Thanks Friedrich.

When did Austria and the German states stop using the bandolier of charges known as the "12 apostles" worn by musketeers? I was reading Osprey's "Louis XIV's Army" and it mentioned that in 1683, the bandolier of charges (known as the 12 apostles) was abandoned by French matchlock musketeers and repl...

This comes from an article in Wargames illustrated, and should help, sorry i can't remember which issue :roll: Regarding Portland's Horse, as far as I've read they are indeed the Gardes te Paard. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oRsfxwslui8/UODDuYxHTPI/AAAAAAAAKuA/paAtFoHr4Is/s640/DSCF1487.JPG Th...

I don't have any information on their uniform at this time. But by the time of the Seven Years War, Regiment 9B wore a red coat with green cuffs. Granted this was 70 years later and it may well have changed by then. https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Jung_Zastrow_Infantry If the regiment ...

Dfogleman2 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:27 am

Expect that this dignitary is supposed to be King Christian V of Denmark.

Yes I do too.

Would paintings of the generals in actual battles be a better guide?

I found this painting of the Siege of Wismar 1674, and it shows what seems to be a general wearing a breastplate over a buff coat with a red sash. The flag seems to indicate this is the Danish army.

Perhaps but I would point out that in Sapherson's "Dutch Army of William III", it says that in the Dutch army, many officers wore blue coats especially in the high command, and even in greycoated regiments. http://reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Sapherson_00.pdf On the other hand a painting of the Battle of th...

An original grenadier cap was actually found in excavations at an old palace. It is the cap shown at 0.07 seconds into this video is mentioned in an ebook I have (the aforemention one on the Danish uniforms from 1699 onwards). Its a cap of the Jyske Regiment I think, and is from around 1700. It has ...

I used to have Pat Condray's book on this, which was black and white paperback. Regarding references to the "livery" colours, the book does list those but we don't know for certain whether those liveries were the same colours as the uniforms. In some cases it was those. Nearly all the infantry seems...

Nice work. As a matter of interest, I recently found online a document file of a diary by a Jacobite soldier called John Stevens. He says this regiment had a red coat with "fillamot" lining. Fillamot refers to the French "feuille-mort", meaning "dead leaf" colour. You can read it here . It has some ...

barr7430 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:15 pm

References to infantry wearing cavalry armour in Ireland during assaults suggests some units may still have at least carried some armour but the nationality is not clear.

Intriguing. Do you have a link on that or a reference? Thanks.

This is one of those "what-if" battles as the Jacobites felt they were winning until the Marquis de St.Ruth was decapitated by a cannon ball. Another problem was he didn't leave any infantry in the reserve so it fell to Galmoye's horse to cover the retreat.

I think in the 18th century, the early 17th century practice of non-officers wearing sashes was dying out, in part because of the growth of uniforms as a distinguishing feature on the battlefield. In the 18th century, sashes were something more associated with officers rather than the rank and file....

The Swedish tactic at the Battle of Lund in 1676 was to charge with pistol in hand and fire when they could see “the whites of the enemy’s eyes.” The sword was then drawn in the melee. This was specifically referred to as “in the French manner.” Yes but the date when the Carolean reforms were intro...

Friedrich August I. wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:04 am

Well, I will look if I can give any information on your request. It my take a bit of time so

Thank you.