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Saturday, 18 July 2009

Trooper of the Saxon Chevauleger Regiment Graf Brühl

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8 companies in 4 squadrons 1756, theoretical strength 762. Chef: Graf Brühl (the War Minister). Commanders: Oberst von Goltsnitz; from 1758,...
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Friday, 17 July 2009

Jäger of the Württemberg Feldjäger zu Fuss

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First raised 1759 as 1 company, part of the Feldjägerkorps (which included the Feldjäger zu Pferde, previously posted on this blog). Command...
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Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Trooper of the Saxon Chevauleger Regiment Prinz Karl Revisited

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I am grateful to Christian Rogge for taking time from his busy life to translate text for me from Wolfgang Friedrich's Uniformen der K...
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Sunday, 5 July 2009

Trooper of Bavarian Hohenzollern Dragoons

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Impoverished by years of war during the War of the Austrian Succession, Bavaria had to make severe cutbacks and the army was reorganised in ...
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Musketeer of the Hamburg Infantry Regiment

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The Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck stayed out of the fighting during the SYW but they did have their own regiments of infant...
Friday, 3 July 2009

18th century town plans revisited again

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Although there wasn't much interest in my town plans I'm still doing some work on them, as I find them appealing myself. Here's ...
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Monday, 29 June 2009

Trooper of the Saxon Chevauleger Regiment Prinz Karl

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First raised 1733. 8 companies in 4 squadrons 1756, theoretical strength 762. Chef: to 1758, Prinz Karl von Sachsen, after 1758 Duke of Kurl...
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Coming soon - Trooper of Saxon Chevauleger Regiment Prinz Karl

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The templates are done and now I have to do the write up before posting. There's quite a lot to say about these troops!
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Saturday, 20 June 2009

Mounted jäger of the Württemberg Feldjäger zu Pferde

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Raised 1759, at a strength of 2 squadrons. Served in Hesse and Saxony in 1759 and 1760. Disbanded 1768. Württemberg troops served with the F...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Musketeer of Hessen-Darmstadt Landbattalion Fock

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First raised 1699. Commander: General-Leutnant von Fock (or Foch). Hessen-Darmstadt supplied a very fine battalion of infantry to the Reichs...
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Thursday, 11 June 2009

32nd Reichsarmee Template - Trooper of the Pfalz Kurassiere (Electoral Rhenish Circle) 2

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The Palatinate Reiter Regiment Prinz Friedrich Michael von Zweibrücken consisted of 3 squadrons of 3 companies each, with 144 men in each sq...

31st Reichsarmee Template - Trooper of the Pfalz Kurassiere (Electoral Rhenish Circle) 1

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Re-raised 1754 as the Kurpfalz Oberrheinische Kreiseskadron. 1 squadron of 3 companies, with a strength of 172 men in 1757. With the Reichsa...
Sunday, 7 June 2009

18th century fortified town outlines I've drawn; a few questions

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A while ago I did a number of outline drawings of 18th century fortified towns, including Prague, Mannheim, Minden and a few others, based o...
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Saturday, 6 June 2009

A few of the map symbols are now available as an .svg file

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I have now created an .svg file of some of the map symbols I did a few months ago. There's nothing here particularly new, except that I...
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Friday, 5 June 2009

Trooper of Württemberg Roeder Dragoons 1760

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Württemberg Roeder (or Röder) Dragoons first raised 1758 as the Dragonerregiment von Degenfeld. Inhabers: 1758 Colonel Christoph August Cou...
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Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Trooper of Bavarian Preysing Dragoons

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Impoverished by years of war during the War of the Austrian Succession, Bavaria had to make severe cutbacks and the army was reorganised in ...
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Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Saxon Hussar of the Frei-Husaren von Schill

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Raised 1761. Commander 1761-3: Rittmeister Johann-Georg von Schill, an ex-Austrian officer from Bohemia, born a commoner and ennobled for hi...
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Saturday, 30 May 2009

30th Reichsarmee Template: Trooper of the Ansbach Dragoon Regiment (Franconian Circle)

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Franconian Kreis-Dragoner Regiment first raised 1691. Inhaber: Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach. Composition: 5 squadrons each of 2 companie...
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Saturday, 23 May 2009

14th and 15th Reichsarmee Templates: Grenadier and Musketeer, Infantry Regiment Baden-Durlach (Swabian Circle) - colour versions

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Wednesday, 20 May 2009

17th Reichsarmee Template: Trooper of the Hohenzollern Cuirassier Regiment (Swabian Circle) - Colour versions

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Tuesday, 19 May 2009

12th and 13th Reichsarmee Templates: Grenadier and Musketeer, Infantry Regiment Fürstenberg (Swabian Circle) - Colour versions

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It seems impossible to add the colour images in to the previous post with only the b/w templates without making a complete mess of the forma...
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Monday, 18 May 2009

29th Reichsarmee Template - Fusilier of the Kreisinfanterieregiment Württemberg (Swabian Circle)

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I've shown the figure in the fusilier cap which is documented for 1748 and 1781 but which is apparently not specifically documented for ...
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28th Reichsarmee Template - Grenadier of the Kreisinfanterieregiment Württemberg (Swabian Circle)

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First raised 1638. 1 battalion in 1757, with 10 musketeer and 2 grenadier companies; an actual total of 963, far below its theoretical compl...
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Sunday, 17 May 2009

Grenadier of Württemberg Infantry Regiment Spitznas

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The grenadier template shows the uncovered mitre cap; in action all Württemberg grenadiers wore the white cloth cover on the mitre to avoid ...

Musketeer of Württemberg Infantry Regiment Spitznas

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Raised 1752 from the 2nd Battalion of the IR Prinz Louis. 2 battalions, each with 5 musketeer and 1 grenadier company; each company c.100 me...