The first Dutch heavy cavalry: the Karabiniers Oranje-Friesland

 I have finished the first Dutch heavy cavalry regiment. It is a special unit as it consisted in fact of two smaller regiments

Normally the Dutch cavalry (heavy cavalry and dragoons) consisted of 4 squadrons but the Karabiniers Oranje-Friesland consisted of two two squadron strong regiments: 

- the Orange Carabiniers van zijne Hoogheid (payed by the province of Holland) and
- Orange-Vriesland (payed by the province of Friesland)

By the way, the above mentioned names come from the officer register of 1790 (Naamregister der Heeren militaire officieren....)

The uniform was according to the "Jassenboekje" white with blue facings but with gold buttons for the Orange-Vriesland and silver for the Orange Carabiniers. There were also other, smaller, differences in the dress of both regiments.

But unlike the "Jassenboekje" the plates by Coopmans (see underneath) and also by Duncan Macalester Loup show the Orange-Vriesland in a darker blue (gold buttons) and the Orange Carabiniers in a lighter blue (with silver buttons).

  

So I painted my regiments in two different colours.

As it was a heavy cavalry regiment it of course should have a flag but no flags of Dutch cavalry are known; only one plate show a vague orange coloured cavalry flag.
So on to the drawing board and I used on one side the heraldic sign of Stadtholder William V (which was the owner for both regiments) and on the other side the well known armoured arm with sword coming out of a cloud (used by a lot for Dutch regiments in te past).
As I don't know how to make these on the computer itself, I copied the two pictures and handpainted the flag.
So underneath some pictures of the regiment (or better two regiments). Sadly my standard bearer was glued not totally straight on the horse and I was afraid that I would damage the figure when I would correct that.

Figures by Emperor Toad.

Some pictures of additions to our FR armies

 We had some additions to our FR armies so we thought to share them with you.

Starting with the French; the new horse artillery battery took the field together with an older line battery.

Of course we have an limber and ammunition wagon added. All figures are by Eureka; only the ammunition wagons are bij Warbases.

We also completed the Dutch artillery battery received their ammunition wagon (by warbase); the artillerist figures are by Emperor Toad; the limber and riders by Eureka.

And the Dutch infantry was strengthen with the Hollandse Garde. As no one makes the flags we handpainted these ourselves. 

The original flag is underneath (from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam). As the orange flag is not known, I used the same motivs, just changed the base colour in orange.

Two additions to the Dutch FR army

The Dutch army needed some artillery and some light infantry so Jan finished them last week.

First the artillery; the guns and artillerymen are from Toads, the limber from Eureka.

Secondly a representation of the two Damas Chasseur companies; beloning to the Damas Legion (French emigré in Dutch service until 1795).

As no correct figures are available, these were converted from Austrian 1809 landwehr infantry. Although not correct, we will use them until some firm will make them.

 

An Austrian French revolutionary brigade

Well, most of the figures were already painted but never on the blog so now, here they are. 

I think you could see them as an advance guard of the Austrian army circa 1793. 

The brigade consists of
- a light infantry component (Tyrolan Jägers and the Slavonisch-Croatisches Freikorps),
- a line infantry component consisting of the 1st and 2nd battalion of the Wenzel Kaunitz Regiment and the grenadier battalion Bardodetzky (combined out of the 2nd, 32nd and 34th line regiments),
- the Karaiczay Cheveau Leger regiment and 
- a battery of field artillery

Figures are mostly by Eureka miniatures; the Freikorps and artillery is by Wargames Foundry.

A small Dutch Brigade

So at last a small Dutch brigade is ready consisting of  a battalion of the first regiment of Waldeck, two grenadier battalions (Buseck and Larrey) and the hussars of Timmermans. 

The Waldeckers and grenadiers are of the great Emperor Toad range, the hussars from Forgotten Glorious.

The infantry battalions had battalion guns manned by artillery men (so in artillery uniform) and not by commandeered infantry men (as eg in the French army). 

The Dutch figures are by Emperor Toad and are just great. The battalion guns are by Trent and Perry.

Completed Armee du Nord infantry brigade

 At last a completed (well, one battalion gun is missing) infantry brigade of the Armee du Nord 1793-1795 consisting of two demi brigades each of one line and two volunteer battalions, a small combined grenadier battalion and an artillery battery (8 pdr).

Most of the figures are Eureka, with a sprinkling of some other firms. 

Each battalion will be of 6 bases of which one is a battalion gun (the regulars are missing one base of infantry and the battalion guns should imho be manned by white coated artillerymen from the battalion itself). Also one volunteer battalion misses its battalion gun. All missing parts are being in the painting que. 

The artillery battery consists of two guns, a dismounted artillery officer, a limber and ammunition caisson. It needs some room when depolyed.  

The first Dutch French Revolutionary units

Here we present you our first French revolutionary Dutch units. As a slow painter there are always more units on the painting table then are ready but here it goes (with some information about the source of the paintings: 

Dutch unit  Huzaren van der Hoop (1787-1794) which was renamed for the rest of the revolutionary period as the Huzaren van Timmermans. They had 2 squadrons in the field although some say 3 sq.

Figures are Forgotten Glorious which sadly aren't with us anymore (afaik).

Picture of a colonel of the Huzaren van der Hoop/Timmermans

Light infantery unit of the jagers van Löwenstein-Wertheim. This unit was hired by the Dutch in 1794 and the unit went into British pay in April1795.

They are portrayed in the earlier Bavarian Rumford helmet. They are also depicted in a kind of Austrian jäger Korsehut in the Osprey MAA nr 328.

Figures are by Bicorne/Connoisseur and are in fact early Würtemberg figures.

Some pictures of the unit. The third picture is from the "Jassenboekje" which is a great source for the Dutch army of the FR period.

Following are the first two painted Dutch combined grenadier battalions.

The first one is the batallion of Van Buseck consisting, from left to right of the grenadiercompanies of  Van Brakel (reg nr 10) in yellow, Van Dopf (reg nr 3) in green, van Quadt (reg nr 13) in yellow and Nassau-Usingen (regiment Walloon) in white facings. 

The second battalion De Larrey consists (again from left to right) of the grenadiers of the regiments Erfprins (in orange), Oranje Nassau nr 1 (red), Orange Nassau nr 2 (red) and Markgraaf van Baden (in red and the only regiment portrayed in the Jassenboekje in grey trousers). 

Figures by Emperor Toad. These are great figures and my painting doens't do them justice.

Field bakery

I came across a picture of Dirk Langendijk which is known as a reliable source for depiction uniforms of the late 18th century period (including the FR period).

As I was looking for a theme for the Crisis show of November 2020 (now sadly cancelled) I thought this would be a good new addition to our FR wargame and a nice model to make.

The first picture is the plate by Langendijk, the second a bigger pic of the mobile ovens, the third a bigger pic of the tents with bakers.

I tried to model three mobile ovens and found suitable figures for it made by Black Hussar Miniatures. Although these are ment for the 7YW, I think they are suitable for my little Dutch FR project as the Dutch wore some older looking unifoms and I think a bakers outfit of the 7YW would not be out of place in the FR period.

Oh, and because we are Dutch, a bicycle appeares in some of the pictures; just a gimmick. Some like such additions, some not.