1813 campaign in Saxony

The French defend the village and the bridge from the attack of the Prussians.

The Russian 2nd Division advancing in column.

Before the long-awaited summer holidays, the rooms of Strategia Nova hosted us to play a game with Shako II rules. It was a clash between hypothetical four French divisions and five Allied divisions (one Prussian and four Russians).

My friend Federico commanded the French and I command the Allies.

The French lost the cavalry, but maintained control of villages, the game ended with a draw.

Again Shako II proved to be a regulation game, easy, elastic, but sufficiently realistic and well thought out.

To reduce the chance that a unit of the second rank defeat a guard unit, we used average dice instead of the six-sided dice.

  

FRENCH	RUSSO-PRUSSIANS
1st Infantry Division 4 Line Infantry battalions 1 Light Infantry battalion 2 Skirmish 1 Foot battery	1st Infantry Division (Prussian) 1 Grenadier battalion 1 Fusilier battalion 3 Line Infantry battalions 3 Landwehr battalions 1 Skirmish 1 Foot battery
2nd Infantry Division 3 Line Infantry battalions 1 Light Infantry battalion 2 Skirmish 1 Foot battery	2° Divisione di Fanteria (Russian) 1 Grenadier battalion 1 Jäger battalion 3 Line Infantry battalions 1 Second Rank battalion 1 Skirmish 1 Heavy Foot battery
Young Guard Infantry Division 4 Young Guard battalions 1 Heavy Foot battery	3rd Infantry Division (Russian) 1 Grenadier battalion 1 Jäger battalion 3 Line Infantry battalions 1 Second Rank battalion 1 Skirmish 1 Foot battery
Cavalry Division 2 Dragoon regiments 2 Lancer regiments 1 Chasseur regiment 1 Horse battery	1st  Cavalry Division (Russian) 2 Cossack regiments 2 Hussar regiments
	2nd  Cavalry Division (Russian) 2 Dragoon regiments 1 Hussar regiment 1 Horse battery

Prima delle agognate vacanze estive, i locali di Strategia Nova ci hanno ospitato per svolgere una partita col regolamento Shako II. Si è trattato di uno scontro ipotetico tra quattro divisioni francesi e 5 divisioni alleate (una prussiana e 4 russe).

Il mio amico Federico comandava i francesi e io gli alleati.

Il francese ha perso la cavalleria, ma ha mantenuto il controllo dei villaggi, la partita è terminata con una patta.

Ancora una volta Shako II si è rivelato un regolamento di gioco, facile, elastico, ma sufficientemente realistico e ben pensato.

Per ridurre la possibilità che un’unità di secondo rango sconfigga una della guardia abbiamo usato dadi di media invece di quelli a sei facce.

FRANCESI	RUSSO-PRUSSIANI
1° Divisione di Fanteria 4 battaglioni di Fanteria di linea 1 battaglione di Fanteria leggera 2 unità di Skirmish 1 batteria a piedi	1° Divisione di Fanteria (Prussiani) 1 battaglione di Granatieri 1 battaglione di Fucilieri 3 battaglioni di Fanteria di linea 3 battaglioni di Fanteria Landwehr 1 unità di Skirmish 1 batteria a piedi
2° Divisione di Fanteria 3 battaglioni di Fanteria di linea 1 battaglione di Fanteria leggera 2 unità di Skirmish 1 batteria a piedi	2° Divisione di Fanteria (russi) 1 battaglione Granatieri 1 battaglione di Jäger 3 battaglioni di Fanteria di linea 1 battaglione di reclute (Seconda linea) 1 unità di Skirmish 1 batteria a piedi da 12 libbre
Divisione Fanteria della Giovane Guardia 4 battaglioni di Giovane Guardia 1 batteria a piedi da 12 libbre	3° Divisione di Fanteria (russi) 1 battaglione di Granatieri 1 battaglione di Jäger 3 battaglioni di Fanteria di linea 1 battaglione di reclute (Seconda linea) 1 unità di Skirmish 1 batteria a piedi
Divisione di Cavalleria 2 reggimenti di Dragoni 2 reggimenti di Lancieri 1 reggimento di Chasseurs 1 batteria a cavallo	1° Divisione Cavalleria (russi) 2 reggimenti di cosacchi 2 reggimenti di ussari
	2° Divisione di Cavalleria (russi) 2 reggimenti di Dragoni 1 reggimento di Ussari 1 batteria a cavallo

  

The Young Guard in reserve.

Te rear of the French lines.

The Prussians approach the bridge.

Prussian columns advancing.

The Prussians.

