tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66639992900667207332024-03-13T06:07:10.874-07:00My Seven Year's WarMy 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-9665462566590277072023-01-14T09:16:00.026-08:002023-04-16T05:39:17.918-07:00Austrian SYW Artillery<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With this article, I will present the Seven Years’ War periods most celebrated artillery. The new fine ordnance fielded by the troops of her majesty, the Empress-Queen of Austria. It was universally regarded as the most modern artillery system of this period until the introduction of the Gribeauval ordnance in France during the 1770’s. It should be noted that the Liechtenstein M1753 ordnance served as the template for Gribeauval’s system, for he had been part of the team modernizing the Austrian artillery during his service in the Austrian artillery before and during the SYW. <br />Now, the Austrian guns are truly missing among the articles on this subject in my Blog. Its about time I set myself to work. Vivat Maria Theresia! <br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>A few important remarks in advance <br />(My revised notes January 2022—most new content found with presenting the new M1752 6 & 12-pdr field gun):</b> <br />Since starting this article earlier this year, I have been forwarded new source material from Vienna during this summer 2021. Apart from the Vienna <i>Kriegsarchiv</i> sourced manuscript by Franz Rubli, forwarded to me by Pavel Jurik from Czechia, I recieved considerable new informations from a gentleman in Austria, who happens to research precisely the same subject at present. He has surveyed a many drafts and texts found in the Vienna <i>Kriegsarchiv,</i> as well as an original set of drafts with its associated explanatory text signed by general Feuerstein dated 1752 found in the Liechtenstein Collections archive in Vienna.<br />The new information requires a revised dating for the guns I present with the below.<br />I now present the Austrian ordnance in its state of transition, illustrating the guns of the pre-1750 range, adopted with the Austrian systematisation of 1716/1722, its revised </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">systematisation</span></span> or Regulation of 1737, and the new Liechtenstein ordnance introduced with the 15 April 1750 Regulation, as well as with the one of July 1752. The new barrel design had received its fixation by 1750 and remained unaltered till the end of the SYW with only minor changes introduced with the Regulation of July 1752. They include the withdrawl of the 1750 Regulation 10-pdr howitzer in favor of a lighter 7-pdr howitzer, the lenghtening of the 12-pdr light battery gun from 18 calibres to 21, the introduction of a new trunnion shoulder design, as well as a minor change with the mouldings of the cascabel & button. More important was the introduction of new carriages with the 1752 Regulation. I do have drafts of the latter ones that are found in the papers of the Stuttgart Nicolai Collection, but I initially dated them into the 1770’s—well after the SYW—and therefore ignored them. Apparently, they had already been introduced before, hence, I will now also add the new 1752 carriages for the entire range of the new Austrian field- and battery cannon & howitzers. They will be presented as M1752, for an original 1753 Regulation does not exist. The ones found in the <i>Kriegsarchiv</i> have either a false dating, or refer to documents made only much later during the napoleonic period. A many guns to the M1750 design presented below should have been fielded during the earlier campaigns of the SYW, nevertheless. Austria's ‘programme’ of supplying the artillery with new lightened ordnance did not start in 1750, but already during the mid- to late 1740’s. The existing carriages found by 1752 were certainly not replaced, but took to the field in 1756. Also pre-1750 barrels of the sort Rubli presents were not re-cast to the new design but have seen service during the war until they were either lost or became unusable. <br />Meanwhile it could be verified that Rubli presents the range of new guns at around 1749 before the fixation of the new ordnance with the Regulation (Austrian: <i>Verordnung</i>) of 15 April 1750. The mouldings of his barrels have a different design and remain closer to the pattern adopted with the Regulation of 1737. Apparently they are the design of Giuseppe Solonati, in 1744 Feld-Maréchal Liechtenstein appointed him as inspector-general of the Austrian gun casting. Rublis carriages are also rather close to old pattern ones, and so are the carriages of the 1750 Regulation which all come with a pair of centre transoms. Now several changes were made with the carriages that found a general adoption with the Regulation of July 1752. A standard wheel diameter of 51.25 Vienna Zoll for all field guns was fixed and 54 Vienna Zoll for all battery guns. Apart from the 3-pdr, the axletree was placed considerably rearwards, and all guns except the 3-pdr and the heavy 24-pdr recieved an additional pair of trunnion sockets into which the barrel was placed for the march (Austrian: Marschlager).<br />Below find the M1752 3-pdr field gun on its new carriage.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7u1iobcguSQ/YXqGCcLCQ9I/AAAAAAAACD0/TU9np1Dg-XAQKDYxGWmIK35qsRPAevtfACLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/presenting%2BAustr%2B3-pdr%2Bfield%2Bgun%2526carriage%2B1752%2BBLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7u1iobcguSQ/YXqGCcLCQ9I/AAAAAAAACD0/TU9np1Dg-XAQKDYxGWmIK35qsRPAevtfACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h283/presenting%2BAustr%2B3-pdr%2Bfield%2Bgun%2526carriage%2B1752%2BBLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jVwPyoWn82w/YC1sttkQ5KI/AAAAAAAAB6g/fhSzKDXTTSEmdZX8-yv30VvY54Xvixs1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/2%2BAust%2BArt%2B1753%2B_3-pdr%2BFS_Rubli_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1169" height="284" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jVwPyoWn82w/YC1sttkQ5KI/AAAAAAAAB6g/fhSzKDXTTSEmdZX8-yv30VvY54Xvixs1gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h284/2%2BAust%2BArt%2B1753%2B_3-pdr%2BFS_Rubli_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">sourc</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e:<br />Vienna Kriegsarchiv, signature: Memoires XIII/463-465; Franz Rubli.<br />Published with kind permission of the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, department Kriegsarchiv at ka@oesta.gv.at</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GF9gq-d2oNM/YWq4XPFvWiI/AAAAAAAACDY/TmZeQNXxRKgecNekyCp-CLnDj0k8zsQYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/presenting%2BAustr%2B3-pdr%2Bfield%2Bgun%2526carriage%2BBLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GF9gq-d2oNM/YWq4XPFvWiI/AAAAAAAACDY/TmZeQNXxRKgecNekyCp-CLnDj0k8zsQYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h283/presenting%2BAustr%2B3-pdr%2Bfield%2Bgun%2526carriage%2BBLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7NC7FxwWxiQ/YWq4lUlyMYI/AAAAAAAACDc/hzBobmh5AzAraMMYkj6f2XrNI54orIuRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/presenting%2BAustr%2BFeuerstein%2B3-pdr%2Bbarrel%2BM1752%2BBLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1169" height="288" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7NC7FxwWxiQ/YWq4lUlyMYI/AAAAAAAACDc/hzBobmh5AzAraMMYkj6f2XrNI54orIuRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h288/presenting%2BAustr%2BFeuerstein%2B3-pdr%2Bbarrel%2BM1752%2BBLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Rubli also presents a light wrought-iron 3-pdr "quick-fire" gun of the sort the Saxons fielded during this period. I have never seen this before. Nor was I aware this type of gun was ever fielded by the Austrians. Under the direction of Feld-Maréchal Wenzel von Liechtenstein—1744 appointed General Director of the Ordnance—Rubli is confirmed being part of the team selected to modernize the Austrian artillery. This makes it a most valuable and reliable primary source. However, by around 1751 he took service in the Hungarian town of Essegg (today Osijek, Croatia). He therefore ceased to be an eyewitness of the changes after he left Vienna. I can also draw from another primary source found in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttart / Germany, as part of the so called Sammlung Nicolai (Nicolai Collection). According to Daniel Hohrath, curator of the Bavarian Army Museum, to his knowledge, this material has also never been used for academic research as well. It has several sheets with detailed tables and some drafts of the new Austrian ordnance presented in Vienna 15 April 1750—as per their caption.<br />These tables could meanwhile be verified as authentic Austrian. Also a table with the dimensions of the 1752 Regulation carriages is found here wich has identical figures with a selection of tables found in the Vienna Kriegsarchiv that are now also availabe to me. <br />That being said, it is important to be aware that all nowadays available literature on the subject I know of entirely fail to do so. This is probably due to the complete destruction of the old artillery archive in Vienna around 1770, and the thus resulting source situation in todays Vienna Kriegsarchiv. Only scattered papers of the period before 1770 are found. Many of the plans have been seperated from their asociated exlpanatory texts, which make their dating difficult. Existing complete sets of drafts with text exist in the form of the rare printed "Waffenlehre" publ. Vienna 1767, another set of drafts and texts by Carl Callot, the true designer of the new ordnance, that he presented to the Vienna Artillerie Commission after 1770, as they had no plans they could work on. Now, meanwhile the material had undergone some remastering after the SYW and the range of the so entitled "Light Battery Guns" had been removed from service and are not seen on any tables listing the Austrian range of guns fielded during the SYW. The tables found present "short" and "long" 12-, 18-, and 24-pdr battery guns instead. Their entitlement identifies them as post SYW range, for the tables of the Regulation of 1750 as well as the near identical 1752 Regulation seperate between "light" and "heavy" battery guns only. These tables do not list 18-pdrs with the range of battery guns. As per the souces found in Vienna, the first 18-pdr construcion was tested only at around 1764. It was designed to replace the 18 calibre light 24-pdr battery gun.<br />With this article I will successively present the initial M1752 Lichtenstein Ordnance. It is the range of guns that saw service during the SYW. <br />A note on the caliber dimensions I am using, as they will deviate somewhat with figures found elsewhere. Thats because the figures found elsewhere are moreoften rounded figures for a catchier understanding. I wanted to arrive as close as possible to the true Liechtenstein system figures. As a result, I calculate all anew.<br />Liechtenstein’s constructors where working with the old accepted Nuremberg caliber dimensions, widly in use within the Holy Roman Empire then. Liechtenstein’s team felt compelled to stay with them in order to remain compatible with the ordnance fielded by the many Reichsarmee contingents at that time, as it is quoted from Rubli’s writings in an article on the true ‘Old-German’ Nuremberg artillery caliber system (Oestereichische militärische Zeitschrift, edition 1826, vol 2). Hence, the basic caliber for computing the diameter of all pieces was the diameter of 1 Pfund iron shot for cannons or stone for mortars and howitzers of the Nuremberg Artillerie-Fuss (29.3 cm) expressed in Vienna Zoll.<br />My employed figures are based on the fixation by the Slovenian 1754 born baron Jurij Vega (in Austrian service known as Gerog von Vega). An Austrian artillery officer & a reknown mathematician. From 1780 on, he was appointed director of the Mathematics Department of the Vienna Artillery School. His fixation—apparently dating well after 1780—being 1 Nuremberg Pfund iron shot has a diameter of Nuremberg 2.04 Zoll or Vienna 1.89 Zoll. Some embarassment is caused here because the Vienna foot scale received a universal fixation for the Habsburg Empire only with the patent of 1756. A gut feeling tells me Liechtenstein’s 1745 team started off with neat Nuremberg 2 Zoll iron—since 1 Nuremberg Pfund stone was neat 3 Zoll, but I dare not mess with this famous lector’s figures. A resulting minor deviation to the true Liechtenstein figures should not corrupt my display of the original 1752 introduced new guns.</span><br /></span><p></p><p></p><p></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uOKZVH2fLWI/YC1vLG3XQ1I/AAAAAAAAB64/DfCIsz8Lg5Apnwt09hWdEj2fag9RH5ffgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/4%2BAustr%2BArt%2BSystem%2BVienna%2B15-April-1750%25E2%2580%2593complete%2BBLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1169" height="319" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uOKZVH2fLWI/YC1vLG3XQ1I/AAAAAAAAB64/DfCIsz8Lg5Apnwt09hWdEj2fag9RH5ffgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h319/4%2BAustr%2BArt%2BSystem%2BVienna%2B15-April-1750%25E2%2580%2593complete%2BBLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tabella
denen metallenen Stücken an beigesetzten Gattungen so den 15ten Aprilis
1750 verfertigt worden in Wien [sic.]<br />(</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart / Nicolai Collection).</span></span></span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The 15 April 1750 presented and approved range of the new bronze cannon:<br />A) <br />a so entitled range of Field Guns:<br /><b>– 3-pdr field gun,</b> 16 calibres, <br />a reduced metal strength R<i>egiments-Stück</i><br /><b>– 6-pdr field gun,</b> 16 calibres, <br />a reduced metal strength 1/8 cannon<br /><b>– 12-pdr field gun,</b> 16 calibres, <br />a reduced metal strength quarter-cannon<br />B) <br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a range of so entitled Light Battery Guns:<br /><b>– 12-pdr light battery gun,</b> 18 calibres, <br />a reduced metal strength quarter-cannon<br /><b>– 24-pdr light battery gun,</b> 18 calibres, <br />a reduced metal strength half-cannon<br />C) <br />a range of so entitled Heavy Battery Guns:<br /><b>– 12-pdr heavy battery gun,</b> 27 calibres, quarter-cannon<br /><b>– 24-pdr heavy battery gun,</b> 23 calibres, half-cannon<br /><b>Note:</b> Note: the only difference between the 1750 Regulation range of ordnance to the one of 1752 is the replacement of the howitzer. The 1750 Reg. accounts for a 10-pdr construction which had been put on hold in favour of a 7-pdr construction with the Reg. of 1752. Another change is found in the explanatory text of the 1752 Reg. found at the Vienna Liechtenstein Archive that mentions the 18 calibre light battery 12-pdr should be made 3 calibres longer, now arriving at 21 calibre barrel length. Much of the older ordnance, illustrated further below with this article would be found among the siege guns or in fortifications during the war, being replaced by the new heavy battery guns only in case of want. The letter pretty much remained unchanged dimension-wise and weight-wise, except for the barrels garnishing elements or mouldings.<br />I will also illustrate the two non-regulation constructions which Rubli presents in addition to the new Liechtenstein ordnance. In his copy text pages, he entitles them either as Irregular Ordnance or ‘Mountain-Pieces’—i.e. ‘very light guns’. It’s a 2-pdr double-culverin, 30 calibers long, and this wrought-iron 3-pdr quick-fire gun that I mentioned afore.<br /></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SgU0mMMahRI/YC1xdpn2FdI/AAAAAAAAB7M/L111eI4zJTQfU-fBFaK4ep9_St9ZhzFPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/5%2BAust%2BArt%2B1753%2B_3-pdr%2BEisen_Rubli%2BBLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1169" height="289" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SgU0mMMahRI/YC1xdpn2FdI/AAAAAAAAB7M/L111eI4zJTQfU-fBFaK4ep9_St9ZhzFPgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h289/5%2BAust%2BArt%2B1753%2B_3-pdr%2BEisen_Rubli%2BBLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">sourc</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e:<br />Vienna Kriegsarchiv, signature: Memoires XIII/463-465; Franz Rubli.<br />Published with kind permission of the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, department Kriegsarchiv at ka@oesta.gv.at</span></span></span></span></b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>I believe these two pieces of the old range of guns were still in service at around 1750. Why else would Rubli bother to present them? In fact Horace St. Pauls journal notes the artillery park of the Austrian army at the battle of Prague 6 May 1757 included 24 non-regulation 2-pounders of the old ordnance!<br />The extensive Esterhazy Armoury Collection at Forchtenstein Castle/Austria does in fact has such a piece on display. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe6Q2hOIIUUqdOCk43p1bOT9lAXYlnzv_cX6HJjXZaiv3pohCuFEZ9c1MZ42gco3rDi3V_Bwz1kaAJDQR5GfnJ3AeDBD1ZUEt3U52-_roWC9eeWCaTjsrszXofxvpXiUw62hBerRI9w0FlJ1BM-mJ561O7-7OGa2sgZeofSd3fANkg3jQKJuQq7yqtA/s1169/Austr%201-pdr%201741%20Geschwind-Stu%CC%88ck_Esterhazy%20Armoury%20Coll.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1169" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe6Q2hOIIUUqdOCk43p1bOT9lAXYlnzv_cX6HJjXZaiv3pohCuFEZ9c1MZ42gco3rDi3V_Bwz1kaAJDQR5GfnJ3AeDBD1ZUEt3U52-_roWC9eeWCaTjsrszXofxvpXiUw62hBerRI9w0FlJ1BM-mJ561O7-7OGa2sgZeofSd3fANkg3jQKJuQq7yqtA/w400-h255/Austr%201-pdr%201741%20Geschwind-Stu%CC%88ck_Esterhazy%20Armoury%20Coll.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span><span>sourc</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span><span>e: </span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span><span>Esterhazy Armoury Collection at Forchtenstein Castle/Austria</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />According to the museums information, we see a bronze 1-pdr cannon mounted on a carriage very similar to Rubli's wrought iron 3-pdr. It is dated 1741. This cannon is really very small—much smaller then Rubli's iron 3-pdr. It has the same iron machinery for laying and loading—i.e. it is a Quick-Firer Gun or German <i>Geschwind-Stück.</i> In the background you see an array of hussar sabers with blades about the length as the barrel. The barrel is a short construction of 16 or 18 calibres at most. Calculating the calibre of 1 pound iron with about 5 cm, the barrel arrives at 80 or 90 cm length. When I saw the gun at my visit in 2021, I believed this to be a scale model, but now I believe it is the real gun. It looks like kids-toy really. With the campaigns of 1756 and 1757 the Grenz-Regiments or Croates where equipped with bronze 1-pdr guns apart from some obscure small calibre howitzers. I now believe it was guns to this very design the Croates recieved during the first two campaigns of the war.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next piece is the new 6-pounder field gun on its new M1752 carriage: </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGxdgT957w-fd8lOzdHBrKjorPNpP0G44H9DQL98N7rabXvvEEjeEffRYxkAS7gaTHVekIV6lrYwYFMPKUGmjZuqlQ5EFH_vfv56T0T4lHzbW6PRvnyKMCRrTQBRco4B6eSnmSwBZ8uzPj26CBHS4DOkv9tbEuzA5nMPFYs3gWt0LVcTm_URpA3oYvVg=s1169" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGxdgT957w-fd8lOzdHBrKjorPNpP0G44H9DQL98N7rabXvvEEjeEffRYxkAS7gaTHVekIV6lrYwYFMPKUGmjZuqlQ5EFH_vfv56T0T4lHzbW6PRvnyKMCRrTQBRco4B6eSnmSwBZ8uzPj26CBHS4DOkv9tbEuzA5nMPFYs3gWt0LVcTm_URpA3oYvVg=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below see an original set of drafts from the Stuttgart Nicolai collection illustrating the M1752 barrel and carriage bracket cheek. The lower one comes with the applied figures and dimensions for the 6-pdr carriage. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihbnEENvGhev9nqiQK6yhlulbYK6Dgrac9j65tlwezRV2DUJVMzPqs927Trd5N029OHBWKiU8lIC8yg1N8yB2ma-uVm9PWvGzMtLWzZpYd2YswDsWyIGSeaxTFDECNTfsRuj-LPS13VFgP3Zcg9ZLNY8OAEqivAPc5xmJz2v-7ey9sYQz11T2gcH8Z4Q=s1169" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="1169" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihbnEENvGhev9nqiQK6yhlulbYK6Dgrac9j65tlwezRV2DUJVMzPqs927Trd5N029OHBWKiU8lIC8yg1N8yB2ma-uVm9PWvGzMtLWzZpYd2YswDsWyIGSeaxTFDECNTfsRuj-LPS13VFgP3Zcg9ZLNY8OAEqivAPc5xmJz2v-7ey9sYQz11T2gcH8Z4Q=w400-h216" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">sourc</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e: Nicolai Collection artillery folders, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart / Germany<br /></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will continue to peresent also the older M1750 barrels and carriages, as I believe they also saw service during the SYW—especially the barrels continued to be cast with the M1750 mouldings till around 1770, as many original barrels on display at the Vienna Army Museum reveal. In addition, it also sheds some light on the evolution of Austrian gun design starting at around 1744. The 6-pounder Rubli presents is the pre 1750 model, that should have seen service during the War of Austrian Succession fom 1747 on, or even earlier. </span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBfphmgNyKpkhSOrfQnT94fAv_ItaKiDwz2aIw7DaoMvRBL1_mCs0FreJaMIUyMza_DqNtpdZVIGFNWzm4yP1-N6axwv_8uY4HmXc_TsxnKYbg6NInXmQPpVDxr5Hzem4qvoZVIAS_ooAx0uAWZqecjoZdloB0kMZUJsUs_G_ekRL93QtI4s0oOIbJNw=s1169" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1169" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBfphmgNyKpkhSOrfQnT94fAv_ItaKiDwz2aIw7DaoMvRBL1_mCs0FreJaMIUyMza_DqNtpdZVIGFNWzm4yP1-N6axwv_8uY4HmXc_TsxnKYbg6NInXmQPpVDxr5Hzem4qvoZVIAS_ooAx0uAWZqecjoZdloB0kMZUJsUs_G_ekRL93QtI4s0oOIbJNw=w400-h288" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW_WCJTP2Fp3XHzBWcTZ53_tM01T5fteDZGU03FM1BkbonAJNEc_kw2XNAXx8_hhpc33OtDf06iVBuhy95v-JOyMxVmbe1XrVupU6TMwzjVuNSDgiafSKcCXodK4AIXVWZaG3NRBlobgh8nfd5radNCLFXIl83JhHyWJKjM9ZofmlJ6b5Mxab9Ijc3ww=s1169" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW_WCJTP2Fp3XHzBWcTZ53_tM01T5fteDZGU03FM1BkbonAJNEc_kw2XNAXx8_hhpc33OtDf06iVBuhy95v-JOyMxVmbe1XrVupU6TMwzjVuNSDgiafSKcCXodK4AIXVWZaG3NRBlobgh8nfd5radNCLFXIl83JhHyWJKjM9ZofmlJ6b5Mxab9Ijc3ww=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below see the original Rubli sheet for the pre 1750 6-pounder: </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSk1WLqMIEr-doi6sycNKVgtnduakbeyz4eSTD00VyzlK-90EvK6f73ajdREz7s_hA2mLgV4Y5qQec0eXnRWPMWqqgHIqQDKLK-1X7UgPwGVk7pNLFd_GQ0FWEvMggvrWItfigPhtSdUaM3RNDXXi-t5ufqM0-tfto4BXzT5pigABQJcqclq-H6_x_aw=s1169" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSk1WLqMIEr-doi6sycNKVgtnduakbeyz4eSTD00VyzlK-90EvK6f73ajdREz7s_hA2mLgV4Y5qQec0eXnRWPMWqqgHIqQDKLK-1X7UgPwGVk7pNLFd_GQ0FWEvMggvrWItfigPhtSdUaM3RNDXXi-t5ufqM0-tfto4BXzT5pigABQJcqclq-H6_x_aw=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">sourc</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e:<br />Vienna Kriegsarchiv, signature: Memoires XIII/463-465; Franz Rubli.