Below also posted on the Miniature Pages forum
I recently had Osprey's 'Battle of the Boyne' ordered from Chapters Canada and have finished reading it last night. I was surprise by some of the plates in regardes to uniforms and flags.
For the Dutch Blue Guards (Gardes te Voet) they show a that a new colour was issued in 1688 to give them a more "English look". Cross of St Geroge with Order of the Garter in the middle. Also Trophies (canons, drums and flags) in the cantons to signify Willam's inevitable victory. Would the Guards continue with colours like this for the Grand Alliance War? I would guess that after the reign of William as King of England they would of gone back to their old Dutch Colours. On a different topic was the Frisans Guards a different unit all together or part of the Blue Gurads?
As regardes to an earlier thread on the uniforms of the Blue Guards they are displayed in this booklet with yellow/orange cuffs and stockings.
On the Jacobite side Antrim's are shown looking like a French Regiment in the white/grey uniform with red cuffs and stockings. I was surprise to see Zurlauben's in dark blue with red cuffs and white stockings, I would of guess French white/grey. They almost look like the Blue Guards in the WSS.
There is an bio in the booklet on Richard Hamilton. It states that after he was captured and exchanged for Lord Mountjoy he was involed with the Jacobite high command for failed invasion attempts of 1692, 1696 and 1708. Am I confusing this person with a different Richard Hamiton that was also captured but gave William his allegence and died at Steinkrike at the head of an English Divison.
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