Craig:
"I returned today at 3a.m. Yes I received 'The Gauntlet' and your magnificent flags.Thank you very much for this parcel." "I have sent you some materials and our wargaiming photos just before my departure. Have you received them?"
"Special thanks for your letter in Russian. It is perfect!"
"Some words about my trip: We were in Belgium (Brussels, Waterloo), one day in Paris and in Germany(Leipzig, GrossGerschen).In Belgium we stayed at Waterloo. Hotel was not expensive ($23 per day).We trained with Belgian 22e de ligne for seven hours in Army Museum in Brussels. Very nice regiment.
Bernard Coppens trained us. Then we visited him and knew very many interesting things abour real french uniforms.On 28th of April we were in Paris, visited Army Museum, Tombe de Napoleon, Eufel Tower. I visited 'Tradition' shop and bought all ancient numbers. To my regret it was impossible to arrange subscribtion in the shop. Then Germany. We united with 127e de ligne from Hambourg and fought big reenactment with masses of Prussians. The largest group in Germany is Lutzow Freicorps: black uniforms, crosses, sculls, bones (real SS of Napoleonic Wars). I shoot at them all my cartouches, then we took Prussian howitzer with the bajonet and repulsed the charge of Brandenbourg Dragoons. We visited Leipzig and all memorable places on the battlefield. Neys HQ survived in Kaja. But very few monuments."
Dear Craig,
Yes, your flags are of the same size as our figures. Thank you again. The work is magnificent. I understood this when I tryed to make some Bavarian flags. They were very simple with only light blue and white (like chessboard), but it was very difficult for me to make such small details.
I read all "The Gauntlet" and passed it over our boys from 'Austerlitz'. All of them were very surprised and delighted to find the page with our group. Thank you for materials on Napoleonic Wars. I read battle reports and proposed to make different reports in our group.
Good luck in your business in Korea. Twelve years ago I served on China frontier near Chabarovsk. We call these places "FAR EAST". It is really far! It took me eight hours by plane to get back to Moscow.
Kind regards,
Dear Craig,
Glad to hear you from Far East!
Your office will look like the General Staff with map and rosters on the walls. Great! To my regret I can not do such things in my :(((((
I was on Borodino battlefield last weekend. Me and my sister participated in small reenactment devoted to I do not know what... It was fine to shoot some Lithuanian Uhlans. We have one real gun of Artillerie de la Garde Imperiale. The noise was great and powder smoke covered all the battlefield (it was rainy that day). On our right 2e Swiss Regiment was surrounded and destroyed, but we held the ground. I forgot my overcoat in Moscow and was frozen like real French fusilier.
Best regards,
-ed note: As you can see, due to my transition from being a happy continental U.S. resident to a suburban Seoul-man, I missed most of my letters to the editor. I'm sure there'll be a full section next go around.
Good luck on those morale rolls!
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