<br />Published with kind permission of the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, department Kriegsarchiv at ka@oesta.gv.at</span></span></span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interesting with this illustration is Rubli’s presentation of the complete team of learned gunners serving the piece just as it is specified in the 1757 <i>Reglement für das gesammte Kaiserlich Königliche Feld-Artillerie-Corps</i>. Since the gunners already wear the new uniform, which is said, has been inroduced only by 1750, his illustraded draft should be dated to around this time. The gunners should be from the <i>Haus-Artillerie Corps</i>—i.e. invalids serving in Vienna, rather then gunners from the Field Artillery Corps. The gunner serving as gun commander is seen laying the piece. He held the rank of a <i>Stück-Korporal.</i> He was also the one in charge for placing the fuze into the touch hole. One gunner has its position at the trail employing the trail spike to assist in laying the piece. One gunner serving as firer, and on the most left we see the gunner with the sponge in charge for whiping and ramming the cartrige down the barrel. On his right is the gunner in charge for placing the cartige into the muzzle, while the gunner in the background is the one in charge to supply new rounds from the ammunition box or the guns associated ammunition cart located in some distance to the rear of the gun. The team for all field guns was the same—i.e. the new 3-, 6-, & 12-pounders. Only the number of <i>Handlangers</i> changed in size. The 7-pounder field howitzer had a team of 6 <i>Büchsenmeisters </i>and 1 <i>Jung-Feuerwerker</i> (NCO rank) or a total of 7 learned gunners. <br />Below see the draft of the 6-pounder including limber illustrating the carriage with all its gear and iron fittings by around 1775: </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmG1jBqgGjuS_R3gncG6e5RU7zKj8Tiwmre9huSSKgDrVmVbUWTcmdaqWBE-zwzRIozjV0yemnQqjHjE8Sc-TZijX-URQjVvuMLFJPyPmD6WloRKV7xo0zdeVlLO75M7Dh31sCmwABQDVvJsMQ8l-Cf_kHQMXWbFbjzrf9IC7F2NOF1PwzB1FCAdqrcw=s1169" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1169" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmG1jBqgGjuS_R3gncG6e5RU7zKj8Tiwmre9huSSKgDrVmVbUWTcmdaqWBE-zwzRIozjV0yemnQqjHjE8Sc-TZijX-URQjVvuMLFJPyPmD6WloRKV7xo0zdeVlLO75M7Dh31sCmwABQDVvJsMQ8l-Cf_kHQMXWbFbjzrf9IC7F2NOF1PwzB1FCAdqrcw=w400-h220" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">sourc</span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e: Scharnhorst, Handbuch der Artillerie, vol i, edition Hannover 1804<br /></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has often been used as template to illustrate the SYW model. However, this gun would look authentic if seen on the battlefields of Marengo and Austerlitz, but certainly not at Kolin or Lobositz. Note, this cariage has no additional <i>Marschlager.</i> I don’t know at what time the <i>Marschlager</i> was omitted for the 6-pounder—possibly well before 1767. The ammunition chest has been placed onto the limber, introduced only after the death of prince Liechtenstein in 1772. The wheels of the limber come with 6 felly elements and 12 spokes, which is an error. The M1752 limber wheels as well as the small wheels for the ammunition wagons had 5 felly elements and only 10 spokes. A contemporay illustrated manual for the 3-pounder, dating to around 1775, found at the Vienna Army Museum confirms it. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WBCLKtul6PeaVqXhowkU6RyB5M9ohnT85sT0KBimeJ3uKSaqOVIJzV1Q79c5vJcnCyjsP-l-hfv7E7kBtGCnFba1tbAm_usx2XWfLupNYhdXWDufP9c8Gpcr3FTK2A96EZjJ4MQAQ0wfNGR43DIvS1hhY3o4vkoDyqy4P1wh-0F3IdzbvHFLXmrZkw/s1169/Austr%20Art%20Ottenfeld_gun_1762.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1169" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WBCLKtul6PeaVqXhowkU6RyB5M9ohnT85sT0KBimeJ3uKSaqOVIJzV1Q79c5vJcnCyjsP-l-hfv7E7kBtGCnFba1tbAm_usx2XWfLupNYhdXWDufP9c8Gpcr3FTK2A96EZjJ4MQAQ0wfNGR43DIvS1hhY3o4vkoDyqy4P1wh-0F3IdzbvHFLXmrZkw/w400-h240/Austr%20Art%20Ottenfeld_gun_1762.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">image source: <br />Ottenfeld & Teuber, <i>Die Österreichische Armee von 1700 bis 1867</i>, Vienna, 1897.</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIMGt1SaMDmGXd0_JxgYpVyDAVX0fup1gMV4o09-FquOhacqwIMUozEwBIpsLsruDmj_ti2l6oD376zrtpGx45dy6a82CO5KcxngRI701mJzuBU7yMWGP_H9kfucGSIFPmxXKKF8nrw93nFYEA5yJ4rmQtPwLdgBLgd1LQmAotKOKJK_FDvKt27frIA/s1169/Austr%20Art%20Ottenfeld_gun_1762.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTtR1M9_V5jxs_MQl6BqTo4QO3OUEHokHF3khvjo603_Pmm-wJmz-rXPP0SFhmj978m1F3jvjrRKYs3IfamFL_HcPW36O8fn4Oii65vCBDtqouzfawd2PoRs6NLiCEmk4k4ybJWxNWptBu6Z7-lFmoI9rG8_zmoUzRGo8Tf03etb52-tP8W8puD9o6w/s1169/Austr%20Art%20Ottenfeld_gun_1760.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1169" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTtR1M9_V5jxs_MQl6BqTo4QO3OUEHokHF3khvjo603_Pmm-wJmz-rXPP0SFhmj978m1F3jvjrRKYs3IfamFL_HcPW36O8fn4Oii65vCBDtqouzfawd2PoRs6NLiCEmk4k4ybJWxNWptBu6Z7-lFmoI9rG8_zmoUzRGo8Tf03etb52-tP8W8puD9o6w/w400-h199/Austr%20Art%20Ottenfeld_gun_1760.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">image source: <br />Ottenfeld & Teuber, <i>Die Österreichische Armee von 1700 bis 1867</i>, Vienna, 1897.</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Above 2 images are another take of the 6-pounder illustrated by Rudolf von Ottenfeld. They have been </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">dated—</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">somewhat carelessly—as 1762 and 1760 respectively. As per its caption, its supposed to show the 3-pounder field gun, but the dimesions of the barrel in relation to the wheels reveal it is really the 6-pounder field gun that Ottenfeld has illustrated here. It is also indicated by the centre transom seen in the second image. The 3-pounder carriage did not come with a centre transom througout the period. The manner of the iron fittings of the carriage are those of the period at around 1800 and clearly not 1753. Ottenfeld also missed to illustrate the iron pins to take the Keil-Richtmaschine along with the largish iron strap on the bracket cheek somewhat in front of the centre transom.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below I now present the M1752 12-pounder on its new carriage: </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN7Fycni58rrT_Ed7EKSPCGGEc6XHOCmdvtchLpoaRgjki5k1naks-RK3XmJH9sqAVyixv9FShjW3Lg2ZM8S5Qk4uOoYXuAnhVzjhX6r2PU1892QSBWk0CT64VdMHd2eKihOSfwnE-gHQOLD1eqVoU-jrUsd1AEP-nc4W_O5MEzw5d1OasDJPjkbAAQ/s1169/presenting%20Austr%2012-pdr%20field%20gun&carriage%20M1752_BLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN7Fycni58rrT_Ed7EKSPCGGEc6XHOCmdvtchLpoaRgjki5k1naks-RK3XmJH9sqAVyixv9FShjW3Lg2ZM8S5Qk4uOoYXuAnhVzjhX6r2PU1892QSBWk0CT64VdMHd2eKihOSfwnE-gHQOLD1eqVoU-jrUsd1AEP-nc4W_O5MEzw5d1OasDJPjkbAAQ/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%2012-pdr%20field%20gun&carriage%20M1752_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyXMx9oazytbEvW-_wp1DlNiSKWXfDsoeAbIeI2G23NrSVigxKOfklnRxAPZSB7zjh05OmD_sh-izO2RBMoSRkEVG46zz_LP9wcbl5RwYDLIofE0Mo1FxSpT0NdTXZOhsgQorMAAC6i5BQVd5JOerV6m0Q1ab8J0OePEiqMfUL5mf_wxz-YESUZ581A/s1169/Austr%2012-pdr%20FS%20limbered%201815-1816_BLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1169" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyXMx9oazytbEvW-_wp1DlNiSKWXfDsoeAbIeI2G23NrSVigxKOfklnRxAPZSB7zjh05OmD_sh-izO2RBMoSRkEVG46zz_LP9wcbl5RwYDLIofE0Mo1FxSpT0NdTXZOhsgQorMAAC6i5BQVd5JOerV6m0Q1ab8J0OePEiqMfUL5mf_wxz-YESUZ581A/w400-h185/Austr%2012-pdr%20FS%20limbered%201815-1816_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Draft of the 12-pdr Field Gun limbered by 1815/1816. Source: Louis van Beethoven Collection Bonn or Berlin, Germany (?)</span></b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The dimensions of the above Napoleonic period piece remaied mostly unaltered. The original M1752 bracket cheek accounted for a length of 27 calib</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">res, while the later construction was somewhat longer. 30 calibres as per the <i>Waffenlehre</i> of 1807, which makes a good match with the above illustration. Also note the difference with the iron fittings. The wheels come without iron straps and also the manner of iron fittings of the bracket cheeks are different to those, found with the earlier models of the SYW period. This 12-pdr is seen with its ammunition box mounted on the limber, introduced only during the 1770's and apparently with different dimensions as the 1752 model.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPLqUBvXfmd-okX-86HCI1Oin84Uje1N0V2NrxsCF4C2vrxeQ8D-BTNn3AIZ12X6LLtANiYzcFVISLNBC3Xk7SaF4QT3Sciui2fVG_SzyczEviA3a7Brrgstvet5prV-_5uix6ISUmEXX1HzDvvpZjtB1z1zvACZF0qjWV-VtL8FHtZgKyqsxv2Zr5Iw=s1169" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1169" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPLqUBvXfmd-okX-86HCI1Oin84Uje1N0V2NrxsCF4C2vrxeQ8D-BTNn3AIZ12X6LLtANiYzcFVISLNBC3Xk7SaF4QT3Sciui2fVG_SzyczEviA3a7Brrgstvet5prV-_5uix6ISUmEXX1HzDvvpZjtB1z1zvACZF0qjWV-VtL8FHtZgKyqsxv2Zr5Iw=w400-h288" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuVUViG-lcA0KNPSSH8BL1_NkN5RbrM6nsSRkWcozxVAPpNUtJwk7ByAUF1N8g95QmVv0w_TC_I2ocQSRJY-Z8768eV_e5MVR9Hlx1XtVM_W2-1PgzUyffhRSPtgBIC3Ixals2cvqh2urrM3UZa4Z5m_YicD4ytHy6wXxgRIhiYXlNO4co9DV-UD2scA=s1169" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuVUViG-lcA0KNPSSH8BL1_NkN5RbrM6nsSRkWcozxVAPpNUtJwk7ByAUF1N8g95QmVv0w_TC_I2ocQSRJY-Z8768eV_e5MVR9Hlx1XtVM_W2-1PgzUyffhRSPtgBIC3Ixals2cvqh2urrM3UZa4Z5m_YicD4ytHy6wXxgRIhiYXlNO4co9DV-UD2scA=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below see 3 original 12-pounder barrels on display at the Vienna Army Museum: <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKExg4h3pWrdZepKtzFosoxJ2IJoJXT06slSC33hjoxD9_ncEYrk7JppGmhQFMxGqTWCf3SZXtnZIUSgf-13CBEkshn7hCuQXH59H_6nzzk_NmnBk-1wwBey2s4CpupEiu_c_fp2ZNJmLhAljNnq9Ml4FUELd_KHypIF6O48BQ-7UE4-EyDFOvNVK76Q=s1169" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1169" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKExg4h3pWrdZepKtzFosoxJ2IJoJXT06slSC33hjoxD9_ncEYrk7JppGmhQFMxGqTWCf3SZXtnZIUSgf-13CBEkshn7hCuQXH59H_6nzzk_NmnBk-1wwBey2s4CpupEiu_c_fp2ZNJmLhAljNnq9Ml4FUELd_KHypIF6O48BQ-7UE4-EyDFOvNVK76Q=w400-h215" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image courtesy Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum HGM, Austria</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This barrel cast 1761 in the Habsburg Netherlands foundry of Mecheln comes with the 1752 Regulation trunnion shoulder design, but also with the 1750 Regulation pine cone shaped button instead of the 1752 Regulation flattened sphere design. It weighs 1,369 Vienna <i>Pfund</i> or 768 kg, which is a close match to the barrels nominal weight of 1,344 <i>Pfund. </i>The barrel length is 181.5 cm measured from the rear of the lowered fillet behind the base ring to the front of the muzzle. A close match to its nominal length of 182.25 cm. Another such M1750 barrel cast in 1768 at the Mecheln foundry you can see below. This barrel has a length of 183.8 cm—the deviation to the above 1761 cast barrel not being an indication to a different design, but the result of this periods standard of pre-industrial fabrication. <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSXX6qbAW4vFH5GzeNIhIYAEOimQrhbSUt3GDsJvGHVLUJNf5W1k0eCsQ0_YK14ALNxPVeTQvJtz-M7xpAZEtj_hIzTR-xOwhmwCmNxqP1T4wRtNZ8ePMW7_I7xr90p4-rMKEp-lwe8MOD_GGx8DYjmQnR7bJyQig1rEQ4FAHtxXESXB23DyLqXLtFmQ=s1169" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="1169" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSXX6qbAW4vFH5GzeNIhIYAEOimQrhbSUt3GDsJvGHVLUJNf5W1k0eCsQ0_YK14ALNxPVeTQvJtz-M7xpAZEtj_hIzTR-xOwhmwCmNxqP1T4wRtNZ8ePMW7_I7xr90p4-rMKEp-lwe8MOD_GGx8DYjmQnR7bJyQig1rEQ4FAHtxXESXB23DyLqXLtFmQ=w400-h208" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image courtesy Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum HGM, Austria</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>It has the trunnion shoulders as well as the button in a variant of the 1750 Regulation, rather then those of the 1752 mouldings. The draft is dated 1765 and found at the Vienna <i>Kriegsarchiv</i>. Its the draft of the 18 calibres Light Battery 24-pdr presented by Wenzel von Callot in Mecheln / Habsburg Netherlands. Also note the variant with the barrels insignia. On the chase, it has the arms of prince Charles de Lorraine, stadholder or govenor of the Habsburg Netherlands, as well as another coat of arms that I was unable to identify. The Habsburg Netherlands department of the Austrian artillery retained a somewhat independent status within the corps and was not subordinate to the command of prince Liechtenstein. Sidenote: the barrel in the background is an Austrian M1716/1722 3-pdr, 28 calibres or 200.5 cm long—longer then the Liechtenstein 12-pdr! Its a 1720 cast of the Austrian gun foundry in Milan/Italy. Also see a somewhat special designed 12-pdr barrel cast in Vienna in 1767: <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcg-gUHpIm7QXrv7Ff9OQdgTeIYFLVWrWsYFh9iKd1yQawbVUrEcBdJozXWX_kQswA_d3iNKNXzuz5sRmt9mdkr2mWPKONannXaHD4JWouI-xUeWuzpnkC-dSudeYqnEjDMvvzfHPywEx5jGuodII2KIIvD9nnSjm8_g4w1bSEcggG112y076Zme4cUg=s1169" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1169" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcg-gUHpIm7QXrv7Ff9OQdgTeIYFLVWrWsYFh9iKd1yQawbVUrEcBdJozXWX_kQswA_d3iNKNXzuz5sRmt9mdkr2mWPKONannXaHD4JWouI-xUeWuzpnkC-dSudeYqnEjDMvvzfHPywEx5jGuodII2KIIvD9nnSjm8_g4w1bSEcggG112y076Zme4cUg=w400-h210" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image courtesy Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum HGM, Austria</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> This one has the 1752 Regulation mouldings but comes with a rather massive non regulation muzzle swell. The ring accounting for a width of 18/32 instead of the Regulation 12/32. Also the dolphins remain not sculptured. Other barrels on display in Vienna and cast at later dates still continue to have the dolphins sculptored as <i>Pratzen. </i>This 12-pdr barrel comes with a length of 182.8 cm.</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">To complete the 1752 Regulation range of new light field guns, I now present the M1752 7-pounder "Howitzer". This piece replaced the M1750 10-pounder howitzer, which was removed from the range of the regulation ordnance in 1752. However, it is believed it has been added to the range again sometimes during the SYW, since Gribeauval states in his March 1762 report to the French Minister of War, that Austrians fielded 7- and 10-pounder howitzers. The other Austrian howitzer designs in use during the SYW I will present further below along with the range of battery guns. </span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdG-A7lrnFaljk9Lf43W3-K-zq_qtRi3YfNvy_tYxU8ZnVvKIpXIwUNZsLTdVc4vElqq8ujORf4o26Hj6xhtfsAAvEQpoAN0g7b-6kvmdxFIA-aYdBL6mnXQRZS5GpCEwMH4KegNikzrknQRI9Xa3nFjoSB6mG4Umkk4NNoArHG5AK2DmcjwOilwrdkA/s1169/presenting%20Austr%207-pdr%20howitzer_1752-carriage_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdG-A7lrnFaljk9Lf43W3-K-zq_qtRi3YfNvy_tYxU8ZnVvKIpXIwUNZsLTdVc4vElqq8ujORf4o26Hj6xhtfsAAvEQpoAN0g7b-6kvmdxFIA-aYdBL6mnXQRZS5GpCEwMH4KegNikzrknQRI9Xa3nFjoSB6mG4Umkk4NNoArHG5AK2DmcjwOilwrdkA/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%207-pdr%20howitzer_1752-carriage_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwT7aMjvf9pNq0GkzypHKyi7_mlg2lkD3KX8YgnMvNkrJx71s_th-XIXj3FhlBHeReb4SOHyGbpMJDK5CCXa5imkTXRdz46xQHvb7_Qe7bkyWmhzo2QWtKgIDQb_f-pmLwjgScwGYDKyuGPSLHJca_TD-REarp7HFx-80IvVcL0mU00I8u8nqEws5oQ/s1169/presenting%20Austr%20Feuerstein%207-pdr%20howitzer%20barrel%20M1752_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1169" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwT7aMjvf9pNq0GkzypHKyi7_mlg2lkD3KX8YgnMvNkrJx71s_th-XIXj3FhlBHeReb4SOHyGbpMJDK5CCXa5imkTXRdz46xQHvb7_Qe7bkyWmhzo2QWtKgIDQb_f-pmLwjgScwGYDKyuGPSLHJca_TD-REarp7HFx-80IvVcL0mU00I8u8nqEws5oQ/w400-h288/presenting%20Austr%20Feuerstein%207-pdr%20howitzer%20barrel%20M1752_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-twFw8Q93GC4/YSe8rzhXd4I/AAAAAAAACCs/0RbO0eSw5S46EcuwKqSs9Pc59iMWypvzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/7-pdr-howitzer-c1765_Vienna_Blog.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1169" height="260" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-twFw8Q93GC4/YSe8rzhXd4I/AAAAAAAACCs/0RbO0eSw5S46EcuwKqSs9Pc59iMWypvzwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h260/7-pdr-howitzer-c1765_Vienna_Blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span>Original barrel on display at the Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum</span></b></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />From 1759 on, also a number of 24-pounders start to appear with the tables of guns fielded with the artillery train of the field army. A total of 6 in 1759, 8 in 1760, and 6 again in 1761 and 1762.<br />According to Gribeauval’s report of March 1762, it was captured Prussian guns. This piece can be identified as the M1744 super-light Holtzmann 24-pounder presented with the below draft. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5_9rjTgRd1LTsTlroH6fDDov4H-1TIdrt6D_oyCpQgXyexm_MMjPCqlxOdpPBUfOnwlx1aCwJ-RV92FflelDJYx9qMKji39jC6covIx8Hr_G-1n2I-3JBEL_y6h1NPAMCNDX1UzrqOYlkPy8m5hHXcHuBtwclIj9mNqG_53j0PqPL1sKX5oLgmnmyQ/s1169/PRUSS%2024-PDR%20Light-12D%20M1744_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5_9rjTgRd1LTsTlroH6fDDov4H-1TIdrt6D_oyCpQgXyexm_MMjPCqlxOdpPBUfOnwlx1aCwJ-RV92FflelDJYx9qMKji39jC6covIx8Hr_G-1n2I-3JBEL_y6h1NPAMCNDX1UzrqOYlkPy8m5hHXcHuBtwclIj9mNqG_53j0PqPL1sKX5oLgmnmyQ/w400-h283/PRUSS%2024-PDR%20Light-12D%20M1744_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>Gribeauval writes: <i>« On a mené par complaisance quelques pièces de 24 prises sur l’ennemy; c’etoint des espèces d’obuziers qui étoint sans solidité, sans portée et sans justesse; elles entraînoint une suite énorme de caissons. L’atrillerie a toujours protesté contre; elles n’ont jamais produit aucun bon effet; cependant elles ont été soutenues pendant deux campagnes par les calmeurs des admirateurs des productions prussiens [sic.]. »</i><br />Transl: For reasons of complacency, we also have some 24-pounders taken from the enemy; their design resembles that of howitzers; they are without solidity, without range, and without accuracy; they require an enormous number of ammunition wagons. The artillerie corps always rejected them; they never produce any good effect; however the artillery corps opposition had been calmed during two campaigns by our admirers of designs “made in Prussia”. These guns had a 6 horse draught and were served by the same number of learned gunners plus <i>Handlangers</i> as the 12-pdr field guns. This bit being found in the tables of: <i>Beiträge zur Geschichte des österreichischen Heerwesens,</i> part 1: Period of 1757—1814 with particular attention to Organization, Supply, Tactics; Vienna 1872.<br /><br />Now we come the range of the so entitled “Leichten Batterie-Stücke” (Light Battery Guns). This range, along with the field guns is to be regarded as the genuine new creation of Austrian gun design under the direction of Liechtenstein from 1744 on. The first designs should have been fielded already at around 1745 during the War of Austrian Succession. It is the guns Rubli presents with his manuscript. The other range of Austrian battery guns were entitled “Schwere Batterie-Stücke” (Heavy Battery Guns). The figures for this branches designs of the 1750 and 1752 Regulations reveal, that their dimensions remaind mostly unaltered to the old pattern guns in use since 1716/1722. </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZ9BdeaQ0GuAfdMoaQKP2ShrMRlB74zY_2Hr1u4HLco1YAIZvIYsTLEC2e3Jm1HGnH9RV2R9zkVSQrwG7-Z83s3430372DVT1WB3c9pJWmSC6-2W2SV2RrvKTrj7Dk5k9iCJ798nNcBtndLlxcywEnLQ_OXg0fW13Qxl7-RtKyb2IzXOdw2kDWM2UcQ/s1169/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20light-battery-gun&carriage%201748_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZ9BdeaQ0GuAfdMoaQKP2ShrMRlB74zY_2Hr1u4HLco1YAIZvIYsTLEC2e3Jm1HGnH9RV2R9zkVSQrwG7-Z83s3430372DVT1WB3c9pJWmSC6-2W2SV2RrvKTrj7Dk5k9iCJ798nNcBtndLlxcywEnLQ_OXg0fW13Qxl7-RtKyb2IzXOdw2kDWM2UcQ/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20light-battery-gun&carriage%201748_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below see Rubli's original illustration of this guns barrel fixed into the rearwards <i>Marsch-Lager</i> and limbered for the march. </span><br /></span></span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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the next sheets I present the other howitzers in use during the SYW.
