And Another Spanish Flag Captured Catalonia 1694 - Battle of Ter

And here is another Spanish flag captured at the battle of Ter in Catalonia in 1694 and also depicted in the Triomphes Louis XIV. As usual it is of an unknown unit.

 

A few more still to recreate!

And Yet Another Spanish Flag Captured In Catalonia In 1694 - Battle of Ter

Here is another Spanish flag captured at the battle of Ter in Catalonia in 1694 and depicted in the Triomphes Louis XIV. As usual it is of an unknown unit. The outer pattern is more redolent of Austrian flag design but the Burgundian cross proclaims its Spanish identity.

 

Two Further Spanish Flags Captured In Catalonia in 1694 - Battle of Ter

Here are two more Spanish flags captured at the battle of Ter in Catalonia in 1694 and depicted in the Triomphes Louis XIV. They are variants on the blue and white pattern of which I have already posted several examples. Are they from the same units? We do not know.

Colours British 7th Foot Or Royal Fuzileers SYW

This was ultimately a famous British regiment but had a rather drab SYW (from a wargamer's perspective!) as it spent much of the war in garrison in Gibraltar. No doubt this was essential duty and the fame of the regiment seems more to have stemmed from its later history.

Again no point in re-inventing the wheel so here is the Kronoskaf page with history and uniform details:

https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=7th_Foot 

Two Further Spanish Flags Captured In Catalonia in 1694 - Battle of Ter

As with the last few flags I posted, there is an oddity with these flags as Triomphes Louis XIV says they were captured at the battle of Ter in Catalonia in July 1695 - but that battle happened in May 1694, so I am assuming an error by the compiler of the Triomphes. These two flags are shown together in the Triomphes but are obviously not related. As usual they are both of unknown units.

 

 

Two More Spanish Flags Captured in Catalonia 1694 - Battle of Ter

As with the last flags I posted, there is an oddity with these flags as Triomphes Louis XIV says they were captured at the battle of Ter in Catalonia in July 1695 - but that battle happened in May 1694, so I am assuming an error by the compiler of the Triomphes. These two flags seem to be related so I have shown them together. As usual they are of an unknown unit.

Two Spanish Flags Captured Catalonia 1694 - Battle of Ter

There is an oddity with these flags as Triomphes Louis XIV says they were captured at the battle of Ter in Catalonia in July 1695 - but that battle happened in May 1694, so I am assuming an error by the compiler of the Triomphes. These two flags are clearly related so I have shown them together. As usual they are of an unknown unit.

 

There are still more flags to come which were also captured in Catalonia in 1694. Some are rather elaborate, some much simpler, but all rather attractive in their own way, and all uniquely Spanish.

And Yet Another Spanish Flag Of An Unknown Unit Captured By The French 1693

As I suspect with some of the previous Spanish flags, this one may well have been captured in Catalonia and not at Neerwinden; but, wherever it was taken, it can be used however the wargamer wishes as yet again it is from an unknown unit. These flags are useful for both the late 17th and early 18th century.

 

And Yet Another Spanish Flag Of An Unknown Unit Captured By The French 1693

The Triomphes Louis XIV depicts many obvious Spanish flags, although it seems more likely that many of those captured in 1693 were taken in Catalonia rather than Neerwinden as the Triomphes seems to suggest. Here is yet another.

 

Two More Spanish Flags Captured By The French 1693 - As Depicted In The Triomphes Louis XIV

These two flags of an unknown unit are clearly related but which is a company flag and which a Colonel's flag (if that is indeed what they are) is debatable. I therefore leave it to the wargamer who uses them to decide! The Triomphes Louis XIV says they were captured at the battle of Neerwinden in 1693.

Yet Another Spanish Flag Captured By The French 1693, In Catalonia, From An Unknown Unit - Simple Design But Effective...

This is another design taken from the last few pages of the MS of flags taken at Fleurus 1690 but which has some pages near the end which are of flags noted as taken in 1693. The design is simple but striking, and as usual the regiment/tercio is not known.

 

Spanish Flag Captured By The French 1693 But Of An Unknown Regiment - Useful For Early 18th Century Too

There are many Spanish flags of the late 17th century known from French MS sources but almost all are of unknown regiments. Most are useful for the early 18th century too. Here is one captured 1693 which I have recently created; by request I have added the white Colonel's flag which is speculative but likely.

