This is my Seven Years' War French infantry units. Only few are missing.
Its the 3 line regiments of d'Eu, Briqueville, and Condé, that are currently being re-done, and the light troups of Fischer and Clermont-prince.
I'm intending to arrange my French army in a way, that it will field most or nearly all regiments/brigades for the battle of Minden, as well as to be of the right size for the campaign of 1760. I plan to create a campaign game, or a series of fictional "would be" battles here. Minden has always been my most favorite battle to game, so I want my French troops to be most authentic for this battle. For the 1760 campaign, I have most detailed day-by-day records, and this will provide for a number of very interesting scenarios.
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| My lately painted regiments of Grenadiers Royaux. |
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| Note their stylish cartridge pouches. They sure have been manufactured at the early Louis Vuitton work shops. |
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| My Grenadiers Royaux based and ready for battle. Its the regiments de Narbonne and Modène. |
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My Grenadiers de France.
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| Picardie. The rearward stand includes some of my oldest figures, that I must have painted when I was a teenager. |
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| Champagne. |
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| The hard fighting regiment de Belzunce. A must have to any French army fielded for the campaigns in Germany. |
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| Bourbonnois. |
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| Dufort and Bretagne. Dufort belongs to the Collection of my late friend Fred. His troops are mostly painted miniatures purchased at E-Bay. |
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| La Couronne. I'm thinking of turning it into the more important regiment of Auvergne, to make my troops a better match for the ORBAT of Minden. |
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| Rouergue. |
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| La Reine. |
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| The German regiment Royal-Deux-Ponts. Seen with the uniform of 1760/61. Before that it was white. Not sure if I got the flags right. |
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| The German regiments d'Anhalt and Prince Louis de Nassau |
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| The German regiment Berg and the Volontaires de Flande light troops. |
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| Voilà. Les Suisses: Regiment de Diesbach. |
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| Lochmann, suisse. |
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| Mon brigade Irlandoise. Its the regiments Berwick, Claire, and Bulkely. |
