The following is a list of the 100 most-read articles of 1997. Special thanks to Yun Abernathy, VP Operations, for the painstaking file merging, filename compilation, and then conversion of the list.

Note that some articles received the same number of reads, and thus received the same rating. For example, the two articles rated #9 received the exact same number of reads. The article after these is thus rated as 11th, and so on. --RL.

Rating. Magazine Article

1. Battlefields Battle of Busaco 1810 (Napoleonic Wars)
2. Age of Napoleon Battle of Wurzburg 1796 (Napoleonic Wars)
3. Battlefields Stand To (American Civil War)
4. Renaissance Ink Basing Tips (Modeling/Terraining)
5. Battlefields Battle of Cannae (216BC, Roman-Carthaginian Punic Wars)
6. Art of War Cavalry Tactics in From Valmy to Waterloo (Napoleonic)
7. American Revolution Journal Brandywine Project
8. American Revolution Journal Battle of Brandywine Accounts
9. Battlefields Shenandoah Valley 1862 (American Civil War)
9. American Revolution Journal Loose Files and American Scramble

11. MWAN Snappy Nappy: Austrian 1809 Invasion (Napoleonic Wars)
11. Lone Warrior Horse and Musket Campaign
12. Battlefields Wargaming Forum
13. Battlefields The Killing Grounds: Busaco Battlefield
14. Napoleon Magazine Battle Within a Battle: Hougoumont at Waterloo (1815)
15. MWAN Gaming Net Sites
16. The Heliograph Editorial (#96)
17. Battlefields The Battle of Trebbia (218BC, Roman-Carthaginian Punic Wars)
17. Empires, Eagles and Lions Skirmisher Tactics in the Napoleonic Wars (Part 2)
19. Empires, Eagles and Lions Skirmisher Tactics in the Napoleonic Wars (Part 3)
20. Age of Napoleon A Burst of Shell (Napoleonic Artillery)

21. Age of Napoleon De Rolls Regiment (Swiss, Napoleonic Wars)
22. MWAN Napoleonic Campaign Rules
22. The Courier Review and Comparison of New WWII Rules
24. Battlefields Battle of Busaco (Anglo-Portuguese Order of Battle)
25. Tornado Alert Art of the Siege (Medieval/Renaissance)
26. Battlefields Battle of Sandershausen (1758)
27. Tornado Alert Great War Version 1889.1
28. Battlefields Napoleonic Naval Campaign (1795)
28. American Revolution Journal American Revolutionary War Internet
28. Lone Warrior Horse and Musket Campaign Part IV

31. Age of Napoleon Cavalry Generalities
31 Clash of Empires The Battle of Nachod (1866, Austro-Prussia War)
31. Empires, Eagles and Lions The Campaign for Smolensk (Part II: The Battle of Liozno: 1812)
34. 7 Years War Asso. Journal Battle of Maxen (1759)
34. The Courier With MacDuff to the Frontier (French and Indian War rules)
36. Competitive Edge Battle of Winceby (Rules for Game)
36. Tornado Alert Painters Bench and Soapbox
38. Veteran Campaigner Questions and Answers
39. First Empire The Battle of Craonne (1814, Napoleonic Wars)
40. Age of Napoleon The French Invasion of Portugal (1810)

41. Empires, Eagles and Lions Bayonet Attacks by Infantry against Cavalry
41. Lone Warrior Chance Cards (gaming variant)
43. Battlefields Battle of Busaco (French Order of Battle)
43. The Courier Review: Piquet (rules)
43. Empires, Eagles and Lions Napoleon's Austrian Campaign of 1809
43. Lone Warrior Campaign Maps
47. The Zouave Small Unit Wargames of American Civil War
47. Empires, Eagles and Lions Forget About Waterloo
47. MWAN Monk's Corner: Napoleonic Rules
47. Renaissance Ink Industry News and Rumors

51. The Piquet Dispatch Initial Impressions
51. First Empire Napoleonic Tactics: Changes of Direction and Position
53. 7 Years War Asso. Journal King George Commands the Internet
53. MicroMark Army Lists American Armoured Division: 1944-1945, Europe
53. MWAN Napoleonic Campaign Rules: Players' Handbook
56. First Empire The Battle of Liebertwolkwitz (Napoleonic Wars, 1813)
57. First Empire Waterloo: How Napoleon Might Have Won
57. The Courier Perspectives and Command
59. The Courier Review and Comparison of New Napoleonic Rules
59. MWAN Monk's Corner: Ancients Rules

61. First Empire The Battle of Montmirail (Napoleonic Wars, 1814)
62. Clash of Empires Battle of Montebello (1859, Franco-Austrian War)
63. American Revolution Journal Hesse-Cassel Jaeger Corps
63. The Rebel Yell Web Pages of Interest
65. First Empire Battle of Albuera (Napoleonic Wars, 1811)
66. First Empire Bullet or Bayonet? (Napoloenic Firefights)
66. Age of Napoleon Napoleonic Uniforms (book review)
67. MWAN Great Northern War 1700-1721
67. Operations Making a Game Map

70. Lone Warrior More Solo Campaign Rules
70. PW Review English Civil War Battles
72. Age of Napoleon Battle of Schwarze Lackenau (1809)
73. Battlefields Battle of Busaco (27th September, 1810 analysis)
73. PW Review News
75. The Courier Forlorn Hope
75. Veteran Campaigner Editorial (Issue 4)
75. Battlefields Review: Spearhead WWII rules
78. Renaissance Ink 6paintip.htm 112
78. The Zouave Battle of Chester Station (1864, American Civil War)

80. First Empire Review: Napoleon's Battles
80. Age of Napoleon Battle of Wurzburg Order of Battle
80. Empires, Eagles and Lions More on Bayonet Attacks by Infantry Against Cavalry
83. First Empire The Talavera Campaign of 1809 (Napoleonic Wars)
83. Age of Napoleon Cavalry vs. Infantry Squares
83. Lone Warrior Uncomfortable for Some: Historical Blacklisting
83. MWAN Napoleonic Campaign Rules: Umpire's Handbook
83. MWAN Kampfgruppe Peiper (WWII)
88. MWAN Beginner's Guide to Painting Miniatures
88. 7 Years War Asso. Journal Piedmont's Army of the War of Austrian Succession

90. 7 Years War Asso. Journal The Battle of Camposanto (1743)
90. Empires, Eagles and Lions Flash and Polish (product reviews)
92. Battlefields Publication Review: Mind, Map & Maneuver magazine
92. Clash of Empires Editorial (Issue 1)
92. The Courier Southern Campaign of the American Revolution
92. Empires, Eagles and Lions On the Mission of Light Cavalry:
92. The Penny Whistle Editorial (Issue 32)
92. MWAN Sparta's Wars (Peloponnesian Wars rules)
92. MWAN Light Division (rules for musket warfare)
99. Clash of Empires Second Battle of Nachod (scenario)
99. The Courier Old Trousers (Napoleonic army rules)
99. MWAN Misuse of Combined Arms in Napoleon's Battle

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