Colours British 23rd Foot Or Royal Welch Fuzileers SYW

Yes, this is sadly yet another blue regimental flag - but this time we have a famous regiment that also had a pretty busy and active Seven Years War. We have two versions of the colours; one without and one with the curious blank scroll depicted on the Napier illustration. There has been much debate about whether or not these blank scrolls actually existed on the real colours so I offer the choice!

Service in the Seven Years War: 

1756 Defence of Minorca
1758 Expedition to the French coast
1759 Battle of Minden where it took part in the famous attack by British infantry against masses of French cavalry with a loss of 4 sergeants and 31 rank and file killed, and 10 officers, 6 sergeants, 3 drummers and 153 rank and file wounded plus 10 rank and file missing
1760 The grenadier company was at Warburg losing 1 sergeant and 11 rank and file killed and 2 officers and 19 rank and file wounded; then the regiment was at the siege of Wesel. Finally it was at the battle of Klostercamp, losing 2 sergeants and 19 rank and file killed and 8 officers, 4 sergeants and 97 rank and file wounded. 3 officers and 44 rank and file were taken prisoner
1761 Battle of Vellinghausen with only 1 sergeant and a very few rank and file wounded
1762 Battle of Wilhelmstahl

Full details and uniform information at Kronoskaf here: https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=23rd_Foot

My Prince Carl Danish Flags In Action On Tales From GHQ Blog!

https://talesfromghq.blogspot.com/2026/08/prince-carls-regiment.html  :-)

Colours British 8th Foot or The King's Regiment SYW

Yes, this is sadly yet another blue regimental flag - but this time we have a regiment that had a very busy Seven Years War. It was at the capture of Guadeloupe in 1759 then in Germany at the battle of Warburg 1760, with its grenadiers at Klostercamp the same year. In 1761 it was at Vellinghausen plus numerous smaller engagements. In 1762 it was at Wlihelmstahl. See the Kronoskaf page here: https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=8th_Foot for much more detail and an account of its earlier history, plus uniform details.

The motto Nec Aspera Terrent is often depicted on the regimental colours for this period but, as Milne in his book Standards and Colours of the Army 1661-1881 explains, it was not officially authorised until 1840 when it first appeared on the regimental colours.

 

Colours British 2nd Foot or Queen's Own Royal Regiment SYW

Back to the Seven Years War again with another set of British infantry colours inspired by the Napier illustration from a JSAHR article from Vol. 7, No. 28 (April, 1928), p. 119. It's good to depict yet another regiment without a blue regimental colour!

 

Again, there's no point re-inventing the wheel with a long text as there is the detailed Kronoskaf page on the regiment here with uniform details too: https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=2nd_Foot The regiment had a disappointing experience in the SYW from a wargamer's perspective (which it spent entirely on garrison duty in Ireland) but that should not stop anyone using the regiment in their own armies, I would hope! The green facings and green of the regimental colour are refreshingly different... The ancient lamb badge of the regiment was, at this stage, a very different and simpler beast compared with the later paschal lamb with its flag of St George, found on the regimental colours from the 19th century. The motto Pristinae Virtutis Memor means "Mindful Of Our Ancient Valour" and CARA within the garter is usually taken to represent Queen Caroline, wife of George II.

Very Speculative Colonel's Flag of Dutch Huguenot Infantry Regiment Viçouse in the War of the Spanish Succession

I was asked in the comments on the previous flag if I had any ideas for a speculative Colonel's flag and yes, I have. Here it is, based on the style of many Dutch flags where the Colonel's flag is largely a version of the regimental flag with a white background. I have also added the coat of arms of the province of Holland, as the provincial coat of arms is a common feature on Dutch flags and it livens up the plain white background of this flag.

 

Colours British 27th Foot or The Inniskilling Regiment SYW

Back to the Seven Years War again with another set of colours inspired by the Napier illustration from the JSAHR article from Vol. 9, No. 38 (OCTOBER, 1930), p. 243. Good to depict a regiment without a blue regimental colour!.

Again, no point re-inventing the wheel with a long text as there is the detailed Kronoskaf page on the regiment here with uniform details too: https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=27th_Foot

Flag of Dutch Huguenot Infantry Regiment Viçouse in the War of the Spanish Succession

This is from the details in Hall, Stanford and Roumegoux's book on the Dutch Army 1685-1715, where they cite unverified information from August Kühn on the general design of the Huguenot regimental flags and give their own tentative reconstruction. I have already presented my version of the flag of Dutch Huguenot Regiment Lislemarais.

 

First raised 1701. One battalion strong.