The 12-pounder howitzer design, identified as M1737 and the original
heavier M1716/1722 regulation pieces were still in use during the SYW
and later until they were eventually removed from the inventory during
the 1780’s. According to the 1757 campaign journal of Horace St. Paul, 6
such old pattern 12-pdr howitzers took part in the bombardment of
Zittau, reducing this unfortunate city to ashes. With near certainty
they were also employed with the siege of Schweidnitz/Silesia and in the
batteries raised to cover the crossings of the Lohe river with the
battle of Breslau the same year. (See: Cogswell, Neil, Lobositz to
Leuthen. Horace St Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in the
Seven Years War 1756-57). </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xg436LiP8iyzH6Lb4dUjhEbXIpKn604EZOS61txs2uDrWj_HxJh8GYMknte0JB4Xw_2qiEmo2jmPYSJiI51mk7xPXyJXUtpeopDlMjNsGp81cRLs4sdXOU56XRfwpdO4QeRftwaAWhulTDnQEOxwedhfJd0sLkayGQHtFMNWz7admK865Ef93BM2Vw/s1169/presenting%20Austr%2010-pdr%20battery-howitzer&carriage%2047-5Z_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xg436LiP8iyzH6Lb4dUjhEbXIpKn604EZOS61txs2uDrWj_HxJh8GYMknte0JB4Xw_2qiEmo2jmPYSJiI51mk7xPXyJXUtpeopDlMjNsGp81cRLs4sdXOU56XRfwpdO4QeRftwaAWhulTDnQEOxwedhfJd0sLkayGQHtFMNWz7admK865Ef93BM2Vw/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%2010-pdr%20battery-howitzer&carriage%2047-5Z_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoa7BN_k5msJECoweIP6hlf0VPnO1tq_7JDQN0sl8kpGN1qfXAe-u7rDibO856zoldUgyUNk1en9j89wvL5POqMzel02SuyoY0cUiEcizhe50y7nkOfHPSnZb8LR3BMMCheaq-ScoLm2nFSVojTCJgGKlxQqoF14B6cALnwYWZTwuForcG1yg1a09hA/s1169/presenting%20Austr%20Old-Pattern_12-pdr_howitzer-carriage_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoa7BN_k5msJECoweIP6hlf0VPnO1tq_7JDQN0sl8kpGN1qfXAe-u7rDibO856zoldUgyUNk1en9j89wvL5POqMzel02SuyoY0cUiEcizhe50y7nkOfHPSnZb8LR3BMMCheaq-ScoLm2nFSVojTCJgGKlxQqoF14B6cALnwYWZTwuForcG1yg1a09hA/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%20Old-Pattern_12-pdr_howitzer-carriage_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5z9e_qffqcI/YSfhDDGxzpI/AAAAAAAACC0/1ewFnqJ8WRMD30R5hQhxtfb74dgJt_B3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/Austr%2B12-pdr%2BHaubitze%2B1745%253F_Blog.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1169" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5z9e_qffqcI/YSfhDDGxzpI/AAAAAAAACC0/1ewFnqJ8WRMD30R5hQhxtfb74dgJt_B3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h275/Austr%2B12-pdr%2BHaubitze%2B1745%253F_Blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original
draft of the 12–pdr howitzer believed M1737. Source: Württembergische
Landesbibliothek/Stuttgart, Germany – Sammlung Nicolai</span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></b><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With the below sheet, see the new M1752 field and light battery cannons arranged on a single sheet in same scale. </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcq_Nk92Dd89jxDY_I1RXsLPsaewYJ2CTb4TSaUSubjPn8NLytyfPhgleTGVfj0qKECh665WzbGJo45Iaiki8REin916IRJGOOK7zTusUblGx6r-JGKefpfQ_fkRtaCMH0R7Th8zO8t2cyKqg7oCks4rp451rITURdPJBlb42syHkeAX9cURam_c7FQ/s1169/Presenting%20Austria's%20new%20M1752%20ordnance_BLOG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="827" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcq_Nk92Dd89jxDY_I1RXsLPsaewYJ2CTb4TSaUSubjPn8NLytyfPhgleTGVfj0qKECh665WzbGJo45Iaiki8REin916IRJGOOK7zTusUblGx6r-JGKefpfQ_fkRtaCMH0R7Th8zO8t2cyKqg7oCks4rp451rITURdPJBlb42syHkeAX9cURam_c7FQ/w283-h400/Presenting%20Austria's%20new%20M1752%20ordnance_BLOG.jpg" width="283" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />The next range of Austrian ordnance are the Heavy Battery Guns or <i>"Schwere Batterie-Sücke"</i> as per their official Austrian 1752 designation. It was a 24- and 12-pdr design. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEJSqdwfV-5d73imjokUJNl3oKqBKv5-28XQo6MEZgILgCQJ18YOH1pmChAbTyplCIaQRlM1beKSWJv0H_BRzDUXsrmt9HgaQZ-9dr7ebTLEtFJRL-8xh_6Dn9be3sbL2iIn4rJlmc7QHRf8A-NxSrMB45uvIVeRFN4veZevMPdTNGz96hx8pXcsQBw/s1169/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20heavy-battery-gun&carriage%201752_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEJSqdwfV-5d73imjokUJNl3oKqBKv5-28XQo6MEZgILgCQJ18YOH1pmChAbTyplCIaQRlM1beKSWJv0H_BRzDUXsrmt9HgaQZ-9dr7ebTLEtFJRL-8xh_6Dn9be3sbL2iIn4rJlmc7QHRf8A-NxSrMB45uvIVeRFN4veZevMPdTNGz96hx8pXcsQBw/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20heavy-battery-gun&carriage%201752_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLa_-Zkcg9bjc7ocAGmmVzItvoH3dC55ZFWPdIR-NxeeEy-z_jeWlnU-09dJtbhaYm84JqdVwb5WZanYlFBxIH22q1qMf9Q0xoiWXiWzH1YvsFue59Jv39a9OMcwdS0ufmOk9rnlLGWjsE086PS6NafPJOReZZe4i5_lwo5xDrjob8LqLWe1BYVU5HA/s1169/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20SBS%20barrel%20M1752_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1169" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLa_-Zkcg9bjc7ocAGmmVzItvoH3dC55ZFWPdIR-NxeeEy-z_jeWlnU-09dJtbhaYm84JqdVwb5WZanYlFBxIH22q1qMf9Q0xoiWXiWzH1YvsFue59Jv39a9OMcwdS0ufmOk9rnlLGWjsE086PS6NafPJOReZZe4i5_lwo5xDrjob8LqLWe1BYVU5HA/w400-h288/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20SBS%20barrel%20M1752_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZLOKWHq99xvFYwV7Z-3LX2L5z5o48dK4bJsrXJ9-g5EWC26stmyb-wSAaALm0eyn21fhWHoiwh0JFSHibfMIiHM70LL7nLkw9kpSbxNqEOK6KcesfLfGo5SZjf2dfLdIHwha6qDSw6bvcbXGZMz9a-scqmxONPm_wNmKwjXg-ZgBlqCdsBdCrljTBw/s1169/Austr_M1750_Hv%2024-pdr%20HGM%20cast%201750.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1169" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZLOKWHq99xvFYwV7Z-3LX2L5z5o48dK4bJsrXJ9-g5EWC26stmyb-wSAaALm0eyn21fhWHoiwh0JFSHibfMIiHM70LL7nLkw9kpSbxNqEOK6KcesfLfGo5SZjf2dfLdIHwha6qDSw6bvcbXGZMz9a-scqmxONPm_wNmKwjXg-ZgBlqCdsBdCrljTBw/w400-h158/Austr_M1750_Hv%2024-pdr%20HGM%20cast%201750.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span>Original 1750 cast 24-pdr barrel on display at the Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (HGM)<br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am pleased to be able to present an original M1750 barrel with this article on display at the Vienna Heeresgeschitliches Museum, as well as another 1750 cast barrel as part of the Liechtenstein Princely Collections. </span></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQPOgMU5cpRDHPwshu3s8CUhcO0wv12ZqcICI2ArhxoKNzuUjhDdeX3Wsf1LBrG3xY50FmafbiV5B-VJnrgg2_Tu38XnH8h7GNR1uRxyYHJyJZy2g3VkgcIFi7Vs9YYMN8Aw8qblLQKqD5Wb1dYppUGpYDzx5dEkXBaAxhEtBnTOv9TIGcrcqE8N1Kg/s1169/Austr%2024-pdr-LBS_c1750_LA-Vienna_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1169" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQPOgMU5cpRDHPwshu3s8CUhcO0wv12ZqcICI2ArhxoKNzuUjhDdeX3Wsf1LBrG3xY50FmafbiV5B-VJnrgg2_Tu38XnH8h7GNR1uRxyYHJyJZy2g3VkgcIFi7Vs9YYMN8Aw8qblLQKqD5Wb1dYppUGpYDzx5dEkXBaAxhEtBnTOv9TIGcrcqE8N1Kg/w400-h274/Austr%2024-pdr-LBS_c1750_LA-Vienna_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Source: © Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna. Online Archive at <br />https://www.liechtensteincollections.at</b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />It confirms that the 1750 designed ordnance wasn't produced for testing only, but serial casts commenced right away, as the HGM barrel was cast in the foundry of Budapest and the Liechtenstein Collection barrel was cast in Vienna the same year. All the new guns for testing purposes would have been cast in Vienna, only. The two other barrels seen behind the rather stylish roccoco HGM 1750 cast 24-pdr are M1716/1722 24–pdrs of the old pattern. This gun deserves a closer observation, as it should have been found in service during the SYW. I present it with the below sheets. </span></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH9nofGAaa3plrRtuDV234RdeKRXIMcJLHSG3n0irwg2O5nLuHsUDEEUkNRLyqz69N6PWz8YW80KOAcH63VzOZbeSv8Z72y_G2A5cr2GoxUHvM_wsPx3EbdR9upEcLfh_Hkcp-EZSDyh50i7BZfQ5aqXJnmz9WJuHC-EW7EPAW_Rp7Tl8JjlFymGLDQ/s1169/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20barrel%20M1722%20&%20M1737_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1169" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH9nofGAaa3plrRtuDV234RdeKRXIMcJLHSG3n0irwg2O5nLuHsUDEEUkNRLyqz69N6PWz8YW80KOAcH63VzOZbeSv8Z72y_G2A5cr2GoxUHvM_wsPx3EbdR9upEcLfh_Hkcp-EZSDyh50i7BZfQ5aqXJnmz9WJuHC-EW7EPAW_Rp7Tl8JjlFymGLDQ/w400-h288/presenting%20Austr%2024-pdr%20barrel%20M1722%20&%20M1737_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBO45Zhjka2u3m6I6j5xwvs85Ftm0SQDP1O8iHIJUmc4MUCnMS73Mf97eS7uRa53qheCk5ubLoR-WYVyGHCWK5QZ5gC0v22U7u8X3D4FeSNrD9AecKPWGteguwNQABZb_6gIoL3qHG8uTVN93mCioO-l8uXjEP7dUyTO7YDvZjedFIjhddVxqPKtasw/s1169/presenting%20Austr%20old%2024-pdr%20-gun&carriage%201722-37_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBO45Zhjka2u3m6I6j5xwvs85Ftm0SQDP1O8iHIJUmc4MUCnMS73Mf97eS7uRa53qheCk5ubLoR-WYVyGHCWK5QZ5gC0v22U7u8X3D4FeSNrD9AecKPWGteguwNQABZb_6gIoL3qHG8uTVN93mCioO-l8uXjEP7dUyTO7YDvZjedFIjhddVxqPKtasw/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%20old%2024-pdr%20-gun&carriage%201722-37_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>I did not bother to do an illustration ot the M1750 barrel mounted on its M1750 carriage. It was basically the same as the one Rubli illustrates. </span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyTRBnuSkcnJIivabQGAtUpn1nYbzoUt-QWmz-2lqPRHCYrDnYTX1604Bb-bKwn4Y_h_fUlyZ6V8rTjEDUe_V6EEgI857V8vhVgjbXexPbaB7M7lqxMj7eNwjaQmkFiKBjpdSZkfxKFZAA9Xp5Qj4KsHrCIB5mlSTHm8F-HTwZwF72jiEJEWz_GsdLQ/s1169/Austr%20M1722_24-pdr%20eagle%20HGM-Vienna_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="1169" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyTRBnuSkcnJIivabQGAtUpn1nYbzoUt-QWmz-2lqPRHCYrDnYTX1604Bb-bKwn4Y_h_fUlyZ6V8rTjEDUe_V6EEgI857V8vhVgjbXexPbaB7M7lqxMj7eNwjaQmkFiKBjpdSZkfxKFZAA9Xp5Qj4KsHrCIB5mlSTHm8F-HTwZwF72jiEJEWz_GsdLQ/w400-h136/Austr%20M1722_24-pdr%20eagle%20HGM-Vienna_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original M1716/1722 24-pdr barrel on display at the Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (HGM)</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br />Also see a wonderful 3D animation of a 1724 cast Anton Zechenter barrel with all details: <span style="color: red;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="color: red;"><i><b><a href="https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/24lb-half-cannon-royal-austria-1724-7b750f88531b4a038e2f269a4211e3a2" target="_blank">24-pounder barrel on display at the Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum</a> </b></i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>This animation is provided with the kind permission of Florian Böttcher/Austria.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below see another sheet by Frantz Rubli where he demonstrates that the new 18 calibres barrel 24-pdr Light Battery Gun, if mounted on a ship or rampart carriage, reaches as far into the embrasure as the old pattern heavy <i>1/2 Carthaune</i> mounted on its custom ‘travelling’ carriage (using this periods English denomination here). </span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y81MP3JgKr4mBMbUapfetFA-5m9KtDZVCghXKBx8oBOSCKQSNazoovtAZgikTcdrLleBn_13AK_sv0nWcGMHYjZIuzmsOmBfLpEtKzxvDu1xIS0hKUywwEHDwW_TcEkliZisDkTd6YPdac9PjRmJLnCddohqHXKkBPs7RmG9PjetHVXLtz7Pss0-xA/s1169/AUstr%2024-pdr%20in%20Schanze%20Rubli%20BLOG.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1169" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y81MP3JgKr4mBMbUapfetFA-5m9KtDZVCghXKBx8oBOSCKQSNazoovtAZgikTcdrLleBn_13AK_sv0nWcGMHYjZIuzmsOmBfLpEtKzxvDu1xIS0hKUywwEHDwW_TcEkliZisDkTd6YPdac9PjRmJLnCddohqHXKkBPs7RmG9PjetHVXLtz7Pss0-xA/w400-h281/AUstr%2024-pdr%20in%20Schanze%20Rubli%20BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>source:<br />Vienna Kriegsarchiv, signature: Memoires XIII/463-465; Franz Rubli.<br />Published with kind permission of the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, department Kriegsarchiv at ka@oesta.gv.at</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />This piece is a M1716/1722 barrel—easy to identify by its eagle designed cascabel and button. As mentioned afore, the old pattern carriages bracket cheeks are about 42 calibres long, instead of Rubli’s 32. The wheels arrive at 64.5 Vienna <i>Zoll</i> or near 170 cm diameter, just like the wheel Rubli recommends with his documented 1737 design. Its total weight including the barrel arrives at 8,946 Vienna <i>Pfund</i> or 5,021 kg while the new light 24-pdr structure weighs no more then 3,550 Vienna <i>Pfund</i> or 1,992.5 kg, as Rubli writes in the accociated captures on this sheet. His </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">illustrated </span></span></span>wooden parts of the heavy 24-pdr carriage are coloured near black. I believe he illustrated an older more weathered carriage that has received a furnishing treatment with tar in addition to its initial linseed oil treatment. His other ‘new’ carriages for his new ordnance guns are all illustrated in a much lighter shade of wood brown—i.e. treated with linseed oil furnish only. Somewhat irritating remains his take of the bronze for the barrels. It looks like plain copper, not bronze. Possibly his palette of colours may have lacked sufficient yellow. We don’t know.<br />Below see also two images of an origninal 1643 manufactured carriage on display at Forchtenstein castle, Burgenland / Austria, as part of the extensive Estherhàzy Armory Collection exhibited here. As said with the afore, it already includes many details seen with the carriages Rubli presents a 100 years later. As far as I can recollect, its the carriage of a 12-pdr. Note the long top face of the bracket cheek from the trunnion cutouts to the bow or angle. It indicates that the carriage mounted a long barrel of around 30 calibres length, or even longer. Please excuse the poor quality of the photos. This piece is on display inside the castles gateway to the inner castle. It was pitch dark here. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNbD7GxUXDd8JKGx09-Pu-Jm_uP38k1oi4DcQdK5JrHskETl3HVszb8evlcHydsVQRPlN6Rkjw08l1JmTsfXWQwprVLezzzA8uNw-5q4mErd2DEP4DMoFA8ydCJfvw13DXObK5hkAWP3ojWfSQTtv7GEEJLbYyq2Q_IJTNtl20A3TuN0lwccTYvVoSg/s1169/Austr-12-pdr%20carriage%201643_detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1169" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNbD7GxUXDd8JKGx09-Pu-Jm_uP38k1oi4DcQdK5JrHskETl3HVszb8evlcHydsVQRPlN6Rkjw08l1JmTsfXWQwprVLezzzA8uNw-5q4mErd2DEP4DMoFA8ydCJfvw13DXObK5hkAWP3ojWfSQTtv7GEEJLbYyq2Q_IJTNtl20A3TuN0lwccTYvVoSg/w400-h300/Austr-12-pdr%20carriage%201643_detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">source:<br />Original carriage on display at Forchtenstein Castle, Burgenland / Austria at<br />esterhazy.at/en/forchtenstein-castle</span></b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLktLqWj6cY72qIHF1UTGq06M0l9zCd6-3LhuKZpzEr9kB1yLrF8uBK7Rc5KW2JcNJlV0AFQ38mrqbDSLuOWhp3BSSQLf0cJl8c6NKVCzfT48Og0nB4CpBf59jT7dRByvNuzqvbnTXs-02cbJBkjIAFWT7L0nW03r9qpjV_59jFUDpvynIjbWTDfPtw/s1169/Austr-12-pdr%20carriage%201643.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1169" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLktLqWj6cY72qIHF1UTGq06M0l9zCd6-3LhuKZpzEr9kB1yLrF8uBK7Rc5KW2JcNJlV0AFQ38mrqbDSLuOWhp3BSSQLf0cJl8c6NKVCzfT48Og0nB4CpBf59jT7dRByvNuzqvbnTXs-02cbJBkjIAFWT7L0nW03r9qpjV_59jFUDpvynIjbWTDfPtw/w400-h225/Austr-12-pdr%20carriage%201643.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">source:<br />Original carriage on display at Forchtenstein Castle, Burgenland / Austria at<br />esterhazy.at/en/forchtenstein-castle</span></b></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below find the last piece of the new Liechtenstein ordnance M1752 as well as its M1737 predecessor. </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGeAF18DyPq738zSVOCPciLwKy7j6QOeSnKKW8lkfmwP0vdhDVoWLNh52YJmnjrkkrRsEXBwyedAqOsUTXe-qf19ajIek-ohKeNjW32KkqR2PSNuGYRiRWNzq-CqyVoE6xFNMM-tmnDKaLcWyjYpPLsPIMF98cufwladuA3YT7UIcK_duCKrkmq6MFg/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%20old%2012-pdr%20-gun&carriage%20M1737_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since I have already presented two pieces of the old pattern M1716/1722 ordnance in use before the introduction of the new Liechtenstein guns, I decided to also present some of the lighter guns in use. Next comes the 6-pdr cannon known under its name "Faclon" or German <i>Falcaune</i>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgPz-IoxeI_-L2RhcO9g6s8DwnbEFsg4d_sDXM5eqp91mUitkxuDQycOldIK_TXJx_4rBDD46I5QELuxEKhED0Bs-7fYHL4CefQC2jcx6tPsMvLJS-rch2Shxr_6vZYlux2qhpRgrXvPq6MNVmmAaCKmIpAbKcvAyyox4or5k3RINDa5YhYcnKMGuNA/s1169/presenting%20Austr%20old%206-pdr-gun&carriage%20M1722-37_BLOG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1169" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgPz-IoxeI_-L2RhcO9g6s8DwnbEFsg4d_sDXM5eqp91mUitkxuDQycOldIK_TXJx_4rBDD46I5QELuxEKhED0Bs-7fYHL4CefQC2jcx6tPsMvLJS-rch2Shxr_6vZYlux2qhpRgrXvPq6MNVmmAaCKmIpAbKcvAyyox4or5k3RINDa5YhYcnKMGuNA/w400-h283/presenting%20Austr%20old%206-pdr-gun&carriage%20M1722-37_BLOG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The next gun is the 3–pounder cannon, entitled common "Regiments–Stück" or Engl: "Regimantal–Gun" or "Battalion–Gun", allthough this term became in use only much later, since the regular assignment of light guns to infantry battalions was unknown in the Austrian army prior to the SYW. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhfeydIybdFMerQHo2_R6HCcMYEx0jG-1K3nq4QPk0r__NIByA5oC7DAXZuDL0etFaCuqzNXBVthINKt3UDFPb5-GTfVbshBTx_bdBhaY_CpBX01cONHG4-TQ5eMZ4TE85lduel18deedruLf-Lao6FrVowUeZDmgf3q-gJiA8MqMRVqTb5I7EIjsFQ/s1170/Austr%20Art%20Ottenfeld_3-pdr_1710.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1169" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhfeydIybdFMerQHo2_R6HCcMYEx0jG-1K3nq4QPk0r__NIByA5oC7DAXZuDL0etFaCuqzNXBVthINKt3UDFPb5-GTfVbshBTx_bdBhaY_CpBX01cONHG4-TQ5eMZ4TE85lduel18deedruLf-Lao6FrVowUeZDmgf3q-gJiA8MqMRVqTb5I7EIjsFQ/w400-h400/Austr%20Art%20Ottenfeld_3-pdr_1710.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">image source: <br />Ottenfeld & Teuber, <i>Die Österreichische Armee von 1700 bis 1867</i>, Vienna, 1897.</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Above image illustrates what I would identify as a 3-pounder cannon on its carriage limbered during the period of the War of Spanish Succession. <br />Finally, I present a sheet with two samples of very light guns in use. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This is now the start of my earlier expressed intention to arrage a number of scale drawings illustrating British ordnance fielded during the War of Austrian Succession & Seven Years’ War period. I hope to manage presenting a number of pieces, by focusing on the heavier position guns that saw service in the WAS campaigns in Flandres & Germany, as well as with the British contingent of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswicks’ Allied Army in Germany 1758 through 1762.<br />The light 6 pounder battalion gun will likely to be the last piece to present, for many illustrations are available already & also many original and replique pieces exist to the present day. Hence, this one is well known. <br />Identifying the <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">heavier position guns</span> recommended for Field Service from the gentlemen of his British Majesties’ Royal Board Of Ordnance will be more of a challange.<br />John Armstrong, appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance (1722–1742) designed 3 ranges of ordnance during the 1730’s that were fixed in what I understand to be his 1736 Regulation. It should mark the starting point for all gun constructions up to 1762. Here, general Armstrong specified the basic construction principles for a Heavy, Medium, & Light range of guns. This 1736 Regulation by itself would already result in a wide range of different pieces. But even worse, it appears to have been employed as no more then a loose guide line, for I already found quite a few pieces that are clearly offside the 1736 Regulation figures when looking at the barrel weigths. A mass calculation of the sort John Muller provides in his “A Treatise of Artillery” on p. 49-50 of the 1768 edition has now become an important tool with my search to find the right constructions. Anyone who wants to try good fun mathematics for himself—watch out for the typo on page 50. A cubic foot of gun metal weighs 549 pounds, not 459! See page 3 in the same book. Took me a while, till I found the annoying error here.<br />My first arranged sheet illustrates the Armstrong 1736 Regulation heavy 12-pounder battery or battering gun<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I continue to believe the cannon seen in David Morier’s painting can really be identified as an authentic piece from among the range of ordnance fielded during this period. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">By placing the Cannonier from the Morier painting next to my 12-pounder barrel, it is obviously too large a construction. The diameter of the base ring is certainly bigger than that of the cannon seen in Morier’s painting. Another heavy range 12-pounder construction—a barrel 7 foot 6 or 8 inch long—would arrive at about the same diameter. Somewhat slimmer was the 6 foot 7 inch Armstrong construction of his Medium range of ordnance. But this barrel would be too short. We clearly see a long barrel here. The only piece left would be the ‘Long 6’ with a barrel 8 foot long. Here it is. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Now this seems to make a charming match. I believe the piece we see in Morier’s painting is with near certainty the 8 foot heavy 6-pounder. The Imperial & Allied Army’s Order of Battle for the year 1747 lists 26 3-pounders for 14 British battalions—possibly mounted on ‘Galloper’ carriages, 27 6-pounders of which a number must have been of the light 4.5 foot construction. John Muller mentions in his book that such a piece, employed at the battle of Laufeldt July 1747, was testet at Woolwich in the early 1750’s. The guns seen in the painting must be more then a dozen heavy pieces, but only 6 British 12-pounders were fielded that year. Hence, a many of the big guns we see here must have been ‘Long 6’ guns.<br />The piece also seems to have seen service in the Seven Years' War. With the commencement of the 1761 summer campaign, Prince Ferdinand's staff papers have a detailed record of the British artillery. Apart from the British line artillery brigades consisting of ‘Light’ 6 & 12-pounders along with some 5.5 inch howitzers, there had also been 3 heavy brigades of the artillery park. 8 ‘Heavy’ 12-pounders, 8 ‘Medium’ 12-pounders (the ones that were at Minden 1759 with a 7-horse draught), & 8 ‘Heavy’ 6-pounders. The ‘Medium’ 12 & ‘Heavy’ 6-pounders reinforced Granby's hard pressed division July 15-16 on the Dinker-Berg in the battle of Vellinghausen. <br />Earlier this summer I researched this battle in more detail together with Charles Grant, as he is writing on his next volume of his "Wargaming in History" series. We had a wonderful time here. Charles provided me with the following interesting bit. Its from Walter Evelyn Manners, "Some account of the military, political, and social life of the Right Hon. John Manners, marquis of Granby", 1899. Loosely quoting: The Scottish officer "Sir James Innes Norcliffe observed a ‘serjeant’ of Campell's Highlanders serving a ‘Long 6’ which the serjeant had carefully masked with boughs. The Highlander surveyed the effects of his excellent practice, ejaculating: Now a round !—Now a grape ! at intervals, as he varied his load." It must have been the severe cannonade in the early morning 16 July. Gun crew killed or disabled. The couragious Highlander served the piece instead. Sir James added that after the action he noticed grape-shot sticking in some of the dead Frenchmen like grains of Indian corn in the cob, and the round-shot had occasionally taken two or three of the enemy in a line. It is speculated if it was the Highlanders piece which wrought such havoc among the French [high] aristocracy, for 3 generals—all related—were killed with a single round very near Vellinghausen. That's where James Innes must have had its battle position as there used to be a ground feature on the slope of the Dinker-Berg facing towards Vellinghausen, that has been known among the locals as "Sir James Innes" since the days of the battle. Now it is gone. It was a fold in the ground with much the character of a sunken road. A natural trench much like the Bloody Lane at the Antiedam battle of the American Civil War.<br />Now back to the subject. There have been other 6-pounder constructions. The 1754 Regulation lists a 5 foot 1 inch piece—that’s only 7 inches or two shot diameters longer then the 4.5 foot Light 6-pounder battalilon gun. I wouldn’t entitle a 5 foot 1 barrel a ‘Long 6’, but I might be wrong here.<br />Since the death of John Armstrong 1742, and well into the 1750’s, the gentlemen in Woolwich t<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ested</span> a great number of <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">various desig<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ns</span></span> to find the <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">b</span>est length & metal strength for its gun constructions. The 1754 Regulation shows the ones that seem to have been accepted for service in the field. The question remains: how many of the new pieces would have been cast to be fielded in the SYW? Possibly not all that many as milord Sackville had difficulties finding enough light guns with no more then a 6 horse draught earlier in 1759. Possibly those old 8 foot 6-pounders—tested in Flandres in the preceeding war—had to be fielded for lack of alternative in 1761. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I believe this is the very piece that is seen in the David Morier painting's right foreground. Aft<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">er doing this 6-pounder I decided to do the entire range of the M1736 <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">heavy Armstrong pieces. Below see the heavy 3-pounder. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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The<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> afore 4 pieces had been the mainstay of the British <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">a</span>rtillery</span> during the 1740's. (There is also mention o<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">f a heavy 9 pounder fielded in Flandres in 1747. I did not bother to do this piece. It was a 9 foot barrel, like the 12 pounder & apparently became obsolete by around 1750). </span> Only few new models started to arrive during this period. The new light 6<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> pounder by around 1745 with the War of the Highland Rebellion and a light & medium 12 pounder</span> construction<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> by the time of the Seven Years' War. I believe that is all there is<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The next piece I present here is the ‘medium’ 12-pounder—fielded from the mid 1750's on, no earlier to my understanding.<br />An
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Here is my draft of the piece along with all the data discussing its identification.</span></span></span></span><br />
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My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-61551615264275198862018-06-09T12:40:00.001-07:002021-05-09T07:11:40.353-07:00Refighting the battle of Lauffeld, 2 July 1747 in Flandres<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Enjoy some images of our groups recent refight of the battle of Lauffeld. <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">A h</span>ard fought French victory in Flandres, summer 1747 <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">during the War of Austrian Succession. A great game it was. Its main purpose - to me<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> - was to set up a scenario that would field my entire French Army for a nice display on my tab<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">letop. La<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">uffeld – the battle with the many names (spelling wise) – turned out to be just right. Researching the historic batt<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">le wasn't so easy in parts due to the different spelling in <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">French, English, & German<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">, <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">as well as the fact that <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">there seems not so much literature availabe nowadays. My special thanks go to Charles S Grant, who generously provided me with g<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">reat detailed</span> informations. His Vol<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">.2 of his series "Wargaming in History", Ken Trotman Publ. 2010 should <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">provide</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">the best scenario information in English <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">la</span>nguage. It is based for good part on the <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">orbats provided with the German language I<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">.&.R.</span> Austro-Hungarian </span>General Staff History of the WAS publ. in 9 vols before and af<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ter 1900. Vol 9<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">, publ. 1914 – very rare <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">– has all the campaigns in Flandres 1745-1748. <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">No reprint availabe to me & no copy in google library. Its the best coverage of the battle I came across. Very detailed. Many thanks to a <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">colleague contributer from Poland to the kronoskaf SYW-Project (<a href="http://kronoskaf.com/syw">http://kronoskaf.com/syw</a>) who t<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ook the effort to scan the many pages of th<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">i</span>s book for me, found in <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">the university library of Poznan, Poland</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Above see more of the entire table.</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> Both armies are deployed as per the situation at around 08.00 in the morning. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Saxe & part of his escort seen here well ahe<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ad of the army <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">reconnoitr<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ing the situation from the heights south of the burning village of Vlytingen. See below for the sketch of our scenario with both sides initial deployment<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> & <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">m</span>y orbats for both armies.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">A number of Austrians were fielded by fellow gamer M***, while <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">F***</span> provided a French <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">artillery stand as well as a stan<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">d of the regiment A<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">uverge<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> with his 3-d miniatures (by Warlords foundry). See below:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Detail of the Fr<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">e</span>nch capture of Lauffeld. This time it was Belsunce – or Monaco in 17<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">47 – that kicked the Allies out<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">. Montenaken and<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span>Lauffeld were atacked and captured each 3 times. The Allies managed to recapture it 3 times. A really hard fought affair it was.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Above see the situation <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">around Montenaken at the end of the battle. Below see <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">F</span>rench dismounted dragoons & <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">volo<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ntaires</span></span> closing in on Montenaken after the <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">F</span>rench ran out of infantry to mount a <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">another</span> attack.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Now – wait a minute. The battle of Lauffeld <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">an Allied victory? Silly Cumberland alongside (historic) <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">alltogether inactive Austrians</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span>versus <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">S</span>plendid Saxe at the head of a French Army at highest spirits, thanks to the presence of <i><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">S</span>a Majesté?</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Now, h</span>ow could this happen?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Well, I must say, the French attack was really rather ill coordinated. I pla<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">yed on the attacking French right. My numerous & superior artillery was q<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">uite behind and only managed to s<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">ustain the 3rd attack on the two Allied stronghold<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">s of Lauffeld <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">& Montenaken. A big mistake. Also my co-player A*** commanding on the left, was unwilling to support me with 1 or 2 units of the French heavy guns, that were all under his command. He preferred to concentrate them all in the centre in a giant battery that soon ran out of targets<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> and, as a result, spend most of the day doing nothing. The cavalry could have been employed better as well. They didn't do all that much that day. Another reason for the French failing to crush the Allies' lines was the early activation of the A<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">u</span>strian forces. In the historic battle Bàtthyànyi's Austrians did very little to support the <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">hard pressed Allied left. In my scenario <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">the A<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">u</span>strians</span> needed a die roll<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> to be activated – i.e. allowing them to engage in offensive moves or move any closer then 12 inch towards enemy units. Unfortunately, the A<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">u</span>strians passed the die roll in turn one. I'll have to rethin<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">k that for our next Lauffeld refight.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-47835259661037539152017-06-05T03:56:00.001-07:002017-06-05T03:57:45.493-07:00My most recent & earlier paint jobs since Nov 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wanted to share a couple of pics with my paint jobs d<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">one November 2016 through May 2017. I haven't managed to post much during th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at</span> time, besides ou<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r Hochkirch <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">R</span>efight. I continue to pursue my self chosen mission to complete at least a 100 miniatures in a year from among my drawers pile of unpainted miniatures left. I wasn't idle, really.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These firing grenadier miniatures are a real treasure. Very rare old pre WWII casts of Kieler Zinnfiguren. I'm afraid you cannot buy them anymore. Really wonderfully sculpture<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span> or better engraved casting moulds <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">were <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mastered</span> here</span>. The gun model is a Berliner Zinnfiguren 6-pounder model<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - t</span>he<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ir</span> take, I should say<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, but quite <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fine dimensionwise.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">During March and April 2017 I did two infantry <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">regiment stands. One is the Prussian IR 18 Prinz von Preussen, or Prince Royal, with my units throughout French language labeling. The other is the Hesse-Cassel regiment Mansbach (IR <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">8). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The miniatures are a mix of various foundries. Mostly Scholtz – i.e. Berliner Zinnfiguren. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Earlier in February I painted another battailon or Prussian converged Grenadiers. Its the elites <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from among</span> the Prussian crack regiments Garde IR 15 & Prinz von Preussen IR 18.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>Miniatures are mostly Hamburg based Herbu foundry. The sma<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rt looking </span>mount<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed officer is f<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rom Scholtz, Berlin.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Really smart looking lads.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had this set of figures on my <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">must-have-</span>list since the 1980's! Believe it or not, but I only managed to buy them last year. I never had any use for dismounted cavalry in my rules, until<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> my research on the French 7YW army during the early 2000's revealed that French dragoo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ns <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">had been seen </span>fighting dismounted moreoften during the war, as they were more seen as light troops rather then cavalry of the line.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-58345774108616059622017-03-24T13:19:00.000-07:002017-04-02T10:18:02.940-07:00Refighting The Battle Of Hochkirch 14 Oct. 1758<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last weekend we had a rather spectacular game, refighting the battle of Hochkirch, refought with approx 1,200 miniatures. Two players on the Austrian side, including myself, and 1 player for the King of Prussia'<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s heroic ‘Spartans<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">’</span>. The Scenario is provide<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d by Frank Chadwick's <i><a href="https://volleyandbayonet.wordpress.com/volley-bayonet-publications/" target="_blank">Battles of the Seven Years War</a>,</i> vol. I<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> (<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Austria</span> versus Prussia) for Volley & Bayonet rules. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>Hochkirch church bell sounding the 5th hour a mighty thunderstorm <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cought</span> the sleeping – and almost unsuspecting – Prussian<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s in their Camp.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Above see a pan<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">orama view of the spectacle. The Austrian <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a</span>ttack came in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pretty much according to the historic dispositions. A massive reenforced <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">l</span>eft <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w</span>ing <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of</span></span> 4 columns directed into the Prussian flank and rear. To represent the Prussians <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">being <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">‘caught sleeping’, all Prussian units started the game disordered.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Below see my orbat sheets arranged for the two armies with this game. For copyright issues<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, I did not include the V&B scenario map for Hochkirch. But plenty of maps of the battle should be found in the internet, anyway.</span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Prussians – so few – but made up entirely of core troops, hence moral 6 for the most and even morale 7 for the Gardes & the Regt. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span>u Corps representing the crack Garde-du-Corps cu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">irassier brigade. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The finest of Prussian troops found here. Up to this day<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, near a</span></span></span>ll regiments<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>of this army knew of lost battles only from hear-say. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most determined – but poorly drilled amateu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r – </span>US sundays militia, led by capt. C. Duffy <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">advancing on Hochkirch from a southern direction. The shot was taken during our vis<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">it of the battlefield in Oct 2016. We are watching from the south exit of todays Hochkirch town down the "Kirschenallee" or Engl. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">‘C</span>herry Alley’ (see google maps). My position should be approx. on the left flank of the great fieldwork loo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">king due south<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> into the believed advance path<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> of d'Aysne<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s column. Capt. Duffy wasn't pleased with the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">onduct</span></span> of his command. These amateur class lads just couldn't march in step, hence his somewha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t indignant countenance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With all Prussians being disordered it was too big a temptation to resist for my <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c</span>o-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">p</span>layer L***. He commanded on the left and instan<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tly threw in all <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the horse of Loudon's corps as well as Odonell's cavalry attack<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing</span> into the Prussian rear. The infantry was outside sriking distance with the start of the first turn. It was Ziethen's right wing cavalry that got hi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t. Hit really hard! <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The two cuir<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">assier brigades were routed in a minute<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. An Austrian cavalry breaktrough in the first turn. Now they continued charg<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing</span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">into </span>a regt. of Kanitz's right wing infantry and a battery of artillery<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> – both routed as well</span>. Only the Löwenstein's chevaulegers attacking the fieldwork head on were repulsed. A good tr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y</span>, but possibly too daring. With this hard hitting go<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">od start, the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">real</span> work started </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for the Austrians. Despite being greatly outnumbered, our opponent M*** w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as very </span>determined to win this bat<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tle with his Prussians, of which a good number of unit<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s were his own miniatures. The greater part only recently painted and h<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ere <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">seeing</span> their Test-of<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-Battle. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Daun and his staff in the left foreground. He is with the column of general d'Aysne. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the right the 2 Hungarian Estherhazy brothers <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">regts. On their left the converged grenadiers <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of</span> M<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a</span>cBrady & Nugent.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fight for the fieldwork became very obstinate. The Prussians refused to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">leave it to the Aust<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rians<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> bringing in ever more troops for its defence, all the while Ziethen held off Odonel<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">l's troops with what was remaining from his division. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ziethen even <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">managed to order one of the Croates battalions to turn about and oppose another battalion of Loudon's Croates. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Above see the detail of th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is rare</span> action right near Ziethen's command stand. My co-player L*** really shot at <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">his own troops<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by </span>rolling dice (a miss). I have never had this before in all the wargames I played in my life.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The death of Feldt-Maréchal Keith.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Above see <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a detail of one of those Prussian despar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">te counter attacks led by Feldt-Maréchal Keith. I think it was the crack Archi Duc Ferdinand <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">IR 2 that <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">got</span> wiped out here. </span>The Austrians were repulsed</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> oncemore</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, but, Keith was killed on this occasion just as in the real historic battle. I'm serious. As I don't have his character for the time being, it was my Feldt-Maré<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c</span>hal Schwerin command stand, that represented Keith in this ga<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">me. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A</span></span>ye</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>M</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ay <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the finest among Frederick's generals</span></span></span> rest in piece<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The</span> monument of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">James Francis Edward Keith <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">located in Petershead, Scotland, very near his place of birth. Many thanks to the very alive <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fellow warrior Scotsman </span>Charles C. Grant who forwarded the image to me.</span></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shortly later, prince Maurice, the soul of the Prussian infantry, was killed in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">our</span> game as well, just as in the real historic battle. He <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is seen here along with the regt. Forcarde (IR23) in close combat with t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hat days brilliant performing Esterhazy regiments. I believe the location of Maurice being mortaly wounded was very near the historic location, as far as <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">it</span> can be <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">reconstructed from availab<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">le historic records.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the attacking forces of Her Imp.&Royal</span> Majesty's Army, progress at the southern front of the battle was slow. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fieldwork still being in Prussian<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> han<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ds after several turns, as well as Hochkirch. The situation turne<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d as the attack of the Austrian right wing commanded by general Ahrenberg closed in on the Prussian left wing & Wuerttemberg's <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">R</span>eserve <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">C</span>orps, all found in the northern part of the battlefield area, tasked to secure the Prussian <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">l</span>ine of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c</span>ommunication. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Buccow's cavalry of the right in concert with infantry from d'Arberg's Division <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">crush Wuerttembers Reserve Corps. It turned the odds in favour of the Austrians in this part of the world.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The contest for the villages of Rodewitz and Wawitz became a violent and bloody affair. This strike was directed <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to cut the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Prussian</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> line <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>retreat</span>. Very bad news. The Austrians were determined to finish off with th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e entire</span> army of this Potsdam <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">R</span>esident <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>hief <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">O</span>f Silesia. </span>The Prussian grenadiers fought like lions, but, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to the disgust of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the </span>Prussians,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> it was also observed that Austrian volley fire was <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">executed most effective and deadly. They weren't all that good with the b<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ayonet that da<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y</span>, I must say. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But s</span>o much better with ranged fire. </span>The Prussian grenadiers melted away <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">within</span> short. The regiment Ga<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">i</span>sr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">u</span>ck's <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">orderly volleys w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ere found</span></span> particular deadly. This regiment killed all that dared to close into firing range. </span>In the event, also Forcade's division was crushed within short.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Elements of Colloredo's <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">C</span>entre Corps seize the defile of Niethen. One of the two Prussian Free-Battalions has just been evicted from the cross point over this otherwise marshy banked stre<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">am, impassable for artiller<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not much happened along the Austrian centre front along the stream. Colloredo deployed his troops here for the greater time of the battle only to threaten the two crossings over the stream at Niethen and Kuppritz, but otherwise secured the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> communication between the Austrian right and left wing striking forces.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Auri7VxbJtI/WM-OFj8J5II/AAAAAAAABnc/h8YxrjINHrom-u1CepJnhUOqxVq0t90NwCLcB/s1600/My7YW%2BHochkirch%2BScenario-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Auri7VxbJtI/WM-OFj8J5II/AAAAAAAABnc/h8YxrjINHrom-u1CepJnhUOqxVq0t90NwCLcB/s400/My7YW%2BHochkirch%2BScenario-20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At around noon, the Grand Fielwork was eventually abandoned by the Prussians. Loudon's <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">command stand</span> seen on the right is pleased to see it in Austrian hands now.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The final stage. The Prussian Gardes under attack.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At around noon, the Prussian army was facing total defeat. The crack regt. Garde <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">deployed near Hochkirch now</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> came</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> under attack of the Austrian converged elite squadrons <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of general</span> Ayasasa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>under the direct command of maréchal Daun. Massed artiller<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y poured in its fire into the Prussian Gardes flank in support. No chance. The Austrian elite horse was repulsed. Meanwhile, Loudon seized Hochkirch by dislodging the defending Prussian Chasseurs <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from the village. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A bit out of focus, but it remains the key scene of Prussian total defeat. The Gardes are swept off the field by deadly ‘canister brooms’ delivered at point blank range.</span></td></tr>
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The Gardes now wanted to make good their excape along with the other remnants of Frederick's now shattered Army. No chance. Massed Austr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">i<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">an artillery blocked the Prussian retreat path. Now also the Gardes were knocked out. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After completing the 12.00 hou<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rs turn<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, the battle was over. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finale. Daun accepts Frederick's surrender.</span></td></tr>
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On above image you see Maréchal Daun in his moment of maximum triumph. The <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">K</span>ing of Prussia surrenders and hands <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Daun</span> his saber. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Victoria to the House of Austria. VIVAT MARIA THERESIA.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Summery:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A great game it was. The Austrians really needed e<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">very single unit of its army. The Prussians fought like lions. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If the Prussian<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s hadn't lost 4 units routed in the first turn, who knows, the outcome may well have been more favorable for the Prussians. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Losses on both sides were high.</span> As far as I can recollect the figures from our orbat sheets, A<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">u</span>strian losses were 1<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">,</span>000 men & 20 guns, while the Prussians lost 13<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">,</span>000 men & 75 guns not including prisoners.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-24548413179516619702016-11-15T14:47:00.001-08:002016-11-15T14:47:26.402-08:00The Great SYW Battlefield Tour Oct 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are a few pictures of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a great tour of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">F</span>rederick the Greats battlefiels of the 7YW, I took part in earlier in October this year. The trip was organized by the great guys of the US based so called "Seven Year's Wa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r Association" & guide<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d by the good profes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s</span>or Christopher Duffy. Its the man soley resp<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">onsible for my continued passion to the subject. Its all his fault, and I am so thankful. I had the honour to be part of this wonderful trip. Below see a few images of the gang taking part.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Gang seen at the monument <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on the battlefield of Kolin</span></span>. I say its the la<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rgest gathering of educated experts ever to assemble around this monument. All are SYW experts. No doubt.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The battlefield of Kolin in closer investigation. Charles Grant judges the field of fire from the Austrian held village of Krechor Church on the right flank of their Kolin position. I am awaiting his future writings on the subject.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Gang seen in front of the famous Church walls of the village of Lutnia/Leuthen in Poland today</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anothe<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r cold an<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d rainy day. The Gang taking pictures of the churchtower of Hochkirch from a distance in the direction of Bautzen. :-) The guys aren't photo adict Japaneese tourists, as this image may imply, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">be sure, they are all US Americans :-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From this image you can tell the sort of excitement we all shared when seeing the historic grounds of history. </span> </span>This church tower formed such a formidal land mark in the area. Also i<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mportant in Napoleons 1813 battle of Bautzen I learned</span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the wake of this great trip, I started painting some <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">R</span>ussians</span>. The battlefields of Kunersdorf & Zorndorf were the last we visited. Kunersdorf was so special as I managed to arrange for a meeting with a local Polish Historian wh<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o showed us his past years exgravations <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> battlefield & some interesting sites on the ground. It was a real highlight of this trip</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> I haven<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'t done all that many photos. A good journal of our trip can be found on Jim P<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">urky's Blog (Der Alte Fritz) at:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://altefritz.blogspot.de/2016/10/day-9-kunersdorf-zorndorf.html</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">See his October 2016 articles here. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Below see an image of my latest work-in-progress<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. The Kunersdorf battle<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">field left me with a deep impressi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on. Now I started remastering My Russian Army, inheritted some year<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s ago from a late loved friend of m<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ine</span></span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">More on this with my next artic<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">le. Stay tuned.</span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-82157186631211765252016-09-05T04:19:00.001-07:002016-09-05T04:19:40.022-07:00Hanoverian SYW Artillery<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the below, I present my ne<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w </span>scratch built Hanoverian 30-pdr or 8 inch howitzer. For long I have been in search of good source that would provide <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a good</span> general picture on how Hanoverian ordnance would have looked like in distiction to my in depth researched and presented French or Prussian ordnance. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I still need to make a visit to the State Archives of Lower Saxony<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> found in Hannover and Buckeburg</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> (much of the former Brunswick-Luneburg terr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">itories)</span></span></span></span></span></span>. The latter does <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">keep</span>
a lot of artillery drafts<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">—</span>not so much Hanoverian, I'm arfaid)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">—</span>while
the former has but few drafts listed with the libraries finder.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ts not all that much I have for the time being, but enough<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to give it a start<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Now, lets</span> close in on the issue. </span></span><br />A general overview on SYW Hanoverian ordnance can be found <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">K</span>ronoskaf SYW <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Online Source Project</span> <a href="http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Hanoverian_Artillery_Equipment"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Hanoverian_Artillery_Equipment</span></a> . Most of this articles content was edited by myself, so there is no need to repeat it all here. This article<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s focus is the ‘looks’ of Hanoverian guns of this period. Lets first have a look at the result.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The barrels looks are my take based on an illustration found in</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>Scharnorst, <i>Handbuch für die Officiere, …etc. Er</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>ster Theil von der Artillerie, …etc.,</i> publ. Han<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n</span>over 1787.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> It shows a Hanoverian howitzer barrel of the 1780's fielded new ordnance. Its most distinctive feature is the odd rounded breech at the base of the barrel instead of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a</span> button. I believe models cast earl<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ier <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">has a much similar construction. The carriage bracket cheeks are based on a Danish construction. Its most distinctive feature is its cornice shaped <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">part in front of the trunnions. A feature, often found with mortar stools.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Above see some W-I-P images of the piece placed next to the French 8 inch howitzer. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The manner of the iron strap<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s I have done based on a dr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a</span>ft of a Hanoverian 24-pounder carriage. The songle draft I could find so far. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I identify the above draft as Hanoverian, for it includes the <i>‘Calenberg Fuß’ </i>as foo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t scale. It was the official unit used in Brunswick-Lunebour<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">g, and I'm not aware it was used in any other German principality. This was the easy part. More difficult it is to make an ass<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">essment regarding it's dating. My best guess would be to date it at around 1720, but it could also be late 17th century as well as it could be after 1730 to mi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 18th century. Very difficult to say.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-71800517699278949452016-07-20T01:47:00.001-07:002016-08-28T10:26:00.537-07:00My 7YW French 8 inch Howitzer model plus my new French ammunition cart models<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, 3 years after presenting my research on the single French</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> design</span></span></span> howitzer construction of the SYW period, I managed to do my own s<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c</span>ratch built model of the piece.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Its a heavy battery gun, not likely to see employment in a moving engagement. Its certainly not a field gun. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the 1:55 scale for <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my 30 mm flats or 1:56 for 28 mm <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3D miniatures, the bore of this piece arrives at approx. 4 mm by scaling this pieces bore of 8 inch 3 lines or <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">8</span>.25 inch down.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Close-up view of the barrel, which is a conversion of a model supplied by MiniFigs I purchased many yeas ago. I adde<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d sculp<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">u</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">red dol<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">phins and 2 rings on the chase using ‘green stuff’, based on <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">earlier illustration of this piece seen below.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MiniFigs did<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> a rather good job, as their take of what should be an 8 inch howitzer <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is</span> a rather dead<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span>on<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span>target match<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to the French model.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I believe their template was either the French Gribeauval M 1767 or a similar English model of the same period. Anyway, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the barrel is rather dead on with the earlier Fre<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nch construction as can be seen below with my print-out <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to scale</span>.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An earlier scratch built howitzer model of mine wasn't all that bad as well. I will use this one to turn it into an Hannoverian 30-pdr howitzer, which is likewise a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 8 inch class piece. The bracket cheeks will be replaced by a Danish design of this period. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My</span> gut <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">instinct</span> says, Hannoverian designs may have been rather similar.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>here is also another interesting source illustrating a French howitzer<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, unfortunately <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">incomplete. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The afore illustration along with some rather interesting information about French artillery material, actually being fielded du<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ring the SYW in Germany derives from <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">an</span> appendix found with the German 1766 published translation of the French original book by Le Blond, <i>L'Artillerie Raisonnée, et<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c.</span>,</i>
first published Paris 1761. The appendix is the German
editor's/author's add on, missing with the original French edition. The author <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was</span>
