Monday 19 August 2024

Flag and uniform of Danish Fynske Infantry Regiment in the War of the Spanish Succession

3 battalions strong, with 18 companies of musketeers and 1
of grenadiers.

From 1689 to 1697 one battalion of six companies was in English pay and service.

From 1701 to 1714 one battalion (of seven companies including one grenadier company) was in Dutch pay.



Service in the WSS:

The first battalion in Dutch pay:

1702: Siege and capture of Liège
1704: With he army of Eugène of Savoy; 13th August at Blenheim; sieges of Trarbach and Saarburg
1706: With Marlborough's army; battle of Ramillies; sieges of Antwerp, Ostend, Menin, Ath, Dendermonde and Oudenarde
1709: Siege of Tournai; 1th September battle of Malplaquet
1714: Returned to Denmark

The other two battalions apparently served in the Great Northern War (1700-1721) from 1710 and fought in the battle of Helsingborg

And this was probably the uniform during much of the WSS: