Welcome to the Campaign of Stanton St. John

8th - 9th September 2012

Messrs. Hazzard and Wilks invite you to join them once again for the highlight of the re-enactment calendar. The successes of last year’s event will be built upon and the experience improved even more. This is a private event, run as part of the Charte d'Histoire Vivante, away from the constraints of public performance, built by re-enactors, for re-enactors. If you want to truly immerse yourself for a weekend in the life of a Napoleonic soldier, then this is the event for you!

Scenario

September 1812. With the Royal Navy stretched by the American War, Napoleon launches a daring invasion of the lightly defended west coast. Having taken Bristol by surprise and overwhelming the ill prepared militia, the Grande Armée marches on London. A British army designed to repulse the invader is hastily assembled and dispatched to block the way to the capital. The vanguard of both armies meet just outside the university city of Oxford and set about securing ground in advance of their main force.

Event Programme

The main aim of the event is to make the experience as enjoyable and as realistic as is possible in our modern age.

The campaign weekend will start at 7:30am Saturday and end at 3:00pm on the Sunday. Thus once the event begins you will remain within 1812 and stick within its conventions as much as possible, so that you may experience the uninterrupted life of a Napoleonic soldier for the weekend.

The event takes the shape of two small forces patrolling in search of each other and engaging in a tactically realistic manner. As such there will be a considerable, though not crippling amount of marching over beautiful countryside to be done. You will take part in patrols through woods and over fields and streams, hold strategic positions and lie in wait for the enemy, sleep under makeshift shelters and cook period correct rations, and conduct picket duty or carry out night raids. In short you have the opportunity to take part in a living history experience which is unique in this country.

We are looking for all arms, infantry, artillery and cavalry, both British and French, to take part. Those wishing to bring horses or cannon will need to discuss preparations with the organisers in advance.