a certain Johann Wilhelm Jäger, Ingenieur <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Capitaine-Lieutenant and appointed <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">M</span>aster of Ordnance of the Burgher<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s Arsenal of the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">C</span>ity of Frankfurt/Main. His illustrated barrel is a 6.5 inch piece, as per its caption. The somewhat cropped line should read <i>6 1<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">/</span>2 Zoll,</i> to my understanding. Thats interesting. Apart from the 8 inch model, I have read only of 16 pounder models fielded in 1760. This 6.5 inch piece would be a 12 pound stone class of howitzer, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rather then 16 pound stone. Possibly this isn't a French manufactured piece, but an import. Possibly purchased from Nuremberg?!?. In any case, I will try to get copies of the entire foldout sheets from the library which keeps the original book.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The wonder<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ful draft <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">gave me the dimensions. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The two models with the red coloured </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wax cloth </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>covers <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">were done</span> according to the draft, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">more or less</span>. The other with a wood construction cover I did according to the carts seen in the right background <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on</span></span> the below oil painting. It has the drafts recommende<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span> dimensions with <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the ammunition container measuring <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2h</span> x 6l x <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3w</span></span> feet and the cover <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with a height of 1 foot. The two earlier <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ones with the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wax cloth</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> cover are <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">slimmer with a width of only 2 feet. 3 feet lookod odd to me in the beginning, but now I believe 3 feet is just right.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Also interesting is the below drawing<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> – </span>albeit incomplete and somewhat more scetchy<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> – </span>it is rather sim<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ilar to the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">above construction. It also provides a view <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to the way the ammunition was stored inside<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. This sheet is also found in the afore mentioned Jäger appendix.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most oviously, this 4-wheel construction was used with the French ‘Swedish’ light 4-pounder battal<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">i</span>on gun, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for</span> it also carried a share of musket rounds, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">stored</span> in 50 round packages, in the centre box of the wagon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A</span>s per <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jäger's</span></span> caption it hel<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d 70 contain<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">er<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> boxes</span> for an equal number of cannister rounds <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in the front part, and apparently the same number of boxes <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for</span> shot cartiges in the rear, or a total of 140 cannon rounds, not including the ready ammunition stored in a <i>coffre</i> carried on the pieces limber (unfortunately <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">undisclosed</span> with the google library copy). This <i>caisson</i> entitled wagon is illustrated with a cover made of thin zinc plate instead of the former custom wax cloth, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to provide better protection <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">against fire. During an action somewhere near Cassel, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jäger explains</span>, an Allied howitzer shell explode<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d near one of these <i>caissons</i> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with the shells burning fragments setting the <i>caiss</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>on</i> aflame resuting in it exploding and killing a many men from among the nearby standing infantry battalion<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Most apparently, this story <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">does <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">allude</span></span></span> to the elsewhere <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">documented </span>incident at Korbach, 10 July 1760, were precisely this happended to a battalion of the regiment Auvergene<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Seen from Frankfurt, Korbach is indeed ‘somewhere near’ Kassel.</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Therefore I would assume</span></span> th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is</span> sheet metal cover <i>caissons</i> must have first seen servive with the 1761 campaign. I think I will do 1 or 2 of these <i>caissons</i> as well. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">S</span>ource: image gallery of Kieler Zinnfiguren foundry at http://www.kieler-zinnfiguren.de/Listen/siebenj-Krieg.html</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Above miniatures are from a wonderful seri<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">es of casts of French train wagons and draught horses. I hope Kieler Zinnfiguren still sells them. I will need a whole load of them.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-47918900494902305452016-06-29T13:36:00.000-07:002018-12-25T15:59:26.307-08:00The Action of Volkmarsen*** 24 July 1760 – The Day of the Light Troops<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is my next game – another Scenario, based on my 1760 Summer Campaign in Lower Hessen with its French versus Allies historic unfought ‘Near Battles’ being fought. I must say, so far, my project has turned into a nice ‘scenario generator’ producing great games in multiples. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This time it’s the Action at Volkmarsen on the Twiste rivulet.</span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I simply follow French maréchal Broglie’s plan to tour the landscapes or regions of the Grimm Brothers fairy-tales with his 1760 summer campaign. I do not want to detract from the great work of the Brothers Grimm, but<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I</span> find it <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">so</span> compelling</span> to add my own imagination in the wake of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Broglie<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s</span></span> progress within the lands Grimm's<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fairy-tales</span></span></span>. The Hesse-Waldeck region really is the home of the Snow White tale. The historic Snow White is believed to be based on the story of an ill-fated love affair of a young exceptionally pretty and brilliant Waldeck princess with young Habsburg/Spanish prince Phillip – later Phillip II – at the court of Brussels. She simply wasn’t a match adhering to standards, and was poisoned in the event just to avoid improper Habsburg-Waldeck marriage then.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">combat</span> of Volkmarsen</span> isn’t based on a near – but a real historic action. All the French troops listed on my <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">above</span> orbat sheets were the ones that took part in the affair, really. Also the historic order of battle for the Allied corps of general Spörcken is authentic as well has the troops under Wangenheim and Oheimb deployed to support him. <br /><span id="goog_153381147"></span><span id="goog_153381148"></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The scena<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rio is based on the same 24 July operation</span> that also my earlier Saxenhausen battle <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">further below is based on. </span>What makes <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">it </span>so interesting to me is the rather unusual <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">vast</span> number of light troops committed in this battle. More then 50% of the French total Lights of the Army took part here, and also a good part of the Allies Lights were involved. I never played a SYW game with so many light troops involved. I’m curious how it will play. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />From all I was able to collect, the real historic action was fought for the most part as a mere cannonade, with only some of the light troops actually being committed. That’s why it is found below the horizon of most of the available history accounts, I believe. And it is also the reason why it cannot be entitled a battle. Neither were the 2 armies main forces involved, nor did the action end up in a general engagement of most troops present. The newly raised Légion Britannique had its ‘baptism of fire’ that day as it engaged in a smart fight for the contest of its advanced position around the village of Külte. This part of the historic action, I have not included with my scenario. I start with the French being master of Külte and at the point to advance on Volkmarsen. The troops told to support Spörcken never did so, but were either found committed by the force of general Clozen, or the force of the grenadiers of general St.Pern with that days general attack of the entire French army. The minor changes I did to turn it into my Scenario are 1st: the supports of Wangenheim and Oheimb really being in support as off table reserves, & 2nd: as a result of it, the French force of Clozen told to prevent this will also engage. I assumed, old general de St.Pern either was found lost – as at Krefeld in 1758, or lacked the required determination to beat or at least tie his opponents – as happened with his somewhat screwed attack at Bork (Westphalia), 29 Sept. 1758. General Kielmansegg’s few troops as part of Wangenheim’s command were enough to tackle him, and the remainder managed to march off to support poor pressed Spörcken at Volkmarsen. </span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, 18 <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">J</span>une, it has been played. See the below for more details of the scenario settings and AAR.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Playing the Action of Volkmarsen<br /><b>Terrain</b> <br />All streams, except the Wetterbach, are marshy banked and are impassable for artillery of any kind. All line infantry crossing will loose their battalion guns. Artillery can cross at the existing bridges and the fords found at Billstein Mill, Roden, and Külte.<br />Between Volkmarsen and Billstein Mill, the Twiste is edged by orchards blocking line of sight and providing some cover for light infantry, but will also disorder formed troops while moving through. All other wooded areas are treated as dense, or as forests in V&B terms.<br /><b>Special Scenario Rules</b><br />As can be seen on my orbit sheet, all French dragoons are treated as light cavalry, in this game based as cavalry skirmishers. In addition, they may dismount and fight as light skirmishing infantry.<br />All the line cavalry based on massed stands is considered heavy, regardless whether it is dragoons, horse, or cuirassiers<br /><b>Engineering</b><br />As an additional scenario rule, the French principal force of Du Muy is assumed to have light bridging material marching at the head of its two columns. They receive 2 such bridges which they are allowed to jet across the Twiste Stream at a point of their choosing. Any French unit of Du Muy's Corps may simply be moved to the desired spot at the Twiste Stream, and the bridge construction will commence with the next turn at this chosen spot. It takes 3 hours/turns to complete the construction of such a bridge (here I follow the time scale of the Austrians crossing the Lohe stream at the Battle of Breslau, 22 November 1757. Under the cover of several heavy batteries they managed to throw 7 such column bridges across the Lohe in precisely 3 hours 15 minutes, and within sight of the Prussians! The Austrians took good advantage of the dense morning fog found during this time of season, while its batteries silenced all threatening Prussian guns within a matter of an hour as the weather cleared. To give the French a chance to accomplish something similar without the support of the Austrian siege artillery at hand that day, I decided to cover the Twiste Stream with orchards, extensive enough to conceal it from other but close range vision.)<br /><b>Victory conditions</b><br />The French attack and move first. The game starts with the 9 a.m. turn and ends with the 9 p.m. turn, or earlier if the one or other side is found defeated before. To win, the French must seize either Volkmarsen or the Kugelsburg ruin in combination with the Watchtower on the ‘Scheid’ high grounds (with this game treated as a village). The Allies win if the French fail to archive their objective till nightfall.<br /><b>Initial deployment</b><br />French<br />All French troops are deployed on table except the detachment of general Clozen, who will arrive only the turn after the last Allied reenforcement has entered the table (see afore sketch). With our game, all French entered in my simplified house rule cross country march column with all units found with a depth <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">equal</span> the unit frontage if deployed, except artillery, which is found with doubled depth of its bases depth. Du Muy enters in two columns with the lead elements already past Külte and closing in on Volkmarsen. Maréchal Broglie's younger brother's command enters in a single column with the lead elements already near Billstein Mill. Chabot's light troops may deploy formed anywhere within 10 inches/thousand yards of Wieberkirch on the East side of the Erpe Stream.<br />Allies<br />General Spörken's principal force deploys on the ‘Scheid’ high ground were it was found encamped. Its left aligning towards Lütersheim and its right stretching past the ‘Watchtower’. The light troops of the Légion Britannique may be placed anywhere along Spörken's side of the Wetterbach, Twiste, and Erpe streams. Also the Kugelsburg ruin and the woods to its north may be occupied. In addition, 1 grenadier unit of Spörken's main force may occupy Volkmarsen.<br />The command of general Oheimb will enter on the South edge of the table between Lütersheim and the Erpe Stream with the 1 p.m. turn, and Wangenheim with the 2 p.m. turn immediately behind Oheimb.<br /><br /><b>Well then, how did it play?</b><br />Saturday 18 June – Kolin & Warterloo Day – we finally managed to gather and play the Action of Volkmarsen. Two players on the French side, including myself, and once more M*** playing the Allies. Possibly not such a good decision with regard my continued desire to see the French victorious. M*** defended his position most brilliant and in combination with his notorious lucky dice – believed to be secretly blessed at Santiago de Compostella – he left the French without a chance.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They met little opposition. M*** let them close in cold blooded by calculating his reinforcements could deal with them at a later stage of the affair.<br />On the French right, the command of the comte de Broglie closed in on Billstein Mill in an attempt to tie as many Allies as possible in order to prevent them to spoil the construction of the bridges. M*** concentrated most of his artillery against Broglie inflicting heavy loss to the French.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The result of it was a rather dense mass of disordered French assembling behind only a light screen of formed troops. Too light, as it turned out. M*** saw the moment to strike and threw in all his cavalry and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">more</span> infantry at close hand to deliver a most violent and determined blow. The French first line was thrown back causing multiple routs among the disordered troops in the rear. This major accident decided the day. All of Du Muy's first line infantry was smashed in a single strike. The French continued to press forward with all that was left, but with the meanwhile engaging Allied reinforcements, Spörken had more troops then needed to see off any following French attacks. All French objectives remained in Allied hands. A clear Allied victory once more.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On 2016 Easter Friday, our group played a refight of the battle of Hastenbeck. Originally we were supposed to be 5 players, but two fell sick the days before, so that we were left with only 3 players. Two on the French side, including myself, and one for the Hannoverian Army. I was also not feeling so well and got struck by a flu for the remainder of the Easter Holidays. That's one of the reasons why this AAR is published only now. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I always believed Hastenbeck is anything but a perfect wargame scenario, as a result of the odd terrain and the considerable French superiority in troops and artillery. As said in my previous article below, that's why it took me 12 years from my extensive research done on this battle to making it a game. How mistaken I was! The game played really well with everybody having a great time. As said in my previous article, the game was played with Volley & Bayonet rules and the scenario was based on Frank Chadwick's <i>"Battle's of the Seven Years War", vol. 2: "The Strategic Flanks".</i> A great scenario to play, and likely to supersede Minden as my favorite SYW French vs. Allies battles. I converted his orbats into my preferred visual layout play sheets with inserting my troops and some non-historic generals in order to minimize re-labeling.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The battle evolved somewhat different as the historic one as a result of the Hannoverian Army's s<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">omewhat</span> altered deployment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to the scenario, the Allies deployed first anywhere behind a line running East-West between the South edge of Hastenbeck village and North edge of Voremberg, which remained unoccupied <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to</span> the front of their position. As in the historical battle the Hannoverian's placed their batteries in field works to command the bottleneck between Hastenbeck and the wooded Schrecken heights with the Obensberg hilltop, but also deployed troops to the East of the hills. Strangely, also a cavalry division was placed to the South of the Haste Stream between Hastenbeck and the Weser River, which marked the West edge of the table. Not such a good idea, as it turned out. Most of the superior numbered French cavalry of the left wing fell upon them & the Hannoverians were eliminated in the first turn. Below see the end result of this French 1st turn assault. The Hannoverian horse was found eliminated with a single strike, thanks to the French light horse that managed to move into the rear of the enemy, thus, denying them to fall back across the bridge across the marshy banked Haste Stream. A good start for the French. I instantly went off to my fri<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">dge to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">arrange for</span> our</span> Victory Cha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mpagne <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">– </span>ice cool – for cheering <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to</span> this certain French arms day of glory.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The French initial deployment and general plan of attack was otherwise not so different from the historic plan. The terrain simply left us with little alternatives. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The French left wing infantry gets moving forward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So does the French right under my command. A many photos were done during this game. It took me a while to sort out the best selection for a good narrative. That's another reason for the delay of this AAR.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile the Hannoverian Army of Observation was ‘observing’ the French initial moves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Above see a close-up of Cumberlands Grenadiers under Hardenberg securing the batteries. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The French right wing was reenforced by most of the French cavalry of the right as a result of the entire force of general Oberg to the East of the Schrecken heights. Oberg soon realized that he was opposing far superior numbers of French and withdrew his troops onto the high ground to his rear forming a line along the edge of the woods. Now the battle started in earnest with Cherverts' men executing its flank turning movement. Supported by cavalry he now closed in on Obergs' division that had formed an angle to Cumberland's main position West fo the Schrecken high ground. At the same time Broglie, on the French left, closed in on Hastenbeck supported by the French heavy artillery. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The French left under Broglie attacking Hastenbeck village</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> D'Armentière's Corps of the right closing in on Cumberland's left wing batterie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Broglie's light troops seize Hastenbeck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> D'Armentière's guns target Cumberland's batterie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chervert's Corps of the far right closes in on Oberg's division.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Close-up of the contest between Chervert's and Oberg's men for the Schrecken high ground securing the flank of Cumberland's position.<br />Gradually, the French pushed forward taking every Hannoverian strongpoint one by one. First, the Obensberg hilltop was seized by French light troops, next fell Hastenbeck, and the two right hand batteries were captured and its guns silenced.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The brave lads of regiment Piédmont attack the batterie of the centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The guns were silenced…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">…and Piédmont seize<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s the batterie.</span><br />The Hannoverians defended every inch of their position like lions, resulting in heavy loss on both sides.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The French cavalerie of the left continued to threaten Cumberland's far right <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">by signall<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing to pass the stream. General Imhoff's entire division <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was needed to secure the Haste stream.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After the batteries had a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ll been taken by the French, they now pushed forward through the defile between Hastenbeck village and the Obensberg hilltop.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The aftermath from the contest for the Schmiedebrink highgroud seen, after the French <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pressed on</span> forward. A fine example oncemore prooving the old German miniature colle<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ctors saying: <i>"Its the dead and dying that'll <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">make</span></span></span> your scener<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y look ali<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">v</span>e".</span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In came now Cumberlands reveng<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e. The Hannoverians had been pushed back to their Alamo <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P</span>osition. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">W</span>ith their backs to the wall, they were unwilling to accept defeat and decided for one final all<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span>out attack on Contades Corps of the Centre.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Co-Player V*** failed about every single morale check<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> resulting in a super d<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">i</span>saster. Contades Corps was smashed in a single turn, including our so valuabble heavy guns. This accident decided the day, as by that time also Cheverts Corps of the right along with the right wing cavalerie had been fought down into exhaustion. The French started to run out of troops, and it was only two or three turns to go till nightfall.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Above you see about the final stage of the battle. T</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">he Hannoverians somehow managed to form a last final line, that <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the French were unable to crush. The battle was lost to the French as the French cavalerie attack – most desperate – accro<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ss the Haste stream was also a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">total falure. I knew that happening before, but was unable to prevent V*** from doing such a silly thing.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-82985299457269397642016-03-22T13:24:00.000-07:002016-05-29T10:00:01.260-07:00Upcoming: the battle of Hastenbeck, 26 July 1757 – refought<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our group is looking forward to this years Easter Friday Wargame at my place. This year it will be a refight of the battle of Hastenbeck, 26 July 1757. Some troops and terrain still needs to be completed. I'm under real stress. My latest paint-jobs have to take part in the game at any price.<br /><br />Below see a view of my new Hannoverians of regt. Kielmannsegg (IR 12A). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just a few more brush strokes to give the flag its finish and they'll be ready for play. </span></span></span><br />
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</span>Off course this gorgeous Saxon Quick-Firer has to take part in the game. Finally, I painted some more command figures. </span></span><br />
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From left to right you see my take of English mylord Waldgrave, lieut.-general, accompanied by a Highlander.<br />The Highlander is an old figure of mine which I improved a bit. Remastered, so to say, rather than entirely painted anew. Centre is a Hannoverian general. It could be Wangenheim, once more a remastered rather old figure. He is accompanied by an Hannoverian aide-de-camp from the Foot Guards (new). On the right its general Luckner (new) alongside his aide-de-camp from the Hannoverian Jagers (old). </span></span><br />
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All of them will be placed in command somewhere in Cumberland's order of battle. Even though Waldgrave and Luckner certainly had no general command in this battle, I shall find them some division to command, anyway.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I also did a huge pile of scratch-build stream sections along with a bridge, and a good number of field work sections which are awaiting they finish. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The field-works are the result of my trauma suffered in our Saxenhausen game. Those field works (substituted by stone walls then) left <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">me with a deep impression. I needed to have some more realistic looking models<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span></span>The gabions seen here are plastic models I recently purchased from Nottingham<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> UK based Warlord Games. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">you can't beat 8 GBP incl. shippin<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">g to Germany for 20 pieces. Just 4 more are sc<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ratch made for they had only 20 to sell me<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> – and I needed 24. </span></span></span></span></span>All needs to be finished by Wednesday night. Thursday night is planned for setting up the table and arranging the troops needed for the game. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below see the result of my extensive research I did many years ago. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My God, I can't believe its 12 years from this illustration to the first time it is turned into a game with My SYW Armies.</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I must say, m</span>y research back then, directed mainly at the historic order of battle of the French forces committed in this battle, stands pretty well to the present day. Of course, I have grown wiser in the meantime. The composition of the cavalry could need a revision. Only many years after I made this map I learned about the identity of the horse of Broglie's Reserve (regts. du Roi, Condé, Beauvillers, and Lameth with total 8 esc) and 4 esc of d'Aubigne dragoons. This will add a 4th regt of dismounted dragoons into d'Armentières division and the order of French cav brigades should be reshuffled somewhat. I haven't had the patience to do that yet.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For our game, we will use the scenario provided by Frank Chadwick's <i>"Battle's of the Seven Years War", vol. 2: The Strategic Flanks</i> for Volley & Bayonet rules. For the greater part, his orbats are based on my work anyway. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I converted his orbats 1:1 into my preferred visual layout play sheet. Just his suggested French "Ghost" Light Division" I cut down somewhat, as it includes units that have remained in France or were assembling with Soubise's force near Hanau at that time. You may delete it alltogether. I accounted for 3 skirmishing stands. Fine enough.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll post some pictures and AAR within short.</span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-4593723168729821282016-02-18T13:39:00.002-08:002016-06-05T04:20:24.589-07:00The Istha Village Chronical: A detailed contemporary eyewitness account on the progress of the 1760 Campaign in Lower Hessen<style>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">With the below, I found it worthwile to share an extract from the German language original: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hessische Chroniken, vol.
I: „Die Isthaer Chronik des Pfarrers Johann Georg Fülling. Zur Geschichte
Niederhessens im siebenjährigen Kriege“ </i>[“The Istha Chronicle of vicar Johann
Georg Fülling. History of Lower Hesse during the Seven Years War”], publ. by
Gerhard Bätzing, Kassel 1957. (Istha village – approx 1 mile to the south of
Wolfhagen).</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">I started to translate Füllings chronicle of the year of 1760 to make it available also to an English reading audience. I believe the information that can be extracted from his rather detailed observations are highly interesting. He starts off with the preperations and the beginning of the campaign. The more distant the war takes place, the more of his information is based on rumor and hearsay, but the closer it comes, the more detailed it is. His community is about a days march due West from Kassel. The war arrived near his countship at July 10, with the action of Korbach and saw its culmination with the two armies passing and encamping in his village July 25-30.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Well have a read yourself, if you like. It all adds so well to my ongoing 1760 Campaign ‘near battles’ project.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Record of the local occurrences in 1760</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Now, I will get
to the chronicle of a year, which, owing to the suffered misfortunes, will
remain unforgettable to this community. A year, we were to face war, and most
of his terrible consequences, in which especially this community sustained a
loss, I believe, we won’t get over with in years. Our misery was even more
unbearable, for it took us by surprise, against all hopes, all likelihood, and
expectation. We had been in the hands of the Allies. Since past years August,
they had swept off the French from this country, which had partly withdrawn across
the Rhine, and the Allies than kept this province occupied. The Army had been
significantly increased and it was hoped, that it would keep the French away from
our borders, as they had been beaten the other year. Kassel had been fortified,
and work on the defences endured from winter throughout spring, at all efforts
and extraordinary costs.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">May</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">With the
beginning of May a small corps commanded by general Imhoff took its camp near Kirchhain
on the Ohm. The Grand Army assembled near Fritzlar. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">May 20,</b> Prince Ferdinand took his headquarter in Wabern, the main
camp rested from Fritzlar to Kappel, the Highlanders encamped on the ‘Uhlenborn’
heath. The English headquarter was in Fritzlar, and that of the Erbprinz in
Möllrich. Many new regiments from England arrived, which approached via
Paderborn and Wolfhagen. The camp rested unaltered throughout this month.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">June 6,</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"> the Erbprinz departed with a small corps, and
marched to Schlitz, where general Gilsa had been in position for some time. Finally,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">June 23,</b> the whole army marched off,
and took its first camp near Frielendorf and Treysa. The field bakery in
Fritzlar had also advanced. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">June 27,</b>
we were in for the first shock, for it was said, the Army is retiring, and the
bakery and baggage train had returned to Fritzlar. Shortly later, it was said
the Grand Army still kept its camp near Ziegenhain, but the Erbprinz had to
conduct a hasty withdrawal from Schlitz to Homberg, and general Imhoff had been
forced out of his position near Marburg with heavy loss, and had now joined the
Grand Army [the chronology of events has been somewhat confused here, as it was
all based on hearsay]. To all those controversial news, the French apparently
had captured Amöneburg and Marburg, and Prince Ferdinand now had his
headquarter in Michaelsberg, and the Erbprinz headquarter was in Obergrenzbach.
