3rd Jyske Cavalry Regiment (Jutland)
First raised 1670 as 2nd Jyske Cavalry Regiment but split into 3rd and 4th in 1675.
Strength 8 staff officers and 6 companies in 2 squadrons with a total strength of 440 officers and men.
In the service of Great Britain and Holland 1701-1712. Served in the Great Northern War 1715-1716 in North Germany.
Service in the WSS:
1702: Siege and capture of Liège
1704: With Marlborough's Army; 13th August battle of Blenheim; sieges of Trarbach and Saarburg
1706: Distinguished service at the battle of Ramillies 23rd May; sieges of Antwerp, Ostend, Menin, Ath, Dendermonde and Oudenarde
1708: 11th July battle of Oudenarde
1709: Siege of Tournai; 11th September battle of Malplaquet
1713: Returned to Denmark
These standards carry the cipher of King Christian V, who ruled Denmark 1670-1699. It is known that standards with his cipher were carried well into the reign of his successor Frederick IV.
As the PNG version of this file was so very large (8.6 MBs) I have chosen this time to upload a JPEG version. Closely examining the two side by side I cannot see that the JPEG loses much, if any, detail but is a very much smaller file at only around 2 MBs.
And this was probably the uniform in the WSS:
All of these recent Danish cavalry standards are simply marvelous!
ReplyDeleteKind Saturday Regards,
Stokes
Thank you, Stokes! :-) I still have a sneaky feeling much of the detail is likely to be lost (damask background?) at the size these flags will be used, which is a little bit disappointing, but if printed at a high enough definition I hope they will look impressive enough!
DeleteAll the best,
David.
More Danish loveliness David, very nice standards and a very useful regiment for wargaming.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) Yes, it's good to see they served right through the big battles in Flanders, plus some of the GNW after too!
DeleteAll the best,
David.