is managing to hold their number which is good to see.

Cavalry Corps

The Cavalry Corps is in a good state with no Officer missing the roll call. the Corps Command wishes to thank all Officers for their participation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Sir Ian Travers
Brigadier General Sir Ian Travers K.G.
Anglo-Dutch COA
In a street café* in Paris, January 1803

(*Un prisonnier sur parole? Ed.)

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