It augured badly, as many heavy guns and ammunition were send back to Kassel.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">July</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Afternoon, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 1,</b> it was said the French were in
Ippinghausen. A horrid mystery to us it was. The next day it was said, about
500 light troops had arrived at Züschen by dawn, captured eleven of general
Granby’s own horses, and thereafter advanced to Fritzlar. Here, in haste, they
had looted general-commissioner Massow’s baggage train, nailed a number of
guns, captured some English baggage along the main road, poured out the flour
of 40 flour wagons, and made off with all horses. Without doubt, they had been
informed of the approach of a small corps under general Luckner. The French
took the route via Züschen and Numburg, here they demanded for beer and brandy,
in Ippinghausen a number of men absconded and engaged into marauding. 20 Allied
hussars made after them, while Luckner took his way via Bergheim in order to
cut their retreat. A detachment met the French near Freihagen, engaged in a
skirmish, killing many and taking some 60 men prisoner along with a number of
horses. For a while now, all was quiet. Then, Wednesday <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 9,</b> it was said the whole French Army had left its camp at Neustadt
and Speckswinkel by night, and is now advancing on Korbach; while at the same
time Luckners hussars and the Erbprinz corps are advancing to Sachsenhausen,
followed by the Grand Army. Thursday <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July
10,</b> one could hear a violent cannonade. It lasted till 2 in the afternoon.
You could not only hear the guns, but also the small arms fire. So intense was
the fire, that one would have believed it to be the noise of a major battle
[This was the clash of the French and Allies combined Avantgardes at Korbach].
Our fears were great, and we all hoped the Allies would remain victorious. The
same evening, I was informed by his most admirable provost Köhler from
Wolfhagen, of the Erbprinz engaging with only some 12 regiments with about 40 thousand
Frenchmen. Initially they had been beaten off, but finally he had to leave the
field to the French, leaving some 7 guns, after suffering great damage from
their guns. This news was confirmed the other day, and our casualties were said
to be not more than 800 men. The same day as the action occurred, it was said,
the Grand Army had arrived at Höringhausen, though, taking its camp without
tents. The same day, a detachment of hussars occupied Wolfhagen and secured the
towns gates. Both armies now opposed another; the French encamping in Korbach,
and the Allies in Sachsenhausen, where Prince Ferdinand’s headquarter was set
up, whereas the English’s was established at Höringshausen. Sunday <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 13,</b> general Spörcken’s corps of
about 18 thousand men, that had been resting in the Münsterlands, now had arrived
at Landau, Spörcken took his headquarter in Stadtberg on the Diemel [now Marsberg] the other
night, after forcing out the troops of count St. Germain from this town. Now
the Allies would hold the line along Volkmarsen–Stadtberg [Marsberg]–and
Landau. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 15,</b> Spörcken marched
from Landau to Billingen, and on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July
17,</b> to Lutzen. On this day it was said, the French had occupied
Mengeringshausen and Arolsen. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 18, </b>it
was heard the Erbprinz had ruined a French corps of about 6.000 men in a
surprise attack encamped near Speckswinkel [This was the Action of Emsdorf]. 6
guns, and all of their baggage had been captured, and three generals were made
prisoners, the prince of Anhalt-Köthen among them. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 20,</b> it was heard the Erbprinz had captured 600 French oxen at
Halsdorf and Luckners corps had ruined some 7,200 sacks of flour in Marburg,
and captured a lot of baggage. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 21,</b>
60 centners of hay were foraged by the Hannoveran regiment of Waldhausen in our
village. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 22,</b> English cavalry
and artillery servants foraged. They receipted one forage unit of 25 rations with
10 pounds per ration. The total amount of hay that had been foraged on receipt
within two days was 566 'centner' [hundredweight]. Wednesday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 23,</b> the foraging intensified.
Countless parties kept coming in – a many of them went off without paying. The
English had guarding patrols to keep their foraging parties from engaging in 'desordres'.
My hay was not foraged, and I thought I was lucky. But to my sorrow, I would
loose all of it within the next days by English and French billetings, without
receiving a penny for it. The others could at least hope for a return sometime
in the future. We would have been lucky if it was only the hay we were to
loose. But, even worse, the fields abloom, of which even the old people could
not recall of ever seeing such a blessing before, were to be completely ravaged
within the next few days. And thats the story:<br />
Thursday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 24,</b> one could hear a
most dreadful cannonade on the Allies right wing near Volkmarsen. You could see
all discharges of the cannons from on top the Isthaberg<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i> At about 11 in the morning it was heard in great fear, general Spörcken’s
baggage train was marching right through the Wolfhagen fields. It seemed to
settle at the 'Gotzenberg', but soon later it continued its march, and
eventually passed through our community. Our fears grew, as we saw the Grand
Army’s baggage approaching towards us. We saw the bakery wagons carrying raw
dough. We took this as a sign for the Allies retreat. A number of officiers
reassured us, that the baggage train had marched off without orders and would
soon after return. At 2 in the afternoon the cannonade ended, and it was said
the French had captured a battery. The same day we were informed of the Allies
right wing being forced into withdrawal, and the French having occupied
Ehringen and Viesebeck. Fischer’s men had plundered Breuna’s bailiff Faber and
vicar Coester, and patrolled as far as Nothfelden. Friday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 25,</b> the cannonading continued, while the passage of the baggage
still endured. At 8 in the morning we learned of the English headquarter to be
set up in our community. Many English soldiers were marauding poultry, hog, and
raked the peoples chests, until, on my request, a German officer send a Brunswick
detachment to care for our security. The right wing now rested at the Isthaberg
quite near the so entitled 'Donnerschlag', and stretched towards Altenstädt. English
artillery was deployed near the 'Billstein', and a number of regiments formed
up on the Istha fields. The Allies ravaged the surrounding fields as much as
they could. The small prayers house on our graveyard along with the benches,
which had been left untouched by the French Legion Royale Anno 1758, was now
torn apart and burned up. Mylord Granby had his lodging in the vicarage.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">On Saturday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 26,</b> Mylord Granby called for me
and informed me in French, the Army will leave at around 9 in the morning. He proposed
to send my valuables to Kassel. My wagon was to join his personal convoy, and
with his passport, should travel forth and back unharmed. How terrible a
proposal, with regard to my present condition! I was lacking the means to
arrange for all within such a short span of time. I would not get a transport,
even at the price of 100 Reichsthalers cartage for the way to Kassel. All
horses had been taken away by our folks and were now hidden in the surrounding
woods. One can imagine my feelings. The many men’s and wagons turmoil of the
departing army lasted till about 1. By this time, a column of the Arriergarde,
commanded by the Erbprinz, passed this village. You could now hear the cannonading
coming closer. Continuously it was asked for bread, milk and other victuals.
The Highlanders were the last to pass the Lower Lane and formed up on the 'Kampe',
and than headed for the Isthaberg, where they deployed within the hedges. From
my upper chambers window one could observe several bodies of French closing in
on the hidden Highlanders and exchanging fire. All during this time, it was
dead quite in the village. All inhabitants were hiding. This silence was the
more fearsome, as it was succeeded by a horrible turmoil. This silence lasted
about half an hour, till one could hear the clatter of a single horse. It was a
French Schomberg dragoon, and, with a pistol in his hand, crying out for me and
asking for money. I gave him 1 silver Thaler. Soon he returned, accompanied by 2
more dragoons and a Fischer hussar and now they all asked for ham. My wife gave
them one. Now, all got off their horses, drew sabres and entered into the
house. My wife had to unlock the pantry. They took two chicken, game, along
with some bread, sausage and butter. The Fischer pulled my golden watch out of
my pocket and made off. After complaining to another Schomberg dragoon, he made
after him. Shortly later, a whole piquet of these dragoons appeared. I addressed
the officer, asking him for a 'sauvegarde', which he instantly conceded to me. He
ordered one dragoon to stay with me. The officer, who happened to be the count
of Custine [believed to be no other than Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine,*1740–†1793],
told me of having heard of my stolen watch, and assured me that it would be
returned soon. The Fischer returned the watch with the counts pistol pointed at
his head. Thereafter the Fischer made off. The 'sauvegarde' kept me from
suffering great harm. My house would have otherwise been completely plundered.
Many hussars appeared in front of the vicarage, which he held off with great
bravery. Until the quarterings would move in 2 hours later, he remained in
front of the door, which I had to lock. While talking to this certain officer, I
mentioned above, a single discharge was heard at the other end of the village.
The whole piquet now rushed to this direction and exchanged fire with a squad
of Allied hussars, of which a Brunswicker was left badly wounded. He died here.
I saw him shortly before his passing away. He was the certain Mr. von
Bernsdorf, a native from Waldeck. In the evening, there came two officiers of
the regiment Royal Bavière. One carrying a linen sack, the other with a soldier
with him, they were very polite, talked German, and told me that they had caught
this marodeur in the mayors house, and that he was to be hanged the next day.
They left the marodeur with my 'sauvegarde', and the mostly emptied sack to me,
in order to keep it for the mayor. As they were about to make 'billets', orders
came in, that Prince Robecq with his Volontaires, and a command of Swiss
soldiers were to take their quarters here. Prince Robecq had his lodging in the
vicarage. As he did not have his kitchen wagon with him, my wife had to cook
for him. His aide-de-camp told me that I was to inform the village’s
inhabitants, that they ought not give anything to the soldiers. If anybody was
to be harmed, one should not hesitate informing him. Later than, as folks did
inform him, he instantly went with them, and arranged for an end of their
troubles. The Princes 'mâitre-d’hotel' also was a very gentile and agreeable
man. In the evening, an officer asked for me, and as I got out, he embraced me like
a brother. At once, I recognized him as the certain lieutenant-colonel d’Armetrout,
who I mentioned on page 74 [of the manuscript – a protestant Swiss, who had
been quartered in the vicars house the previous year]. The affable conduct of
the French, and the fine order they kept, made us forget that we were in the
hands of our enemies. Our hearts – so full of fear – in expectation of our
unsure faith, had now become easier. It had been a great relieve, I had not
been plundered – with exception of the victuals mentioned above. My neighbour
got it worse. Vicar Lahusen from Altenhasungen, had been completely plundered,
as he was hiding in the nearby woods. His loss amounted to about 500
Reichsthalers, to his own specification. Old vicar Rassmann from Balhorn, albeit
staying in his house, had the same fate. He lost all of what had not been
dissembled, along with 30 Reichsthalers, and suffered a wound from a bayonet
thrust in his arm. The bailiff of Merxhausen had to endure violent looting, as
they knocked in his door and broke his windows. Our community was speared from
'hot' looting, but more severe was the rape of livestock. Most of the communities
inhabitants had spend several days hiding at the Isthaberg, with all our
horses. As the Highlanders took their position on the Isthaberg, and in the
event, had been attacked by the Fischer Corps, our folks were now found in real
danger. They all ducked to the ground in order to escape the bullets sniping
through the hedges. Soon later, the Fischer took notice of them, and not only
took their money, but also forcibly depredated them of their shoes, clothes,
and 40 horses, not including the many Brüdersen villages horses. Sunday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 27,</b> lieutenant-colonel Armetrout
informed me of the Army's headquarters to be set up here. As I now told him of
my many belongings, that I had hidden in the church, he asked me to carry all
out, as the church was to become the location for the prisoners. Just after we
took our belongings out, I had to hand over the key to the 'Grand-Provost'. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maréchal
Broglie arrived in the evening, while his baggage had already arrived at noon.
I was left to stay in my houses parlour and chamber, where all furniture was
moved. A cousin of the Duc de Broglie [his brother, the comte de Broglie?],
along with a number of officiers had their lodging in my loft. My house was
found so crowded that, at times you could not enter the stairway nor open the
doors. The streets were found jammed with people. Outside the village a regular
market stretched from the 'Pfarrbleich' farmstead into the fields. All of the
fields were filled with tent rows. One Corps encamped from near the 'Hagen' all
the way to the 'Läusebügel'. The main columns camp stretched from the Isthaberg
across the vicarage fields, the Gehren fields, and out to the 'Hagen'. The
Avantgarde encamped on the 'Rhöde' and 'Schotter' fields. The right wing
aligned into the direction of Balhorn and the left wing rested near
Weinigenhasungen. The French and Swiss Gardes were encamped near the 'Burgholz'
and had also occupied the Burghasungen hill. Hussars were lodging in Ehlen and
in Burghasungen, where Prince Robeq with his Volontaires had now been quartered.
The Army remained in this position until <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July
30.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">During the time
the French headquarters was located in our community, its inhabitants sold most
of its remaining draught animals at rather low price. Some sensed they would be
taken away from them, anyway, others thought that by this way they would be
relieved from the forced transports and could rather stay at home. But most
people really sold them because they realized they would not have the means to
feed them anymore, now that the entire harvest was lost. Within only 4 days our
community sank into poverty. All of our fields and all the vegetables had been
completely eaten up or devastated. During all this turmoil and commotion, we
hardly worried about the harvest. It wasn't our most pressing concern. The want
of water caused so much more misery. All fountains had been found emptied in rather
short time. The soldiers and sutlers even used the horse troughs water, despite
it being mostly dung. Water carriers toured the camp selling a pint for about 8 Heller [or 4 pennies]. For the Maréchals kitchen, water was brought on wagons from elsewhere.
At that time I still owned 13 cattle. They suffered from severe thirst as you
were allowed to enter the stalls only very early in the morning. A sentry was
placed next to my hay and you had to ask for permission from the Maréchals
Master of Household to take any to feed my cattle. Nevertheless, the Maréchals
cooks demanded 12 measures of milk each day. My water needed for cooking had to
be fetched from far distant at daybreak and needed filtering before it could be
used. Our old small stove in the small chamber was now of good service to us as
it became our improvised kitchen for the next days. [Content somewhat
condensed] All during this time countless officiers entered the house, a many
serving as the Maréchal's aide-de-camps, writing letters in my big chamber, managing
the many folks requests for sauvegardes, or incidents of marauding or
plundering. The Maréchal maintained a splendid dining table. Our lower chamber
as well as the kitchen served as the Maréchals personal confectionary. As my
house was too small for his dinner table, it was placed under a tent in Faber's
garden.<br />
The Headquarters remained here for 4 days. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July
30</b> in the afternoon at around 2, the Maréchals baggage eventually marched
off, while the Maréchal himself had already left at 8 in the morning. Major Lorch,
adjutant-général to the Maréchal, arranged for my sauvegarde Friedrich Trempi,
a reformed Swiss from the regiment of Gardes Suisses, who I had to pay 40
French Sous a day, apart from free board and lodge. I kept him all through
November 25. <br />
The departure of the baggage lasted the entire day. I went to my fields. Oh,
what a sight! All had turned into barren land. A few days before it was a
pleasure garden and such a joyful sight that you just couldn’t take your eyes
off. Now, with teary in the eyes you were looking at completely devastated
wasteland. You couldn’t find enough for even a single bushel of hey for our
communities starving cattle. Because of the intensive patrolling, it was also
no option to herd the cattle into the nearby woods undetected. Finally, I was
left to sell a good number of my cattle to French butchers at half price.<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">July 31</b> was all in silence. The
French headquarters had moved to Dörnberg the other day. Not a single soldier
was seen. Our community prepared to untie the French camp and share out what
had been left over. That evening, news spread, a many troops had arrived at
Landau coming from Warburg. We had no idea what it all was about. Soon later we
learned that a many wounded had arrived at Wolfhagen. The mayor’s house, all
the barns, and the ‘Renthof’s’ stalls were found filled. The next morning, a
number of passing Swiss stragglers told us general Du Muy’s Corps had been
beaten at Warburg the other day.</span></span></span></div>
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</style> <span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">30 December our group played once more a ‘near-historical’ battle based on the 1760 Summer Campaign in the Western Theatre of the Seven Years' War. It is the third battle scenario I generated out of the historic operations of the 1760 Summer Campaign in Lower Hessen. I called it the battle of ‘Saxenhausen’ [sic.]. It was the French attack on Ferdinand’s Allied Army encamped on the high grounds around Sachsenhausen behind a Stream named Werbe. All is based on the historic situation of 24 July of which there is more original historic material to be found further below. The Allies were found heavily entrenched behind works – the fruit of finest British field engineering, I must say. I have never made much use of field works, and as a result, had little idea how ‘strong’ such a position could be. I learned my lesson that day as ‘My French Army’ suffered about its most disastrous defeat I recall in my record of wargaming. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At first, lets have a look at some images of the drama suffered by the French. That day was to be a day of Glory for the Allies.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">View across the Allied army deployed in front of their camp. You see the walled town of Saxenhausen in the upper left background.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">The Allies right wing moves into its defense positions. Its the division of mylord Waldgrave, with Granby's English cavalry of the right in support. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">View of Allied centre grand field work, occupied by Hannoverian artillerie. This old skratch built model of mine had been reanimated to be used in game for the very first time since using Volley & Bayonet rules. Some troops you see here are only recently purchased flats of my gaming opponent M***. His cannon seen here is really a flat model. Behind are the Hannoverian Gardes (white flag) and another of M***'s regiments, that I would now identify as the 27th Inniskilling's, really. That day, they were labeled as Hannoverians by mistake. In the lower left foreground you see his command stand representing mylord ‘Leonidas’ Waldgrave. This man decided the day. His division alone knocked out about half the French army.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">View of the Allied left with my newly painted Brunswickers commanded by general Wutginau. None of them exchanged fire with the French that day, except their artillerie.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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on the centre of My doomed French. Below see a sketch of my terrain
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">General Rougé's 3rd centre division gives it a try and prepares to attack, only to be completely shattered about two turns later.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wp4V4jy-_6Y/VrkJJKjbuSI/AAAAAAAABSE/1_qMvzoMjbw/s1600/8%2BMy%2B1760%2BSaxehausen%2Bphotos-1030652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wp4V4jy-_6Y/VrkJJKjbuSI/AAAAAAAABSE/1_qMvzoMjbw/s400/8%2BMy%2B1760%2BSaxehausen%2Bphotos-1030652.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">All the while French light troops – my Volontaires de Clermont – skirmished along the Werbe Stream on the French right while awaiting the arrival of Lusace's Corps de Reserve. They had some heavy cavalry in support – just to play it save.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Close view of the gallant Hessian hussars which was all needed to keep those Clermont Volontaires in due distance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">The English crack brigade on the far left under overall command of the Erbprinz.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Close view of the Hessian rifle armed Jagers</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">View out of a Hannoverian field work. The image tells the entire story of the French progress in the centre. As soon as the brave lads crossed the Werbe Stream, they were welcomed with about the most deadly artillerie cross fire I can think of. All French were massacred within rather short.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">View of a most determined line of French infantry in the centre. Soon later, they were no more.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">The French now launched a violent assault on the Allies right. We see Ferdinand at the right place at the right time. You see the English heavy artillerie of capt. Macbean in the foreground defending the works.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">View of the French assault of the English field work on the Allies right. The Irish really managed to knock out Macbean's heavy batterie – one of the rare successful French attacks that day. Moreoften we simply could not make an impression. The crisis on the Allied side now eveolved as St. Pern's Grenadier Reserve – by approaching along the unguarded ‘goat trail’ – attacked into the Allies undefended flank. HAH.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">For a short period, the French really seemed to crush the Allies right, taking two of their works and hoisting the colours of the French king on Watchtower Hill. But not for long. In came Waldegraves violent counterstrike supported by the only now arriving reenforcements of general Kielmannsegg. No one would pass ‘Leonidas Spartan’ English division that day. Supported by a number of smart timed and well directed charges of the English cavalry, all French gains were lost within a rather short span of time. VICTORIA to the arms of Sa Majesté, le Roi d'Angleterre. P.S.: If this serries of sucesses of the Allies continues, my French <i>Parisienne</i> gossipers will fall short of finding proper nicknames for Homer's Allied Heros.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Now leaving the realm of fiction and turning to the true historic background</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">My scenario concentrated on a hypothetical clash of the two Armies principal forces supported by its immediate neighbouring forces on either flank. The situation is illustrated with the below sketch.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Historically, Broglie engaged Ferdinand’s Army at Sachsenhausen in a feint attack that day, in order to tie as many of Ferdinand’s force, while the real attack operations were directed simultaneously to Ferdinand’s flanks at Volkmarsen in the north and the Eder River between Waldeck and Fritzlar to the south. I thought, the French numerical superiority was fine enough to alter Broglie’s rather elegant plan and make him take the bull by the horns instead. Sure this was to become a bloody affair. Broglie's plan wasn't so bad – certainly much wiser then my somewhat dashy all out attack. Yeah guys… all my fault, I must confess. The official French campaign journal made the following assessment of the situation: <i>On passait le temps aux camps de Corbach & de Saxenhausen, à s'observer réciproquement, les Ennemies avait retranché le leur, & ils ne paraît pas le devoir quitter de sitôt. D'ailleurs on n'aurait pas pu les en faire sortir de vive force sans se résoudre à perdre infiniment de monde. </i><br />While I was arranging My Scenario’s Armies and terrain set-up, I also took the effort to research the whereabouts of all other troops. 24 July was really a very busy day for the entire French army. Everybody was on the move. It was the result of some excellent staff work, I <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">should say</span>. I’m not aware the Austrians ever managed to launch anything at this scale without half the army being delayed or getting lost (the somewhat screwed Hochkirch and Liegnitz operations pop up in my mind here). The gentlemen from the Department of Military History of the German Great Generalsta<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ff entitled <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">such sort of operations as ‘Rococo Warfare <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I</span>n <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P</span>erfection’ – but in a rather disparaging way <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(see vol. 12 pp. 270 ff.)</span>.</span></span> They rejected the sort of operations where the light troops did all the work, while the bulk of the line remanied behin<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span> watching their progress as mere spectators with arms grounded. But, Broglie archieved his objective. A win. It was bloodshed enough. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">S</span>everal hundred got killed that day and a rather pressing pursuit during the next two days caused a many <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">more casualties. Name<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ly the comte de Broglies cla<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s</span>h with Spörcken's Arriergarde around Viesebeck July 25 (about half way between Volkmarsen and Wolfhagen) were the roughnecks of de Vair's Volontaires got badly mauled by the mounted elements of the Legion Britannique and the sabers of the Black Carabiniers under major Monckewitz. About <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">800 men killed only here in a mater of a few hours on both sides. </span></span></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I decided to have a very close look at the operation in its entirety. It provides the material for even more good games.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Disposition of Ferdinand’s Allied Army </b><br /><b>A- Prince Ferdinands' Main Force</b><br />left with 48 bats, 51 esc, artillerie<br /><b>B- Corps Kielmansegg</b><br />14 bats & 6 esc, artillerie (based on 25 July figures): 9 position guns <br /><b>C- Corps Wangenheim</b><br />5 bats & 4 esc, artillerie<br /><b>D- Corps Oheim</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(under overall command of Wangenheim)<br />8 bats & 6 esc, artillerie<br /><b>E- Corps Spörcken</b><br />14 bats & 18 esc, approx. 20 position guns, Légion Britannique (5 bats, 5 esc.), Hessian hussars, & Buckebourg Carabiniers noirs<br /><b>F- Corps Howard & Gilsa</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(under overall command of the Erbprinz)<br />8 bats & 6 esc, artillerie<br /><b>G- Corps prince d'Anhalt</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(under overall command of the Erbprinz)<br />6 bats & 4 esc, artillerie<br /><b>H- Bronsvic Grenadier brigade</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(under overall command of the Erbprinz)<br />3 bats<br /><b>J- Corps Luckner</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(under overall command of the Erbprinz)<br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>he bulk of the Allies light troops</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />Below find the detailed breakdown for the entire Allied Army July 24 with an original record provided the Paris Archive at the Château Vincennes. The manuscript is easy enough to read, so I did not bother to do a transcription. Note the dispositions recorded here should be the situation in the afternoon 24 July. The Corps Kielmannsegg is now found encamped much closer to Ferdinands Main Force.<br />Also Wangenheim and Oheim are now both found encamped at Freienhagen behind Ferdinands right wing. By dawn 24 July, Kielmannsegg was located at Ober- and Nieder-Waroldern, Oheim with all the Hessian troops was in Landau, and Wangenheim with the Hannoverians was in Volkardingshausen to Kielmannseggs close support. The sheet showing the line-up of Ferdinands Sachsenhausen camp is incomplete. The generals are missing. Possibly, the author's desk got smashed by a French cannon ball leaving the poor man so shell shocked that he could not complete his work. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Disposition of Broglie’s French Army</b><br /><b>A- Broglies' Main Force</b><br />left with 49 bats, 73 esc, artillerie<br /><b>B- Corps St. Pern</b><br />brigade Grenadiers de France, plus one unknown inf. brigade (La Marck? or possibly Alsace from Du Muy's Corps), & several mixed detachments of the army.<br />Also encamped here around Bernsdorf and Mühlhausen but not part of Saint Pern’s force for the 24 July attack operation was la brigade des Gardes and the Grenadiers Royaux. Possibly also the cavalry brigade Royal of the Army’s left wing cavalry. <br /><b>C- Corps Lusace</b><br />approx. 18 bats & 26 esc, artillerie<br /><b>D- Corps Stainville</b><br />principal forces: 2 regts of dragoons (du Roy & Feronnaye), Bercheny hussars, Légion Royale<br /><b>E- Corps Du Muy</b> (formally St. Germain)<br />approx. 34 bats, 24 esc, artillerie <br /><b>F- Corps baron de Clauzen</b><br />Inf brigade Royal-Suédois & several mixed detachments of the army, artillerie<br /><b>G- Corps comte de Broglie</b> (the Maréchal's brother)<br />Inf. brigades Belzunce & Swiss Castellas, cav. brigade Orléans, 2 regts of dragoons (Beuffremont & Apchon), Volontaires de Flande, & Volontaires de Vair, artillerie<br /><b>H- Corps Chabot</b><br />2 regts of dragoons (Royal & Thianges), Turpin hussars incl. attached Chasseurs, Fischer Corps, Volontaires de Dauphiné & d'Austrasie, also some artillerie from Du Muy's Corps (?)<br /><b>J- Corps Wurmser</b><br />Royal Nassau hussars & mixed detachement of infantry<br /><b>K- Corps Caraman</b><br />2 regts of dragoons (Caraman & Orléans)<br />The basis for the composition of all troops remains the general Ordre de Bataille of June 1760. I have included the sheets once more further below. A number of troops had been employed guarding the French communications to Frankenberg and Margurg in the rear, or as garrison of these places. It included the regt. Boullion, the remains of the brigade d'Anhalt that had been shattered at Emsdorf, and possibly some others more. All were under the command of Stainville, but did not take part in the 24 July attack operation, to my understanding. Furthermore, the Volontaires de Clermont as well as a detachment of the Bercheny hussars along with this regiments associated Chasseurs d'Origny were operating along the Diemel River and probing into the direction of Paderborn in Westphalia at that time. </span></span></span></div>
