Thursday 17 January 2013

Minden French Flags Project - Regiment Touraine

First raised 1624, Touraine was a 2 battalion regiment and at Minden formed a brigade with the 2 battalion Regiment d'Aumont. Touraine fought very well at the battle of Krefeld in 1758.

The same pattern of colours was carried from 1657 to 1791.




And this plate shows the uniform and flags in 1757:



Monday 14 January 2013

Does word verification deter people from posting comments?

A while ago Bluebear Jeff said he found it difficult to read the word verification image to post a comment and so felt disinclined to write comments on my blog postings. I don't know if others have felt the same but for the past few hours I've switched off word verification as an experiment to see if it helps. I may not continue this indefinitely as I've already had to deal with 3 spam comments but if it appears to increase the number of comments posts receive I might do so. We'll see!

Sunday 13 January 2013

Minden French Flags Project - Regiment Belzunce

Belzunce was first raised in 1590. It was one of the Petits Vieux regiments which traced their origins to units first created in the 16th century. The regiment ranked 10th during the SYW.

The simple colours were carried from 1749-1762, after which the regiment changed its name to Flandres.

At Minden the regiment was 4 battalions strong and formed a brigade on its own which was in the first line alongside the Picardie Brigade.




And this plate shows the uniform and flags in 1757: