League of Augsburg- Great Danes

 

My Danish collection began life as a contingent for the Williamite Army in Ireland.  Since then it has grown into its own.  I now have enough Danes to take the Swedes on in The Great Northern War. Above and below the first battalion of the Garden til Fods.

Below we see the second battalion Garden til Fods.  All flags by David at Not by Appointment. Figures mostly from Essex and Irregular.

Next, Regiment Fynske/Funen, figures from Irregular and Flag from David at Not by Appointment. 

One battalion of Fynske served with William in his Irish Campaign. These are they attired for that theatre according to Mr McNally in his Boyne book. The regiment appears to have had a range of attractive uniforms in our period. White on green seems best for Ireland.

Once more figures from Irregular and the flag is from David.  A winning combination I find. These boys have been hard at it. Only one Grenadier survives and the officers have lost their red coats.  Regiment Fynske had more than one battalion and as it happens I have another too.

This one carries the Colonel's and the regimental Colours and will be good for Continental engagements. The Flags are from Barry Hilton 28mm and shrunk to size.

Here are two often found in English or Dutch Service.  First the Sjællandske Infantry Regiment.  I have used light blue facings, others prefer a mid blue.

The Prinz George Infantry in grey and red.

Flags from Mr Hilton, scanned and reduced.  The Danes had given up the pike in favour of added fire power. Consider that the Swedish Army often fielded forces with a plurality or even a majority of hard charging horsemen.

The Danes didn't take any artillery to Ireland.  They do need some if they are going to fight the Swedes.  

Two pieces here from Irregular. The violet and green uniform was hard to resist.  Below the Danish Grenadier Regiment created in the early 1700s.

All from Dixon who seemed the best match for the cap and with a flag from David.  A striking colour combination.

Below we have the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Jyske Cavalry. I'm not sure who made that flag.

Here you see the 1st and second squadrons of 2nd Sjællandske Cavalry. 

David of Not By Appointment blog provided the flags.  

Just the ticket, thank you David. 

I recently came across a definitive answer to the Danish cuirass question.  Not in Ireland and no buff coats when in Foreign Service. Yes to both when at home.  My source, a post from the late, and much missed, Dan Schorr on the League of Augsburg's Fighting Talk.

Permit a GNW diversion if you will. It happens that most of my GNW Collection is from Dixon. Consequently they are slighter than most of the Danes you see here.  Not that that will stop me using them together.

My GNW Swedes are all in turnback coats and tricorn. I'm happy with them. That said were I to be starting such a collection I would go with Irregular.  

The reason being that the Swedes could be better represented with a mixture of Irregular Marlburians and League of Augsburg figures. If that's of interest check out Khurasan's Swedish offering. Irregular's Marlburians would make fine GNW Russians. 

For our next League of Augsburg foray we are going to look at the French.  We will start with the Guard infantry.

Before that we may see some plastic Ancients in 15mm. Late Romans and Huns.

Beneath the Lily Banners- Final Units

 

I may paint the odd new unit for the period but the heavy lifting is finally done.  Here you see my latest units for Beneath the Lily Banners.  Above and below Hasting's Regiment.  Figures from Dixon, Essex and, mostly, Irregular.

 

Heeding Mr Hilton in his "Every Bullet Has A Billet" I drilled out the bases of the pike men and colour bearers to accomodate pike butts and standard poles.  The result is splendid, solid.  There for good.  Would that I had done it for the rest of my units.  Too late.

 

Here we have the second battalion of the Garde Francaise.  Once again, there are pike men with drilled bases.  About 5 minutes work drilling. The green stuff ribbon bunches took longer.  Crack troops.  Note the Lily Banners from David at Not By Appointment.

 A very light gun with civilian crew.  Useful pretty much anywhere.  It will appear shortly in the March on Alnwick.  The gun is from QRF.

A squadron of Sarsfield's Irish Horse.  Veteran Blade Horse in Beneath the Lily Banners speak.

 

Here we have the Edinburgh Militia in their blue bonnets and coats.  An All Musket formation.

 

Amazingly that is job done for my League of Augsbourg Armies.  At least for the moment.

I shall showcase the completed armies over the coming months.

 

Beneath the Lily Banners - Bits and Pieces

 

I'm just about finished painting my League of Augsburg Armies.  A few battalions here, a squadron or two there and a couple of guns and we are done.  Above, the second battalion of the Prince of Orange's Foot Guards. Excellent troops.  Figures are my usual Essex and Irregular 15mm mix.

The French Maison du Roi.  Three squadrons, two above. Death on hooves.  All from Essex.

Gendarmes de la Garde above.

1ère Compagnie Française above and below the 1ère Compagnie Écossaise.  By the time Beneath the Lily Banners period the Company was not longer comprised of Scots-no heather for them then.

 

Scots Frame Guns below, with some gunners are in undress uniforms. QRF provided the Frames.

Hasting's Regiment of Foot is next in the painting queue.  The LOA lead pile is much dimished.  

With what is left I'd like to do a second battalion for the Garde Francaise and more Dragoons mounted and dismounted.  Also, here is a command stand for George Fitzroy, Duke of Northumberland.  I'll likely do the Duke of Berwick too, having secured his flag.

For the moment I'm considering a small campaign post Killiekrankie.  

A what if.  Dundee survived, Mackay didnt. The balance of power is precarious.  Everyone wants to make the right move but what that might be is uncertain. 

What of John Churchill?  Killed in the mysterious Magazine explosion at Chatham.  The only survivor of note Piercey Kirke.

In the south King James is battling to contain the Dutch.

Our protagonist will likely be George Fitz Roy Duke of Northumberland above.  The campaign might be recorded through his letters.  George wants to be a Palatinate Prince who ever the King turns out to be.  

In his wilder moments he has considered offering himself as King of Scots as his father was. The complexity of Scots politics discouraged him.  Yet, if England falls to the Dutch perhaps Scotland might beckon.

I'll dice for who supports whom.  Weighting scores on the basis of probability. For example many of our protagonists are related or otherwise know each other. Most of them can be bought if the price is right. 

Anyhow, we will see.  For fun I intend to make Piercey Kirke Governor of Newcastle.  He then controls the coal trade and intends getting richer. How will George deal with him?  How will the merchants of Newcastle respond to his Moorish ways?

The first action will be the Dutch march on Alnwick.