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My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-53911885734797984482016-02-03T15:11:00.000-08:002016-02-06T07:04:19.138-08:00My SYW Saxon 6-pounder Quick Firer battalion gun<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd like to share my latest skratch built gun model to be added to my SYW Saxon corps serving alongside my French SYW troops. Eventually, I did a model of this rather eccentric Saxon 1756 fielded 6-pdr ‘Quick Firer’ battalion gun, based on my earlier research. Please see my initial article under "Saxon SYW Artillery" in my Blog. It has the entire story to it, so I won't bother to repeat it all here. I LOVE IT. Its my master piece. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let's simply have a look at the result of it all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here it is in ‘firing position’ with the barrel locked in this distinctive iron machine case. Next comes My Model with unlocked or released barrel in ‘loading position’. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, isn't that smart looking?. Below are some more shots.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With its released barrel, it really looks like some sort of ‘too early’ AA gun – possibly meant to fight those Vatican sent worrisome ‘Spy Pigeons’.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I should note that<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> all of these guns became the booty of the Prussians<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
with the surrender of the Saxon army at Pirna in 1756. None were
fielded later on. The Saxons instead fielded the French ‘Swedish type’
4-pounder model. But I don't care. This piece is just too <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">special to be ignored. My Saxons in French servive will continue to field their own invented so special guns.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My model isn't entirely skratch built, really. It should be more rightly called a conversion. I used a very nice cast 28mm range model fom Foundry Miniatures. They trade it as a SYW Russian ‘medium gun’ (SYWR009).This model really makes a rather smart match.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is very well done. Great details, and really a great model to represent much more than just Russian ordnance. I'd make it also my Hannoverian guns. Fine enough, and so much better than using Prussian or Austrian models.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I converted this Foundry model with the help of my Proxxon micro driller and some wire, nails, sheet brass, and a left over copper chain that came with an old Hinchliffe gun model I purchased back in the 1980's. Really, with my new Saxon gun model I arrive at full circle, as I have loved the dress and this self confident pose of this Saxon Cannonier I know so well from my very first book on uniforms when I was a teenager and only started collecting miniatures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I always loved the pose of this Saxon Cannonier. The gun model is done now. Next will follow the gunners. They have already been selected, and primed. Can't wait to see them serving the piece in my next game.</span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-68578442558171299572016-01-04T12:41:00.000-08:002016-01-05T10:27:51.552-08:00 Prussian SYW Artillery Scale Drawings – part 4 – A Spectacular New Source<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">A truly spectacular new source filled with 18th century military material has been digitalized and made available online. It is the extensive encyclopedic collection of the former Wuerttemberg general <i>Ferdinand Friedrich von Nicolai</i> (*1730 +1814). It belongs to the archive of the <i>Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart</i> – or the ‘Wuerttemberg State Library’ in English. It includes several folders on artillery with about the biggest collection of scale drawings I have ever seen. Simply overwhelming it all is. The bulk of the material should originate from the hands of the <i>Zeugmeister</i> or ‘Masters of Ordnance’ of the once so famous Nuermberg Arsenal, but it is also including many drafts illustrating other European Armies guns and other material. Most is of the period around 1700 – and somewhat earlier – to around 1750 or 1760. It does include awsome and most bizzare constructions, such as the one below:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">The upper draft is a breech loading ‘Quick Firer’ <i>Geschwind-Stück</i> dated 1750 as per this sheets caption on the lower right. But I just love the sheets lower construction. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">I consider to quit my present job, and start a new business selling the ‘Ultimate Mole Terminator Solution’. I'll tour all the US golf courses and turn a millionaire within short.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">The frustrating part of the story, though, is the fact that only but few sheets give any information apart from foot and/or calibre scales and other measurements. No dating is found, and moreoften no information of what armies ordnance you are looking at. It is for that reason</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">, I was told,</span> this material has never really been employed with accademic research, so far. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">Given my years of studying the subject and the countless illustrations I have done myself during the past years, I can say that I have arrived at a sharpend eye-ball, which now enables me to identify at least some of the material with considerable ease. Browsing the pages of all this fantastic material you suddenly drop on a page with the below content: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">Now – <b>That could be Prussian!</b> – I thought. And really, the unfolded sheet disclosed a most beautiful looking draft of a Prussian 3-pounder cannon. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">The sheets caption identifies it as a ‘Prussian 3-pdr battalion gun, 16 calibres or 4 feet long, and weighing 4.5 centner’. Now, what piece is it we are looking at? With all the details provided with my extensivly employed principal source on Prussian gun construction by <i>Malinowsky & Bonin</i> (M&B), it can be identified as Holtzmann's revised M1738 construction dating to around 1747. It should be noted that all the pencil drawn markings and notes found on this sheet were certainly done or added by a ‘Non-Prussian’. We don't know the foot scale employed here for arriving at the authors' ‘4 foot’ length. Its certainly not the Berlin <i>Fuss.</i> The ink drawn parts of this draft should have been done by another earlier author. This earlier authors' draft makes a rather dead-on match with all the figures and dimensions recorded in M&B, such as the widened chamber of the conic bore in order to hold a charge 0.5 the weight of its shot, rather then 1/3 with his initial 1738 master construction. The pieces principal proportions are found by dividing the barrel into 7 parts. The axis was placed into the 3/7, as with the Holtzmann designs of this range in 1738. Hotzmanns' revised 1747 design had added trunnion shoulders, it is said in M&B – and that's precisely what we see here. Also the pieces received gun sights in 1747, which are all neatly added with pencil with this illustration. Another volume of the collection even has a draft of Holtzmanns' 1747 introduced <i>Richtmaschine.</i> Again, despite this sheets little information, with the help of M&B, the 1747 Holtzmann construction can easily be identified. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">The entire collection includes a wealth of ‘Prussian’ drafts, that may either be original Prussian, or copies of original Prussian material. A total of 5 barrel constructions, including the afore Holtzmann 3-pdr are found. Two 6-pdr designs that should be identified as the Dieskau M1754 conic chamber design, a short barrel 12-pdr, 14 calibres long, which is most obviously oncemore a Dieskau M1754 conic chamber design. I'll have investigated this one in detail. Since I have done an earlier tentative reconstruction of this piece in my below article <b>‘Prussian SYW Artillery scale drawings – part 3’</b>, this one is my ‘revised’ illustration:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">The original Nicolai Collection draft is the one seen below.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">Finally, it also includes a draft of this bizarre ‘super light’ 24-pdr field gun M1744. All figures and dimensions that can be extracted from this draft leave no doubt to its identity. I have presented a tentative reconstruction in my earlier article </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>‘Prussian SYW Artillery scale drawings – part 2’</b>. I will need to present a revised draft with the new information found in the Nicolai Collection material. Below see a draft of the barrel found here. It is most fantastic, for I thought I'll never manage to ever find an illustration of this piece. Oncemore, I did a closer investigation.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">Without doubt, this is the carriage bracket cheek for this piece. Some details provided in M&B make a good match, while some others don't. Especially the manner of the metal fittings do cause me some embarassement, for the time being. Apart from all this spectacular new material available, the collection also includes drafts of the entire Linger M1717 system providing the dimensions for the guns, as well as for the carriages and wheels and furthermore the Linger light 18-pdr howitzer along with the drafts of the Linger M1717 50-pdr mortars</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">. The below sheet is one of three found here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">It illustrates the 3- and 6- pdr dimensions, as well as Linger's two 1717 Mortar designs. Also the small cast iron 4-pdr mortar is found here. A forerunner of the later 54 mm infantry heavy weapons light mortar, so to say. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">The two left hand drafts I have done earlier based on drafts gathered from elsewhere. These Nicolai collection ones make a fine match. To the right you also see a so entitled ‘Swedish cast iron 16-pdr howitzer’. This piece was apparently also fielded during the period 1717 to 1740. I must confess that I did not bother to have a closer look at the cast iron ordnance of Prussia of this period, as it was almost exclusively guns for fortress armament. Obviously, this cast iron model (imported from Sweden? – hence the name?) had also been fielded.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">By the way, the content of the entire Collection Nicolai can be found here – Link: <a href="http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf[id]=3116&tx_dlf[page]=1">http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf[id]=3116&tx_dlf[page]=1</a></span></div>
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My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-27616263938570477132015-11-21T11:17:00.002-08:002015-11-27T13:27:28.361-08:00My SYW Personality Commanding Generals No IV<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below see some images of a newly remastered SYW command stand of mine. Its the <i>Erbprinz,</i> awestruck nicknamed "Achilles" by his French opponets. I have redone the laces of his coat making a better match to the Brunswick <i>Leib-Regiment</i> officers dress. The Kassel Museums Collection has a portrait of him dated 1763 where he looks just this way including the popular black hunting dress breeches. The saddlecloth is my own guess work. The portrait shows him along with his family “dismounted” missing the horse.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The two black uniformed blokes are his personal <i>Garde d'Honneur.</i> Its a troop of the <i>Buckebourg Black Carabiniers</i>. I painted them many years ago. Make no mistake – </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">if you should ever make it to the gates of Walhalla, </span></span>those very two gentlemen will receive you, for they'll be the Gate Guards. No doubt. You better know the <i>Parole</i> or watchword. If you miss it, you will not pass. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>hey'll show you the short-cut way straight to hell, instead.</span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-40935789476921950812015-11-20T13:28:00.001-08:002015-11-20T14:22:06.227-08:00My SYW Brunswick & Hesse-Cassel Infantry part II<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below find a few images of my latest paint-jobs.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have somewhat remastered the Hesse-Cassel <i>Malsburg,</i> IR 10 (left), and the Brunswick regt. <i>Zastrow</i>, by giving them new flags and a new issue of black gaiters. The Hessian <i>Malsburg</i> men are seen with their white linen summer dress breeches, instead of the regular yellow dye wool breeches. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ever s</span></span>ince I saw that Hessian <i>Garde</i> officer illustrated in John Mollow / Malcom McGregor <i>Uniforms of the Seven Years' War </i>way back in the 1970's<i>,</i> I<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> was <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hooked</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to</span> this yellow vests and white breeches idea being distinctive Hessi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">an, learning only much later that white breeches for summer dress were rather universal, really.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next comes my newly painted Hesse-Cassel regt <i>Wutginau</i> (IR 5), in 1759 <i>"Leib-Regiment",</i> but changed its name when Frédéric II became the new Landgrave in 1760. He now promoted his own <i>Erbprinz</i> regiment (IR 7) to the new <i>"Leib-Regiment",</i> which I have also added as a new unit to my SYW Allied Army.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Malsburg</i> as well as <i>Wutginau</i> both have the old flags of the period of William VIII (1751-1760). This design was carried all through the 7YW, despite the devolution of the crown in 1760. But there have been exceptions, it is believed. An alternative newly introduced flag design can be seen with my latest paint-job<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, the 1760 new <i>Leib-Regiment</i> (</span>IR 7) below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have decided to paint this unit in the dress, that is believed to have been introduced only at around May-June 1761. Rather late during the war. Before the facing colours were light yellow instead of rosé. I just love this rosé facing colour, and at the risk of entering the realm of imaginary nations here, I just wanted to have those lads look just this way. I love 'em. The flag design is similar as that of Frédéric's 1760 newly raised <i>"Leib-Garde" </i>(IR 14).</span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-18970715854954810542015-09-24T13:03:00.000-07:002015-09-24T13:41:29.420-07:007YW Artillery – Saxe-Poland – Annex<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I thought it worthwile sharing below rare image. The original painting I first saw with my visit of the Dresden museum in October 2013. I have never seen it printed in any publication before.</span> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Hohenfriedberg 4 June 1745. Painting by Carl Röchling, now Collection of
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We see the Saxon <i>Gardes</i> engaged in – I may say: a ‘smart retreat’ – just to avoid using the rather disgraceful term ‘rout’ and behind Prussian grenadiers in close pursuit, on the point of crushing them. All my fingers crossed the Saxons will make good their escape – and save this cannon from being captured. This cannon illustrated in the centre is really quite interesting. Most obviously, it is Röchling's interpretation of the Saxon <i>Geschwind-Stück</i> entitled bataillon gun that I have presented with my previous article below at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This one here should be the earlier 3-pounder. I have done the larger standard 6-pounder for the 1756 army. Röchling's take is somewhat sketchy, for he should have had the 1766 model as single visual reference instead of the earlier design that I present. But it is clearly showing the odd square backpart of the barrel or machine-case (?) so distinctive for the looks of this piece when seen from a distance.</span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-71429505073622433682015-09-23T08:42:00.000-07:002015-09-24T14:15:00.152-07:00My SYW British Gun Models<br />
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After doing the pretty Prussian gun models, I took the effort to add a few ‘more authentic’ dimensioned English guns to my SYW Allied Army. From among the readers of the Kronoskaf SYW-Project I was approached with the advise king George's excellently mastered cannons should deserve the same attention as my previously researched ordnance of Frederick II and Louis XV. A just advise, indeed. This article now will serve as my initial approach to the subject. Hopefully, I'll manage to publish some scale drawings in near future.</div>
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Below image shows my two selected English 12-pdr models.<br />
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Both are once more entirely scratch built. I'm not aware any foundry would provide the required pieces. Foreground right is a ‘light’ 12-pdr and left a more massive and longer barrel ‘heavy’ 12-pdr. They have been remastered from older stock and should be seen as anglicized to the best of my abilities and knowledge, rather then being authentic English in all detail. For the 1759 Minden campaign, the light model among other 6-pdrs and possibly some 5.5 inch howitzers (German 7-pdr) would have been found with the two English ‘light artillery brigades’ commanded by the captains Drummond and Foy, while the heavier piece should have been found with captain Phillips heavy English/Hanoverian reserve artillery of the right wing commanded by the Hanoverian major Haase.<br />
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Close-up view of my English 12-pdr ‘Battering Gun’. The barrel is dimensioned as per the 1753 English ordnance regulation. Its length was 7 foot 8 inch (233.6 cm or 20.9 shot). Its weight was 2632 pounds (1.192 kg) or 219:1 its nominal shot. (Source: Captain George Smith, <i>A Universal Military Dictionary</i>, Whitehall, London, 1779.)</div>
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Close-up view of my English ‘light’ or ‘Swedish-style’ 12-pdr Field Gun. I entitle it ‘Swedish-style’, because it belongs to a range of light 3-, 6-, and 12-pdrs which where layed with a ‘Swedish-type’ vertical iron screw-drive instead of the odd wooden wedges employed with British heavy guns.<br />
The barrels of the light range did not have dolphins, while the heavy guns did, to my understanding. As per the 1753 regulations, its barrel measured 5 foot 1 inch (155 cm) or approx. 13.8 shot – a very short barrel, really. Its dimensions being much similar to the Prussian M1754 Dieskau design. English 12-pdr shot diameter calculated with 4.4 inch (11.17 cm), somewhat smaller then the Hanoverian or Prussian 12-pdr shot of 11.4 cm / 4.36 <i>Zoll</i>. Its weight was 1018 pounds (461 kg). (Source: John Muller, <i>A Treatise of Artillery</i>, London, edition 1768 – first published in 1757)</div>
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My interest focuses on the pieces being in service with His Royal Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany 1758-1762. Strangely, the sources dealing with British ordnance of this period are quite limited. The light 6-pdr battalion gun is well known, but apart from this gun, information is quite scarce. The principal contemporary work by John Muller, "A Treatise of Artillery" first published in 1757 gives a good insight to the sort of material fielded by around 1757, but seems to be incomplete and furthermore bears no information on what pieces would have been found in what quantity at any given time. He discusses the older as well as the late designs, but especially promotes his own designs to be used in the future. With its study it was found somewhat difficult to keep track and avoid the confusion of it all. </div>
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Already by the time of the SYW, the Royal Arsenal of Woolwich must have turned into a mighty lumber storage, filled with a vast variety of ordnance dating back into the 17 hundreds.<br />
By around 1800, Louis de Tousard in his <i>American Artillerist's Companion,</i> published 1809, had the following to say: "<i>The calibers, sizes, and denominations of guns are uncommonly multiplied in the English service…. No one, except Muller, has hitherto attempted to write fully upon artillery in the English language, and if some have done it partially as the author of the Bombardier, Charles James, &c. they complain of the great difficulties they have encountered in collecting information at Woolwich. We will not attempt to raise the veil under which the operations of this academy are kept a secret, much less to decide, whether, giving information, …, or withdrawing this same information…, be a mark of science, or a deficiency of knowledge."</i></div>
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From among the vast piles of barrels found at Woolwich, we will have to focus our attention on ‘two-point-five’ classes of ordnance that would have really been fielded during the SYW. The first class would have been the range of the afore ‘light’ Field Guns. Muller's use of the rather ill term ‘Field Carriage’ for their mounting is indeed somewhat misleading, for the second class of ordnance was likewise meant to see employment in the field.<br />
This was the range of heavier and longer barreled ‘Heavy’ or ‘Battering Cannon’ mounted on what Muller choose to entitle ‘Traveling Carriages’. They were stronger built, with longer bracket cheeks – as a result of the longer barrels mounted – and had 58 inch wheels as opposed to the 50 inch wheels for ‘Swedish-type’ Field Guns. Indeed, it has been observed, Muller's text fails to tell us what to do with the latter carriages when one stopped ‘traveling’. On a wider scope, both carriages should be entitled ‘Field Carriages’. Those, to mount the light guns should be entitled ‘Swedish-style’ carriages, because this is what they really are.</div>
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The second class of ordnance was made up of a variety of designs, hence, the ‘0-point-five’ annex with my earlier somewhat blunt classification. Each calibre would have come with barrels of different length and metal strength design. So far – so good. Muller does get us a first distance. The few bits recorded with the artillery organization of the Allied Army in Germany during the SYW will now get us some way further.</div>
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The first British contingent arriving August 1758 accounted for its complement of 12 battalion guns for its 6 battalions. None were accounted for the grenadiers, then. It was all light ‘Swedish-style’ 6-pdrs, of which is found more further below. I'll stay focused on the sort of heavy position guns that were used in Germany. Whether any heavier pieces were found with the English Corps of 1758 is unknown. The sources conflict. Some say yes. Others say all heavy guns had been entirely Hanoverian up till the battle of Bergen, April 1759. Either Ferdinand's staff records or later historians research was lousy. Possibly as many as 6 heavy guns should be accounted for. …?… Not confirmed, but it will make a far better match with the somewhat more detailed records of the 1759 campaign.<br />
That year, more heavy guns were sent to Germany. A letter by general Sackville to Ferdinand dated London, 23 February, reveals it was ten 12-pdrs of ‘medium weight’ and four more being of a lighter construction, that had been selected. Furthermore two 6-pdrs [N.B.: long barrel or ‘heavy’ ?!?] and 6 ‘Haubitz Royaux’ of 5.5 inch calibre.<br />
For an understanding, it is important to know the background history. Ferdinand wished to increase the number of heavy guns by 20 to 28 pieces. He favored Prussian light 12- and 24-pdrs that demanded no more then 6 horses for its draught. But Prussians couldn't spare a single piece at that time. Its foundries were already working beyond their limit, thus, Ferdinand begged for English ordnance in a letter to George II.<br />
Ferdinand wanted to get rid of the heavy Hanoverian 12-pdr, which absorbed too much precious resource. Their draught needed 12 horses and nearly 20 men to serve them. They were of the same dimensions as the Prussian Brummers M1717, that Frederick employed with success at Leuthen, but were simply too slow moving. Sackville's selected pieces were therefore all of lighter construction. Piers Mackesy's <i>The Coward of Minden, </i>New York 1979, mentions capt. Phillips heavy 12-guns had a 7-horse draught, which would have been just fine for the 7'8'' piece M1753.<br />
Another 12-pdr design, I would identify as Armstrong M1736, had a length of 6 foot 7 inches (200.6 cm) or near 18 shot. Its weight was 1512 pounds (685 kg) or 126:1 nominal shot. This would have been a lighter construction then the Prussian or Austrian 16 shot barrels which needed only 6 horses for their draught. I therefore doubt it was the Armstrong M1736 model.<br />
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<b>[[ Correction 19 July 2014: </b><br />
<b>As per capt. Macbean's sworn statement during Sackville's court trial, Macbean's ten 12-pdrs at the battle of Minden 1 August 1759 all had a draught of only 5 horses. He should know best, as he was in command of it all. He added this being the government allowance for this piece. I therefore assume the lighter "medium" M1736 Armstrong 6' 7'' piece being the one that was fielded at Minden in 1759, really]]</b><br />
<b>Source here: <i>The Trial of the right honourable Lord George Sackville, at a Court-Martial held at the Horse-Guards</i> … etc … 1760 … etc., London 1760? </b><br />
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<b>With another read of the book on Sackville's court trial, I learned that witness capt. Macbean corrected his earlier sworn statement at a later session (p. 251 in afore book) stating that all of the 10 heavy 12-pounders under his command had a 7 horse draught. We are back to my initial assessment of this 12-pounder's identity. That is charming, because I'm inclined to believe, these very pieces have in fact been illustrated during their service in Flandres in the preceeding war around 1748 by David Morier. See below image.</b><br />
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<b>You see the English artillery park in a scene in Flandres during 1748. The gun in the right foreground very much fits the dimensions of a 7'8'' barrel. The carriages resemble the ones John Muller describes for British "Battering Guns". Note: also the very same 'Janissaries kettle drums' with its horse trumpets was seen in Gemany in 1761 by an observer reporting to Louis IX, the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Possibly we see here the very same pieces, that were also fielded in 1759. Not so off an assumption. The Hessian artillery of colenel Huth on the far left the same day had 4 12-pounders that also saw service in Flandres in 1748.</b><br />
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<b>Detail of Morier's painting. Note the "Locker" just behind the centre transom that mounts a largish ordinady wooden wedge - or possibly two, rather then some sort of other more elaborate machinery for elevating or laying the piece. This detail may serve as a proof that it is heavy battery or ‘battering’ ordnance we see here. It should be a 12-pounder. The lockers are mentioned in John Muller's work. This one certainly did not hold any ammunition rounds, but rather served as a container for the piece's tool kit and was possibly a great sort of deposit for brandy. Also note the insignia GR II painted onto the front section of the right bracket cheek here. The gun more in the centre has "No 6" painted on its left bracket cheek. That is just the same way I added the insignia to my Allied Army's artillery carriages. I placed my GR initials on the centre section of the bracket cheek, for it is hidden behind the wheel and hardly visible with my models at the place Morier has applied them.]]</b><br />
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In relation to the Hanoverian heavy 12-pdr weighing approx 3310 English pounds, the English M1753 model with 2632 pounds is indeed somewhat lighter, hence, Sackville's "medium weight" classification. The light 12-pdrs would need no more then 3 or 4 horses, as it was only little heavier then the old Hanoverian 3-pdr weighing 880 English pounds and a 3-horse draught.<br />
