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Sunday, 7 September 2014

French Artillery

I never did get around to posting a picture of my last completed French artillery battery before they had to be rushed into action at the battle of The Great Redoubt. To make up for this I decided to hold a review of the entire French artillery arm overseen by Marshal Lannes.

The full Grand Battery deployed ready for action.

The Guard artillery - foot and horse.

The gun on the left is by Newline Designs, the one on the right is Hinton Hunt.

The two line batteries side by side.


This completes (yes I did say ‘completes’) the French artillery for my Hinton Hunt forces.
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8 comments:

  1. Rafael Pardo8 September 2014 at 07:55

    I like the Old Guard gunners and their laaaaaarge bearskins!
    Rafa

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  2. Anonymous8 September 2014 at 21:08

    Always good to see French artillery en masse

    Paul

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  3. Stryker8 September 2014 at 22:26

    Rafa - yes it's hard to believe that they wore those bearskins in action!

    Paul - always good unless you are the Allied player!

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  4. lewisgunner9 September 2014 at 10:20

    Exactly what I was thinking. Old guard soldiers had a bonnet de police soft cap strapped under the cartridge pouch so I wonder if they wore that in action. They presumably dumped the packs and muskets too!

    They look superb on parade and terrifying to face.
    Roy

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  5. Phil9 September 2014 at 10:21

    Nice uniforms and great work!

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  6. James Fisher20 September 2014 at 04:09

    Wnderful Ian!

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  7. lewisgunner2 October 2014 at 21:15

    Interesting site herehttp://brtdesignportfolio.com/88th/website/french%20drummers.htm

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  8. Stryker3 October 2014 at 22:53

    Roy - interesting link.

    Cheers!

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