I have absolutely no information on the operational use of these troops in the War of the Spanish Succession and the uniform information seems fairly confusing, so all I can offer here is this sheet of flags; they are attractive flags, anyway!
Being a uniform and flag design service to wargamers and to the imaginary crowned heads of 17th and 18th Century Europe, especially of the Seven Years War period - now By Appointment to the Court of Saxe-Bearstein! (But please note that the uniforms and flags presented here are not fictional - they are genuine 17th and 18th Century uniforms and flags that are as authentic as I can make them from my sources.)
Saturday, 29 June 2024
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Three Austrian Cuirassiers' Standards of the Late 17th/Early 18th Century
Two of the three are of unknown regiments. The bottom standard is that of Taafe's Cuirassiers and a summary of its history is given below. (Information mostly from Kronoskaf WSS website.)
Austrian Taafe Cuirassiers:
First raised 1636.
Proprietors: From 1677 FML Franz Taafe, Mylord of Carlingford; from 1704 G.d.C. Philipp Count Leiningen-Westerburg; from 1705 Colonel Franz Thomas Count Reising; from 1706 Colonel Johann Adam von Pfefferkornrom; from 1707 until 1740: Colonel Johann Count Browne de Hautois
Notable service:
1636; Blockade of Hanau
1642: Battle of Leipzig
1645: Action at Jankau
1655: Campaigning against the Turks in Hungary
1664: Battle of St Gotthard
1683: Relief of Vienna
Service in the War of the Spanish Succession
1702: Siege of Landau
1704: 13th August Battle of Blenheim
1705: In Hungary; battles of Budmeritz and Schibo
1706-1709: In Hungary and Transylvania
And the uniform in the WSS was probably something like this:
Monday, 24 June 2024
Flags of French German Infantry Regiment Royal Pologne 1747-1760
A short-lived single battalion regiment, German infantry regiment Royal Pologne was first raised on 25th November 1747. It was ranked 113th in 1753. In the Seven Years War it seems to have seen relatively little active service. It was at Rossbach in November 1757 but the accounts do not seem to mention it. In 1759, as part of Broglie's Corps, it was in garrison at Giessen when the rest of the corps was at the battle of Minden.
Although generally referred to as a German regiment, Charrié oddly lists the regiment amongst the purely French units.
It was absorbed into Royal Suedois in 1760.
So, not a very distinguished or long history for this unit - but it did have very attractive flags!
And this was the uniform of a sergeant of the regiment in 1757 (from: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-3e4d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99):