The two selected 6-pdr models are a dilemma. Apart from the light Swedish-type battalion gun, Muller provides only figures for the old model of around 1700 "Old Ordnance":</div>
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These were of similar dimensions as the obsolete Hanoverian ordnance that Ferdinand really wanted to get rid of. I don't think the two British light brigades of the first line were equipped with just more battalion guns, especially when considering their below discussed poor performance with ranged fire.</div>
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As per the 1753 regulation, which I understand to be Muller's entitled ‘New’ pieces, the light 6-pdr barrel had a length of 4 foot 1 inch (124.4 cm) or 14 shot. Once more a very short barrel. Its weight was 506 pounds (230 kg) or near 85:1 the nominal weight of its shot. Really, the construction was lighter then the Prussian light 6-pdr of 1754. The contemporary Hanoverian author Scharnhorst mentions, the pieces shot did not carry very far. The count regent of Bückeburg, commanding the artillery of the Allied army suggested to introduce such a piece to the Hanoverian infantry in his attempt to lighten the artillery train, but was faced with the dour opposition of the Hanoverian gunners, for their 24 shot barrel 3-pdr was found to carry much further and being more accurate at the same time. Its dimensions were much the same as the Prussian M1717 3-pdr. Below see a contemporary German sourced daft of such an English light 6-pdr battalion gun headlined "Abris einer Englischen Canon mit dabey gehöriger zerlegter Mondierung" [sic.]</div>
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According to Muller, this barrel had a length of 4.5 foot (137.6 cm) or 15 shot. The shot scale is really found illustrated with the little dots seen on the barrel. Its weight was 542 pounds (245 kg) or approx 90:1 the nominal weight of its shot. Either model would have seen service in Germany to my understanding. As said, I have no idea how many pieces were cast at what time in what quantity. A royal ordnance regulation issued at a specific year says nothing to this respect. The height of the wheels also doesn't match with Muller. He states 50 inch for the present fielded designs – i.e 1753 and later, while this drafts illustrated wheel arrives at no more then 47 or 48 inches.</div>
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My light 12-pdr comes with 55 inch wheels, really. Quite tall. See below image. I have fitted a pair of Hinchliffe 25 mm Napoleonic French wheels to my left hand model for an illustration. They make perfect 50 inch wheels with my 1:55 or 1:56 scale. Seen at this low angle, its height looks quite authentic. My instinctively selected taller wheels look better if seen from the usual exalted angle, but should be less authentic.</div>
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<br />My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-30313761433408925352015-09-13T09:28:00.000-07:002015-09-25T11:32:17.959-07:00My SYW Brunswick & Hesse-Cassel Infantry<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After a long pause from March to July, I finally started to add a few more units to My SYW Allied Army. The Brunswick infantry is the first to recive attention. My former units all had wrong flag designs and my old regiment Imhoff I had in doublle strength. Below see my latest paint job: the Brunswick <i>Leib-Regiment.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I prefer my custom old French entitlement <i>Bronsvic Régt. Du Corps.</i> As can be seen, I opted for the old flag design documentsd to around 1754. I like it so much more then the "prussianized" design introduced after 1754 (see kronoskaf). However, the oldest illustration of the new design seems to date no earlier then post SYW, I believe. The smoking gun proving the new design was around by the SYW is missing, really. It is just speculation based on the reorganization from 1 battalion to Prussian style 2 battalion footing, which also demanded for new sets of flags. It is generally believed that also the new flags were introduced at the same time. A very just assumption, but I so much prefer this rather classic "Protestant German" flag design. It matches so well with that of the Hessians, as well of my last year's raised Saxons in 7YW French service.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">original <i>Rangier-Rolle</i> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">[Engl: Size-Roll ?] </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">headlined: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>Rangier-Rolle von des Hochfürstlichen Leib-Regiments </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>ersten Bataillon, </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>im Monat May 1752</i> [sic.]</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The blue regimental flag also bears duke Charles I. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">lat. devise: </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>Nunquam Retrorsum</i> in Roman Capitals, which I ignored with my painted flags.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The unit seen in the upper left background is my second stand of <i>Imhoff</i> that I will convert to regiment <i>von Zastrow</i> with yellow facings and a yellow flag. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And while I was engaged converting some Brunswickers, I also took the effort to repaint 2 of my Hesse-Cassel infantry flags. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Its the regiments <i>Prinz Wilhelm,</i> later <i>Erbprinz,</i> IR12 (light blue flag) and the <i>Grenadier Regiment</i> later <i>Zweite Garde,</i> (yellow flag).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">More new painted as well as remastered Hessians are to follow within soon.</span></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-69458977341680041872015-04-19T12:31:00.001-07:002016-05-29T10:01:49.288-07:00An Easter Friday's Refight of the Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This past Easter Friday 4 April, our group had a most hard fought refight of one of my most favorite SYW scenarios. The day of gaming Minden was scheduled in our calendar as <i>"Le Super Grand Easter Bunny Massacre". </i>In the event, this game turned out to be precisely that. Instead of the historic 4 to 8 thousand casualties, ours would have been closer to 15 thousand and upwards for each side. A SYW Western Theatre's Zorndorf, so to say.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, there isn't so much to say about this rather well known battle. See below sketch of our gaming table - dimension wise speaking.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My scenario was laid out rather closely to the historical situation at around daybreak with the French found in columns at their designated points of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">deployment and the somewhat delayed Allies found approaching their designated area of deployment. Thereafter, all of the four of us gamers were free to decide what to do next. The above sketch, arranged by the gentlemen of the German <i>Großer Generalstab</i> Department of Military History during the early 20-hundreds is just "their" suggestion to illustrate their narrative of events. Really, the French army at no time was ever found delployed the way it is seen here. The fight was over before all could enqueue into their designated positions. Also the Allies forces deployment makes only a rather loose fit. Fine enough for me to set up the initial starting positions for all.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I played on the French side, of course, given my last years rather epic painting efforts to turn My French Army into about as most authentic as possible.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Above see the French columns in their initial positions closely based on Maréchal Contade's notorious dispositions. They weren't all that bad, really.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Admitted, Jomini's critics are just. He proposed the French army's deployment could have been much faciliated if he had done it the simple way so much preferred by Old Fritz – i.e stepping off camp in order of line by the right, rather than in the custom multiple columns found when marching by wings. But Ferdinand was no better, marching his army onto the plain of Minden exactly the same way.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A closer view on the French centre near the hamlets of <i>Neuland </i>and <i>Finster Reie</i> – in contemporary French accounts usually referred to as <i>les maisons rouges </i>(the red houses)<i>. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A closer view of the French far right with Broglie's corps deploying along the banks of the Weser river. It was my command this day, along with Contade's Grand Army's divisions of Nicolay and St. Germain.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The approach of Ferdinand's Allied Army through the cluttered terrain separating their camp from the plain of Minden.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The 2nd column of the right made of the heavy British/Hannoverian artilley under major Haase & capt. Macbean seen in the foreground. Again, no sight of general Sackville's British/Hannoverian cavalry of the right, being the first column. Apparently delayed, as ever – just to hold on to this running gag of mine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Allies deployment in progress. Now, we can also see Sackville's English etc. horse catching up in the foreground. Today, certainly so much more determined then in real history. We also see general Schele's Hannoverian infantry division deploying to the right of the English division. Oh boy, now Schele will have to compensate Waldgrave's English infantry for stealing their designated right wing position with the regular order of battle. My responsible opponent V*** playing on the Allied right wing fought his first SYW battle this day, I should note (He plays Revolution and Napoleonic in real life otherwise). He took great pains to get his troops aligned most neatly in line of battle, just as if being at the royal musters in Hyde Park. It was his understanding of a real orderly battle - so much different from all the decline and ugly libertinage found in the ensuing napoleonic period with moving troops on a battlefield.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here see everyone is waiting for general Imhoff's left wing infantry and the cavalry of this Prussian booze head Holstein filing into the battle array. All this took a while and gave the French the singular opportunity to carry out their plan of attack. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This plan of ours was a courageous and violent thrust into the the Allied Army's "predetermined breaking point" - i.e. the gap seperating Ferdinand's main army with the eastward deployed corps of Wangenheim and Bevern at the Weser. Now, this plan worked out quite charmingly and made this Minden refight a victory of the French arms in the event.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Broglie's corps seen attacking Wangenheim's advancing force. The main French thrust was delivered to the left of the smallish wood forming the right of Contade's main force and the left of Broglie's Reserve Corps. The fighting here was so intense, that I didn't find the time to do any photos.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My opponent L*** wanted this wood just as much as I wanted it. In the end, my elite French Grenadiers prevailed but were found exhausted and of little use with the upcoming events.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm afraid, the hottest of this day's fight on the French right wing isn't documented. I was too busy playing, I guess.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just this small bit after the French had cleared the terrain to their front. Holstein's cavalry now gave way and moved off into the direction of Wangenheim's left wing troops. Nearly at the same time, Broglie's corps was entirely smashed as a result of a foolish flaw of mine. Never attack artillery with poor quality troops I learned – but ignored that day. No problem. The main area of the fight now shifted towards the French left anyways.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After V*** had finally completed his most elaborate deployment process, he gave orders to have nearly the entire force of Ferdinand attack the French left resulting in the single most massive clash I can remember in my wargamer's life. I love the above image with all these densely packed miniatures of mine. About an hour later, hardly anyone was left. The bulk became casualties. The end result can be seen with below image that shows the final stage of the battle. Holstein's cavalry along with Bevern's, so far not committed, reserve of Grenadiers managed to turn the French right and attacked the French in the rear. No problem again. We still had plenty of troops left to deal with this rather minor issue.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My choice for my <i>"maréchal de Broglie"</i> will be Segom's figure of Louis XV which they did after the famous painting by Horace Vernet "The Triumph of Fontenoy" (1745) I believe it is titled, and on display at Versailles. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm sure the dusty remains in Mr. le duc de Broglie's tomb will vitalise for a second or two in a most wonderous way if his spirit in the hall of Valhalla will ever receive notice of this gracious reverence of mine. The Segom Fontenoy Louis XV figure just makes the best chef-of-it-all for my French army. I'm not aware <i>sa majesté</i> ever took the effort traveling all the way to Germany and visit his fine Army of the <i>Main river</i> or the <i>Weser</i>. So, I have no need for the king himself to command my French troops. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Above see a portrait of Mr. le Duc de Broglie in the dress of a French <i>Maréchal.</i> Not sure if it is 7YW period. I doubt it. It is more likely post 7YW. But it shouldn't be so off the earlier dress. It will serve as my guide for the lacing. <i>My maréchal's</i> entourage will be a stylish Hussar officer from the Legion Royale with exotic pelisse and shabraque – it will be of leopard or jaguar fur – and an officer of the Gendarmes de la Reine (red dress). All are by Segom. The fourth officer on the beige coloured horse is by Kieler Zinnfiguren. I haven't decided yet what rank he will be. Possibly a <i>maréchal-de-camp</i>. Behind these four command figures, you see a set of figures that will become the foot elements of the Volontaires de Clermont. All are still WIP. I will post more images once they are all done.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here they are now completed 21 March. The red dressed officer of the Gendarmes de la Reine, I did very closely after Segom's template, an illustration by Lucien Rousselot.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the looks of this junior hussar officer with his most stylish big-cat-skin </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shabraque. Obviously, the very restricted VIP area of French high command cannot be accessed without looking very stylish. After all, they are all <i>gens de Paris.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-51698896225001644102015-01-18T03:50:00.000-08:002015-03-22T04:40:03.355-07:00My SYW Personality Commanding Generals part II<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">I have completed three more French general-staff figures. The centre figure will be my new Mr. le comte de Guerchy. He was also colonel of the regiment Du Roi (IR12). Therefore I thought of having a staff-officer of this regiment at his side. The right figure is another French lieutenant-général.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">As you can see, the full cuirasse has become the new fashion among the French. I love their looks. I should have done that with earlier paint jobs.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">While painting, I detected a minor flaw. Note the centre Guerchy comes with a different coloured shabraque. The front face one is blue, while it is red on the reverse side :-))). The heck. With my flats you can only see one side at a time, anyway.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span>My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-18362326804704615202015-01-11T15:38:00.000-08:002016-06-05T04:21:12.074-07:00The Battle of Neustadt-in-Hesse*** 26 June 1760 – once more a ‘near’ historical scenario – or the true story of his lordship Granby's Day of Glory.<br />
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Saturday, 3 January we fought the battle that links to my last years scenario of Schweinsberg. It is settled on the French 1760 summer invasion of Lower Hesse. For the historical background story, please see: http://crogges7ywarmies.blogspot.de/search/label/My%20SYW%20Battles </div>
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It is essentially the same. But this time, it was the French army that was to attack prince Ferdinand's Allied Army in its positions around Neustadt/Hesse.</div>
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The two army's orders of battle remained unaltered, just the selected battlefield area changed as a result of the French master plan to attack the Allies left wing, seize the walled town of Neustadt and cut the Allies communications to Kassel.</div>
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Once more the orbats of the two forces. All my newly painted units have now been included, such as the Saxons, the Welch Fuseliers and Hannoverian grenadiers, as well as a number of new French units. </div>
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The above sketch illustrate the initial positions as well as the French plan of attack. The army executed a march to the right and was to debouch in front of the Erbprince's position, while the Saxons and the Grenadier Reserve under St. Pern were to turn the Allies left wing. The theatre of this bellicose drama now became the Erbprince's position on the heights of Gleimenheim and the extensive wooded area's to either of his flanks separating the two armies. Really, the hottest of the fighting took place within these woods. </div>
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The above image illustrates much of the character of the combats seen here.</div>
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I call it the battle in ‘Jager land’ – or ‘Mohawk land’, as French major Mr. le chevalier de R*** choosed to put it. Within the French army, he was known as "L'Américain". Mr. le chevalier took part in the operations of the capture of Fort William-Henry in America and was taken prisoner at the Combat of Quebec in 1759. He returned to Europe on one of the prisoners ships and was freed on parole not to serve against the king of Britain in New England or New France again. May 1760 he arrived at Broglie's headquarters in Frankfurt and applied for a job to serve with My most Christian Majesty's Army in Germany, instead.<br />
Below see a shot of the 1759-1760 French headquarters in Frankfurt.<br />
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Its the only recently rebuilt original <i>Palais Thurn & Taxis</i> near the <i>Hauptwache</i> (<i>Place d'Armes</i> in French). Its located only about 200 meters from were I live and this game took place. </div>
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Above, we see the French Reserve of the Right Wing under Lusace turning the Allies left wing, well screened by French light troops deployed in the woods in front.</div>
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In the foreground you see a number of marvelous painted ‘flat’ metal trees that had been brought along by my gaming opponent M*** that day. Of course, they all had to add to my terrain layout. With other images below they are missing, as I made much of the images only after the game during the next morning with much better light for photographing, but unfortunately, without all those pretty extra trees.</div>
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Lusace's corps seen from the Neustadt direction.</div>
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The Allied Army's crack troops commanded by the <i>Erbprinz</i> deployed on the heights around Gleimenhain – determined to defend its positions. ‘Achillis’ – the <i>Erbprinz</i> – is seen at the head of his force along with his entourage, which include 2 men of the famous as picturesque Buckebourg Black Carabiniers.</div>
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Hannoverian Jagers under Luckner's command securing the right wing of Maxwell's converged English grenadiers.</div>
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The Allied army deployed seen from the direction of general Imhoff's Langenstein position. In front we see the English divisions of Granby and Waldgrave delpoyed around Erxdorf.</div>
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Closer view on the Allies initial positions centre with general Wangenheim's Hannoverians deployed to the left of the English infanterie.</div>
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The initial deployment of the mass of the French army. Only general Guerchy's 4th division along with prince Camille's cavalerie of the left wing was left behind aound Niederklein camp, acting as the army's <i>Arriergarde.</i> General Rooth's 2nd division was tasked to assault the Gleimenheim defile from front and crush the Erbprince's line supported by massed atrillery support as well as flanking attacks by the French grenadiers under Condé and St. Pern. </div>
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The French attack in progress. The first casualties became the French roughnecks of de Vair's volontaires, led into the woods by the chevalier l'Americain. They ran straight into the Allies grenadiers. Also Rooth's division was shot to pieces within short with its initial onslaught. Just my newly painted brigade of Dauphin following in second line survived. The fighting for Gleimenheim and the woods to either side now turned into an obstinate and bloody affair.</div>
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Wangenheim's Hannoverians deployed in the rear of the Erbprince's force for close support, while Waldgrave's English infanterie gradually extended the line to the Erbprince's right.</div>
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Detail of the fighting in the woods between Niederklein and Allendorf.<br />
My newly painted regiment of Dauphin is advancing in support of Condé's grenadiers. It has seen off an attack by Allied grenadiers and now turns the flank of the Hannoverian regiment of vieux Zastrow to pour in its fire. Dauphin performed great this day.<br />
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Finally, the Allies were fought down. The remnants withdrew behind a stream running past Neustadt with the French found in close pursuit and now preparing for the final assault on the Neustadt position. This town was a tough nut to crack, as it was found walled and surrounded by a stream. Meanwhile the Allies started to build up an increasingly threatening force on the French left, led by Waldgrave's English infanterie and supported by Imhoff's command as well as Granby's English cavalerie of the right. Granby was once again found at the very rear of the echelon, causing French staff officers to laugh and scoff at Granby being just fine enough a force to guard the army's suttlers and other baggage. Before this battle was over, Granby's cavalry's sabers would give them a lesson to learn. <br />
But before telling the story of Granby's glory, lets turn to the events on the French right. Lusace's Saxons as well as the French cavalry of the right could finally manage to close in on Neustadt.<br />
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Above see the crisis of the battle on the French right. The French cavalry engages in a reckless charge to crush general Wutginau's Hessians and Brunswickers defending the stream to the East of Neustadt. The Cuirassiers du Roi actually broke the Brunswick Zastrow regiment thanks to the fire support of the Saxon grenadiers, while in a most gallant action, the Saxon <i>Kurprinzessin</i> regiment knocked out the Hessian heavy battery of colonel Huth. On the West side of Neustadt, all Allied artillery was either silenced by well aimed French artillery fire, or captured by a brave charge of the Grenadiers Royaux. Now, Neustadt was ready to be captured by the French - but - there weren't any troops left to assault Neustadt. The French army was found completely exhausted with no troops left, that could deliver the final blow.<br />
All the while the action of this day was decided on the other end of the French line. General Imhoff's troops along with Waldgrave's English fought down the French left wing's divisions of Gouchery and prince Camille, and Granby launched the battle decisive blow against the single remaining intact French division of general Rougé. It was totally crushed in a single charge by the English cavalry. Not even Mr. L'Americain could have foreseen such disaster.<br />
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Above see the English cavalry with Granby in the rear. In the foreground you see the poor French brigade of Le Roi on blown horses. They could do nothing to avoid French defeat.<br />
Cheering Victoria and a Feu De Joie to the arms of My Royal Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany, that has won the day in a most dramatic game.<br />
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My 7YWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419211246144800836noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663999290066720733.post-58252158466082737362014-11-23T08:58:00.000-08:002015-01-11T08:45:04.934-08:00My SYW Personality Commanding Generals<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">My latest paint job is 2 command stands that are once more going to represent historical generals and their escort. It is my latest work-in-progress. You'll have a first look at them while I'm busy doing the shading business of the horses. I'm getting quite excited about my new personality generals command stands, and that is the reason why I'll post images before they are all done. Will do that, of course, once the paint job is completed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">One will be John Manners, the marquis of Granby. Well, guess who it is. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">He is seen in company of colonel Richard Peirson of the 1st Foot Guards and lieutenant-general Granby's personal orderly.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">I took the above oil painting as my template for general Granby. What a giant horse he is mounting. My figure is really a Prussian staff-officer, but he will be just fine. He is posing in such a great "com'on up Guards and at 'em" gesture.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Mr. Peirson will be dressed in the officers dress of the 1st Foot Guards. In May 1760, the man assumed the unloved post as general commissioner of the army. He was responsible to release the funds for "His Royal Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany" from the British Treasure. He did dis job quite well, is seems. Never before Ferdinand‘s war chest had been filled better. Unfortunately, with the arrival of his own battalion during August this year, Peirson found so much more pleasure spending most of the day at the head of his lads exercising all sorts of martial arts that he now couldn‘t find enough time anymore to deal with those wretched Warrants. Again now, Ferdinand‘s finances sank into disorder.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Being effectively the paymaster of it all, I think this man to be a highly important individual worth being represented with this command stand. I wonder who‘s loss Fredinand would regret more – Granby or Mr. Peirson? Well, for the moment all is fine. The first shot directed at Granby‘s command post missed the both but instead hit Granby‘s poor orderly. From my German uniform source Friedrich Schirmer, I learned the man was a Hessian and dressed in hussar style. Schirmer gives some essentials regarding his dress: blue pelisse (missing here with his ‘summers dress’), white dolman (seen), blue breeches, red Hungarian boots, and a fur hat. That‘s all. The remaining details I had to make up myself by employing naked guesswork.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">The other will be the French general of cavalry Mr. le duc de Fitz-James. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">He will be in company of a trooper of his own regiment (Fitz-James Cavalerie) representing his garde d'honneur, and a trumpeter. To my personal taste, I came to believe trumpets always look smart in company of cavalry generals. This one of the Bercheny hussars will join another cavalry general to replace a trumpeter of the heavy cavalry in royal livery (see below image). The letter will then be commandeered to the staff of Fitz-James. Fitz-James will wear a blackened cuirasse ontop his blue generals coat. That's why I fetched the two men of the Gendarmerie as template for this paint job. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">These I have done many years ago, but they remain my single best painted suits of armour. I hope to get at least close to this again. I should note, neither figure comes with engraved or sculptured armour. I simply painted it over their dress. You can do that with flats pretty well.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Finally<b> – 6 weeks later! –</b> they are all done now. I suffered from a serious restraint of touching my brushes. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Here they are now: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">That's mylord Granby and staff.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">And here we have Mr. le duc de Fitz-James & staff. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">His suit of armour looks nice. I'm very pleased with the result. The morale of my French cavalerie will be at its best, now that it is commanded by such a smart looking general. I can hear the the troopers cheering and singing:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">lalala...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Buvons un coup, buvons en deux</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">"A la santé des amoureux</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">"A la santé du Roi de France,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">"Et merde pour le Roi d'Angleterre,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">"Qui nous a déclaré la guerre.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">lalala...</span><br />
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