Today saw the completion of another battalion, the tenth in fact, in my Franco-Prussian War Prussian army.
This one is the Fusilier Battalion, 1st Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 13. If you are thinking it looks like the the last unit I posted, you are right, but there is a subtle difference…fusiliers have black belts, instead of white for the musketeer battalions.
There are fifteen battalions still to be built for this army.
Certainly look business like! You are nearly halfway!
ReplyDeleteIndeed and the schedule has the halfway point in the second week of March.
DeleteJeez, that's going to be a shed load of Bosche when they are completed Mark....going to need a lot of French to take them on!
ReplyDeleteYes that is a full corps. The plan will be 26 battalions of French…or I could go for a corps at 39!
DeleteBlimey, you certainly are going to have an impressive Corps their Mark! I can't envisage painting 39 Battalions, talk less of 26, so I can only admire your dedication to this project. I'm too much of a butterfly to maintain concentration past say a Brigade or two of troops.
ReplyDeleteYes it is a good size. I once had a lArger force (since sold) consisting of 40 battalions and probably 12 cavalry regiments a side.
DeleteExcellent! You are marshalling troops faster than Prussian High Command!
ReplyDeleteThankfully they are quite straightforward uniform.
DeleteThat’s going to be an impressive parade when they are all done…
ReplyDeleteYou must be able to put them together in your sleep by now…
All the best. Aly
It certainly will be impressive. Just a single brigade looks impressive on its own and there will be four brigades plus 14 batteries, plus two regiments of hussars by the time it is finished…plus I will do a cavalry division of four regiments.
DeleteTwenty-five battalions will be a terrific undertaking. I can't wait to see the parade once they are all completed. How were the fusiliers brigaded, in the same way as their Napoleonic forebears and were they still better trained etc?
ReplyDeleteThe regimental organisation was pretty much the same as the Napoleonic period (i.e. that line regiments consisted of two musketeer battalions and one of fusiliers), but the titles grenadier and fusilier were just honourable in 1870 and there is no evidence tht I have seen that fusiliers were trained sufficiently differently. From what I can see, certainly in the big opening battles, that even the Jägers were pushed into battle in line of battle - there is a superb painting by Ernst Zimmer of the 9th Jägers at Gravelotte attacking in company lines.
DeleteThose turned out really well Mark, those look great.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Stu
Thanks Stu. I really like how the heads can be turned to give more variety.
DeleteMore excellent looking regiments. Its getting more difficult to resist these figures.
ReplyDeleteGo on Mark…you know you want to!
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