English Foot- League of Augsburg

 

The grand re-basing continues apace.  Today we have some English Foot battalions.  We have already seen Kirke’s but as they were the most experienced English formation, I have no hesitation in showing them again.

Next, we have Hanmer’s.  As you will see there are quite a lot of yellow facings with the English.  It makes for a striking contrast I suppose and, a fairly cost effective one.

Here,and above top, is the Earl of Bath’s.  It’s hard to resist doing a blue coat English regiment.

Trewlaney’s is the final one of this batch.  Unlike most of their fellows the soldiers of this regiment had seen action before, like Kirke's, in Tangiers.

Fusiliers, all armed with Firelock.

Still to come two more battalions also with yellow facings. The toys are mostly from Essex and Irregular with a Dixon here and there. 

General poorly armed civilians next, could be Monmouth's, could be Jacobites, could be anyone really.

My general idea is to complete enough contingents for a game or two and add more at leisure.  

It was Williamite standard practice to brigade English battalions with Dutch or Danish ones. This was because the latter were far more experienced and also because William distrusted most of the English commanding officers.  Consequently, I need to field my Danish or Hugeonot units alongside my English ones.  This makes for an interesting mix of quality in the resulting brigades. 

I now have sufficient re-based Williamite Foot for a game.