Alistair Nichols

"I am a retired police officer. My interest in military history emerged after the realisation that I was not very good at painting models. The history of the foreign units in the British Army during the era of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars is my particular interest. After studying for a BA from the University of Portsmouth I decided to develop his interest through research and writing."

Hughes de Bazouges

"I am a retired colonel in the French Army. My interest in military history and modelling became centred around the history of the French military emigration in which a direct ancestor took part during the Revolution, A passion I pursued when studying for my MA at La Sorbonne, Paris, and in several articles dedicated to the émigrés at arms. Along with research and activity with La Sabretache, I currently teach geo-politics and the history of Africa at ICES (Vendée) and the Military Academy of St Cyr (Brittany)."