28mm Celtic Cavalry unit 7 (final plastic unit)

 

18mm Danish Bornholmske infanteriregiment 1st Battalion

So I have finally got round to starting my Danes for my mini Swedish-Danish war of the mid 18th century. As for the rational of having these two fight each other in this timeframe, David Manley has done a 4 page PDF on the Danish army's participation in the WAS and there is an interesting observation on their involvement which was paid for by Britain and the Dutch: “Though never in action during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Danes were theoretically available for full involvement and were raring to go.” They were scattered in garrisons across Hanover but were called home in 1743 as the political situation in the Baltic area deteriorated. They were told to guard the Danish coast against possible Swedish incursions. “In the event the war was settled privately between the Swedes and Russians in far away Finland.” I'm assuming this did not happen and that the Swedes and Danes went to war (again).


Meanwhile this is the first battalion of the Bornholm regiment also know as the Marine regiment that lasted from 1672 to 2000. According to Wiki “It was considered a punishment to be mariner (Marine), and the recruitment included individuals who could not adapt to other services. This created a tradition of extremely hardy soldiers. Even among sailors, these soldiers were feared and hated. But one thing you could not deprive them was their fighting spirit. “

So here I'm playing around with base sizes and other issues as I have not fully decided the rules I want to use – either Konig Kreig or a variation of it.

Flags for the Danes are difficult too. There are plenty for the WSS and for the Napoleonic era but for the middle of the 18th century very few examples although the Vinkhuizen collection is useful. It's slightly too late as the figures have coat lapels which came in in the 1760s and I am aiming at the 1740-50s but the flag is interesting. For the Leib I have just used the beautiful WSS flag Dave Morfitt has just done.

Figures are 18mm Old Glory SYW Austrians.

 

28mm AWI: 2nd New York

 

Three hundred men of the second NY.

28mm Celtic cavalry unit 6

 

28mm Hessians: IR10 Malsburg

 

I had 5 battalions of Palatine infantry serving with my French army but they have gone. I am converting them to Hessians and here are the first two battalions representing IR10 Malsburg.

This is the last post this year and I wish you all a Happy New Year.

28mm AWI: 1st New York

 

Whilst continuing with my SYW Hessians I realised that by doing so I had available a full division of 8 battalions (500 men each) to serve in the AWI. The only issue is the flags and either I can live with the SYW ones or I could do a separate flag base just for the AWI.

So then I looked at the American rebels. I have decided to start with a New York brigade of 6 battalions. These are fun to do because each battalion has a different uniform plus economical as I can use the cheap and excellent Perry box.

Hessian infantry in the AWI formed up in 3 ranks while the Continentals used 2 ranks, as did the British. So you can see the far thinner American line of regulars. This NY battaion is 400 men strong, each figure representing 25 men. Militia, when I come to do them, will be in a far less dense line.

So this is a small detour on the road of my Hessians for the SYW.

PS Just to note that I have had over one million hits on my blog!

28mm Celtic cavalry unit 5