Five regiments of Huguenots were raised from 1689:
One of cavalry, the Duke of Schomberg's Regiment of Horse of 9 troops raised July 1689 and disbanded 1697-8
One of dragoons, the Marquis de Miremont's Regiment of Dragoons 6 troops raised 1st October 1695 and disbanded 1697-8
Three regiments of infantry:
Colonel de la Melonière's Regiment of French Foot raised 4th April 1689 and disbanded 1697-8
Colonel du Cambon's Regiment of French Foot raised 4th April 1689 and disbanded 1697-8
The Marquis de Caillemotte's Regiment of French Foot raised 4th April 1689 and disbanded 1697-8
The infantry probably wore grey coats, according to Sapherson. They carried no pikes and apparently suffered badly at The Boyne as a result.
There is an old article from 1911 printed in the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London which can be found on Archive.org here; https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofhug913hugu/page/n9/mode/2up I ploughed through it all and there is not one mention of the detail of uniform or flags. However it does give some information on the service of the units, and names officers and lists casualties etc.. The article begins at page 476.
Oh Happy Days David:)! Those are wonderful. I now have enough flags for my Brigade, with just the small matter of having to paint them up;)!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) I'm glad they'll be of use to you; look forward to seeing them with your troops. Good luck with the work!
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David.
Oh, these are so nice!
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