danschorr wrote:Sergio,
There were 7 Danish battalions in Italy. At the Battle of Luzzara, the following Danish battalions took part:
Dronnings Livregiment
Prins Christian
Prins Carl
Prins Georg
Jyske
Sjællandske
The seventh battalion, Marine, was in garrison at Borgoforte.
The Danes did not have any regimental artillery with them. If such guns were assigned, they probably came from the Austrian Artillery Train. Each would have had one or two Austrian gunners with the remainder of the crew being supplied by the supported Danish infantry battalions.
Dan
Hi Dan,
many thanks for the very useful informations about the Danes.
Having discovered that they had also fought in Italy, as well as being present at Blenheim, I have been considering purchasing, next year, two Danish Front Rank battalions, to flank them in our wargames either to the Austrians and the British.
Because by the rules of our wargame it is possible to deploy a light gun for every two Battalions, I thought to give one also to the Danes, or my allied army would have a gun less than the Sandro's French. (Sandro is my son, the French warchief).
To be combined with the Austrians: I can assign to the command of the Danes an austrian gun with Austrian gunners, so the wood part of the gun will be painted dark yellow.
And with the British? By any chance, do you know if the Danes at Blenheim they had supplied with english guns? Or with austrian guns, as in Italy?
In the order of battle of the allied army, which I found in the Osprey book "Blenheim 1704", are reported, among others, the regiments
"Prince Charles" and
"Prince George" (in the Ally
first line). Are they for the case the same regiments
"Prins Carl" and
"Prins Georg" present in Italy? The names sounds the sames.
In this case, by painting my miniatures with the colors of these two regiments, it would not be wrong to play them together with the Austrians or the British, depending on the scenario (Italy or Flanders).
Meny thanks for your much appreciated help.
Cheers,
Sergio