Service:

1702-1703 In Flanders
1703-1704 In Portugal 10 companies strong
1704 Siege of Barcelona
1705-1706 On campaign in Spain and Portugal
1707 Battle of Almanza where it was captured
1708-1709 Back campaigning in Spain
1709-1712 In Flanders
1712 Siege of Quesnoy

And this was probably the uniform 1709-1720:

Colours British 4th Foot or King's Own Royal Regiment in the Seven Years War

This is an update of a stray version of these colours I did many years ago, then designed specifically for the American War of Independence. In the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Volumes 7-10 for 1928 to 1931 there are shown illustrations of the Napier images from 1747 in articles by J Leslie. These are the definitive versions of these colours for the mid-18th century and I have updated these 4th Foot colours accordingly. There are still a number of the Napier versions of colours for me to create, of the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 27th and 41st Foot. I am still trawling through the JSAHR volumes looking for articles like these; I am sure there is much more to be found. It is a fairly large task as the Society has produced 4 journals a year for the past century!

This is the Kronoskaf page with details of the unit's history and service and the uniform worn in the SYW: https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=4th_Foot

One curious feature of the Napier drawings from 1747 is that on some of the colours a blank scroll is shown. The 4th Foot is one such regiment. There has been much debate amongst the authorities on flags about whether or not these actually featured on the real colours; the colours with scrolls and mottoes on those scrolls are, of course, more convincing. So for completeness here is the set with the blank scroll depicted for those who would like to use it.

 

Colours British 42nd Foot (Royal Highland) in the Seven Years War from 1758/9

This is the last of the SYW British infantry colours I did a couple of years ago, although I plan to do more sometime soon. There is some doubt about the details on these colours; I have omitted the royal ciphers in the three corners from the regimental colour as they were probably not there until around 1768. This is a larger file than the previous ones as to show the details of the St Andrew beneath the central device required more pixels!

The Kronoskaf page has details of the regimental history and uniform here:  https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=42nd_Foot

 

Colours British 1st Royal Scots in the Seven Years War

This is another flags set originally done as a favour a couple of years ago and now improved by me. It is stonkingly hot here and therefore not the weather to attempt a long text or uniform plate so here is the link to details about the regiment on the Kronoskaf SYW website:

https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1st_Foot

Colours British 1st Foot Guards in the Seven Years War

This is another set of British Seven Years War colours I created back in 2024 as a favour. As with the previous set, I have been tinkering with them lately, improving them (well, I think so! ;-)).

Again, rather than reinvent the wheel by writing a long text of my own here (which eats up valuable flag creation time!), I suggest that the Kronoskaf page on the 1stFoot Guards is the best place to go for a detailed history of the regiment in this period:

https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1st_Foot_Guards

Colours British 2nd or Coldstream Foot Guards in the Seven Years War

I did these as a favour a year or so ago and have been tinkering with them lately, improving them (well, I think so! ;-)). I thought I might as well post them in case anyone wants them; I have a few more SYW British colours I could and probably will also post (1st Guards, Royal Scots, 42nd Highlanders), just to show I have not lost interest in my "core period" despite spending so much time in the late 17th and early 18th centuries of late.

Rather than reinvent the wheel by writing a long text of my own here (which eats up valuable flag creation time!), I suggest that the Kronoskaf page on the 2nd Foot Guards is the best place to go for a detailed history of the regiment in this period:

https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=2nd_Foot_Guards

Guidon of Dutch Dragoon Regiment Berlo, Waldeck, Dopff, Captured Probably Fleurus 1690

First raised 1688

Colonels:
Albert Ferdinand, Graaf van Berlo, Killed in Action Fleurus 1st July 1690
George Frederik, Prins  von  Waldeck  Pyrmont  und  Culembourg Died November 1692
Daniel Wolf van Dopff From 1693

Guidon as depicted in the Triomphes Louis XIV:

Service [extracted from Hall, Stanford and Roumegoux]:
1690 Battle of Fleurus; Strength 534 officers and men; 124 killed and missing in action, 20 wounded in action, 98 prisoners of war
1706 Battle of Ramillies 4 squadrons strong
1708 Battle of Oudenarde 4 squadrons strong; 6 killed in action and 7 wounded in action
1709 Battle of Malplaquet
1712 Arras Raid

And these were probably the uniforms in 1689 and 1696 as described and depicted in Hall, Stanford and Roumegoux (by 1718 the uniform was red again but whether or not this was true as early as the WSS we do not know):