There was also a Lower Rhein Circle dragoon regiment Venningen, and as in OOB you've cited dragoon regiment Venningen appears side by side with Lower Rhine horse regiment Hachenberg, I would suspect both units from Lower Rhine, not Palatinate.At the time of Blenheim in 1704 they were known as the Venningen Dragoons and only had two squadrons.
These formed part of the 2nd line under the Duke of Württemberg-Teck - 36 Squadrons and brigaded with Hachenberg cuirassiers one squadron, Nagel Horse two squadrons, Erbprinz Württemberg cuirassiers three squadrons and the Cusani cuirassiers six squadrons.
I read it, but as Maciek correctly points out, you've got the wrong Venningen regiment. The one present at Blenheim was indeed a Lower Rhine dragoon unit and not the Palatine Venningen Gendarmes described by Kühn in the uniform I mentioned above.Churchill wrote:Hi Arthur,
That's a good uniform discription you've provided, but did you not read my post previous to yours.
At Blenheim they are listed as the Venningen Dragoons (2 squadrons) so I doubt they were wearing the cuirass.
Regards,
Ray.
I'd say not so much mistaken as imprecise or confusing. German troops of the period are a fairly complex subject - and one that is not entirely within my comfort zone, I must say - because of the large number of units belonging to different contingents and sometimes bearing the same name. The Lower Rhine Venningen dragoons and Palatine Venningen Gendarmes discussed here are a good case in point, all the more so as some orbats fail to specify the origin of a given unit, or list Kreis troops as imperial units and vice versa.SteveRCR wrote:WoW, thanks guys for all the info!
Looks like I will have to put the Palatinate on the back burner for a while. Alot of mistaken orbats out there in print
Steve