Tuesday 21 December 2021

5th Cuirassier Regt. Sommariva

These chaps were rushed into action with their paint barely dry at the Third Battle of the Hut, so I never got around to introducing them formally to you. If their performance in that game is anything to go by, they will have a glorious career ahead of them.

All the figures are the one-piece casting AN.73 Cuirassier (mounted) charging with one converted to a trumpeter.

My Campaign with Rob has been rumbling on, but I haven’t been able to post on it here as the need for secrecy (and reputational preservation) has been paramount.

When viewing this map you need to be humming along to the Dad's Army theme tune. This was not the finest hour of the French army but I console myself by thinking it was just a side-show for the main event still to come nearer to Vienna.
I can hardly blame Rob for taking advantage of such a propaganda coup.

Things are coming to a head now and I suspect that a decisive battle will be coming along soon.

6 comments:

Rob said...

Who do you think you're kidding Mr Stryker...

Stryker said...

Don't tell him your name Pike!

the Archduke said...

Funny, I found myself humming “the grand old Duke of York”. Watch out for Yankee lawyers....as for the Sommarivans, I can vouch for their heroism, which matches their magnificent paintwork.

Stryker said...

Thanks Nigel, when they were up they were up and those Austrians don’t like it up em’!

David said...

I am in awe of your feigned retreat and the way the French have drawn on the Austrians into the jaws of a trap....

Matt said...

There is definitely something about Austrian troops... and these guys have it in bundles!