The French 1st Division defends his positions.

Allied Command and his staff (on the left)

French Light Infantry in the castle.

The Young Guard awaits the arrival of the Russians.

The center and the right wing.

Arrival of the Russian 1st Division.

Allied reinforcements are coming.

Fighting between cavalry on the left wing.

The Russian cavalry rejects the French cavalry and advances on the right side of the French line.

Prussian columns.

The French held the village.

The Russo-Prussians advancing.

The stream.

Russian columns.

The Cossacks are emerging from the bush.

British-Allied Order of Battle at Quatre-Bras

British-Allied Order of Battle at Quatre-Bras June 16, l8l5 (G. Naftziger)

Ordine di battaglia anglo-alleato a Quatre-Bras, 16 giugno 1815 (G. Naftziger)

Duke of Wellington

C. IN C. DUKE OF WELLINGTON

Prince of Orange

1^ST CORPS: PRINCE OF ORANGE

Cooke

lst (British) Division: Major General Cooke

Maitland

lst (British) Brigade: Major General Maitland

2/lst Guards Regiment (l,02l)

3/lst Guards Regiment (l,066)

Byng

2nd (British) Brigade: Major General Sir Byng

2/Coldstream Guard Regiment (l,044)

2/3rd Guard Regiment (l,l04)

Artillery:

Sandham's Battery, RA, (5-9pdrs & l How)

Kuhlman's Battery KGL (5-6pdrs & l How)

Alten

3rd (Anglo-Hanoverian) Division: Major General Sir Charles Alten

C. Halkett

5th (British) Brigade: Major General Sir Colin Halkett

2/30th (Cambridgshire) Regiment (657)

33rd (West Riding) Regiment (603)

2/69th (South Lincoln) Regiment (558)

2/73rd (Highland) Regiment (604)

lst (Hanoverian) Brigade: Major General Count von Kielmansegge

Bremen Field Battalion (552)

Verden Field Battalion (573)

York Field Battalion (647)

Lüneberg Field Battalion (635)

Grubenhagen Jager Battalion (66l)

Feldjäger Korps (340)

Artillery:

Lloyd's Battery, RA (5-9pdrs & l How)

Cleeve's Battery, RA (5-9pdrs & l How)

de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky

2nd (Netherlands) Division: General Lieutenant de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky

van Bijlandt

lst Brigade: General Major Bijlandt

7th (Belgian) Line (70l)

27th (Dutch) Line Battalion (809)

5th Militia Battalion (482)

7th Militia Battalion (675)

8th Militia Battalion (566)

Prince of Saxe-Weimar

2nd Brigade: General Major HSH Prince Bernard of  Saxe-Weimar

l/2nd Nassau Regiment (903)

2/2nd Nassau Regiment (903)

3/2nd Nassau Regiment (903)

l/Orange-Nassau Regiment (795)

2/Orange-Nassau Regiment (796)

Nassau Freiwilliger Jäger Det. (l co) (l69)

Artillery:

Stievenart Battery (8 6pdr guns)

Sijleveldt Battery (8 6pdr guns)

van Melen

3rd (Netherlands) Cavalry Brigade: Major General van Merlen

6th Dutch-Belgian Hussar Regiment (64l)

5th Belgian Light Dragoon Regiment (44l)

RESERVE CORPS: (UNDER WELLINGTON)

Sir Thomas Picton

5th (Anglo-Hanoverian) Division: Lieutenant General Picton

Kempt

8th Brigade: Major General Kempt

l/28th Foot Regiment (594)

l/32nd Foot Regiment (7l2)

l/79 Foot Regiment (749)

l/95th Foot Regiment (589)

Pack

9th Brigade: Major General Pack

3/lst Foot Regiment (648)

l/42nd Foot Regiment (56l)

2/44th Foot Regiment (485)

1/92nd Foot Regiment (?)

4th (Hanoverian) Brigade: Colonel Best

Verden Landwehr Battalion (66l)

Luneburg Landwehr Battalion (664)

Osterode Landwehr Battalion (7l7)

Munden Landwehr Battalion (700)

Artillery:

Rogers Battery (5-9pdrs & l How)

vonRettberg (5-9pdrs & l How)

Duke of Brunswick

Brunswick Contingent: HSH Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Oels

Advanced Guard: Major von Rauschenplatt

Uhlan Sqn (232)

Hussar Regiment (690)

lst Brigade: Oberstlieutenant von Buttlar

Leib Battalion (672)

Advance-Guard Battalion (672)

lst Light Infantry Battalion (672)

2nd Light Infantry Battalion (672)

3rd Light Infantry Battalion (672)

2nd Brigade: Oberstlieutenant von Specht

lst Line Infantry Battalion (672)

2nd Line Infantry Battalion (672)

3rd Line Infantry Battalion (672)

Artillery:

Von Heinemann's Horse Battery (8 6pdr guns)

Moll's Foot Battery (8 6pdr guns)

Uniforms of Sardinian Army 1793-1796

Sardinian Infantry: Infantry Grenadiers, Chasseurs and Flank companies officers

La Marina Regiment N.C.O.

The Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont was at war with revolutionary France, from 1793 to 1796. During these years his army defended the Piedmont. The Royal Troops sardines year fought many battles in the Alps, on the Ligurian coast, in the siege of Toulon and the first Italian campaign of Napoleon.

Below, I present the uniforms of the infantry of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, during the revolutionary wars and the first Italian campaign of Napoleon.

Outside Italy, very little is known on the role Sardinian-Piedmontese army of that period. Even fewer know its uniforms.

Sometimes the Piedmontese soldiers are confused with the Neapolitan army or the Spanish one!

·         SARDINIAN INFANTRY 1793-1797

In the period 1793-1797 the Sardinian infantry consisted of:

-          1 Guards Regiment (now the Regiment of Grenadiers of Sardinia);

-          1 Royal Regiment of Grenadiers (grantieri and chasseurs);

-          9 regiments of ordinance (volunteers recruited among the subjects of the kingdom);

-          11 foreign regiments (mostly Swiss mercenaries and German);

-          14 provincial regiments (recruited by conscription);

-          Specialist Infantry (Frigate Battalion and Encampment Legion);

-          Various units of Light troops, mainly the Light Troops Legion (today is a force of police, the Guardia di Finanza).

Usually the order and provincial regiments bore the name of a city, province or region, but with a few exceptions:

-          Guards Regiment (Reggimento Guardie)

-          The Navy Regiment (Reggimento La Marina)

-          The Queen Regiment (Reggimento La Regina)

-          Battalion of Fregate (Battaglione delle Fregate)

-          Legion of Camps/Encampments (Legione degli Accampamenti).

The foreign regiments bore the name of their colonel, except the following:

-          Regiment Lombardy (Reggimento Lombardia) (formally considered national, but foreigners)

-          Oneglia Regiment (formally considered provincial, but foreigners)

-          Royal German Regiment (Reggimento Real Alemanno)

-          Chablais Regiment (Reggimento Chiablese) 

-          Valais Regiment (Reggimento Vallesano)

-          Bern Regiment (Reggimento Bernese)

-          Grisons Regiment (Reggimento Grigione).

Generally, the regiments were made up of two battalions of infantry and flank companies of Grenadiers and Chasseurs (Cacciatori).

Regiment        →        2 battalions.

Battalion         →        4 Fusilier companies,

2 Grenadier companies,

1 Chasseur company,

1 Reserve company.

At the beginning of 1793 all the regiments of national and foreign ordinance had a force of 1,385 men, including officers.

Links about the Piedmontese army:

http://napoleoninpiedmont.weebly.com/the-sardinian-army-a-survey.html

Links about the uniforms and flags of the army of Piedmont:

http://www.bandieresabaude.it/Bandiere033.html

http://jaigol.blogspot.it/2012/05/il-regno-di-sardegna-di-fine-700.html

Il Regno di Sardegna è stato in guerra con la Francia rivoluzionaria, dal 1793 al 1796.

In questi anni il suo esercito ha difeso il Piemonte. Le Reali Truppe sarde anno combattuto numerose battaglie sulle Alpi, sulla costa ligure, all'assedio di Tolone e nella prima campagna d'Italia di Napoleone.

Di seguito, presento le uniformi della fanteria del regno di Sardegna-Piemonte, durante le guerre rivoluzionarie e la prima campagna d'Italia napoleonica.

Al di fuori dell'Italia si conosce molto poco il ruolo dell'esercito sardo-piemontese di quel periodo. Ancora meno si conoscono le sue uniformi.

All’estero talvolta i soldati piemontesi sono confusi con l'esercito napoletano o con quello spagnolo!

·         Fanteria Sarda 1793-1797

Nel periodo 1793-1797 la fanteria sarda era formata da:

-          1 Reggimento Guardie (attuale Reggimento Granatieri di Sardegna);

-          1 Reggimento di Reali Granatieri (granatieri e cacciatori);

-          9 reggimenti di ordinanza (volontari reclutati tra i sudditi del regno);

-          11 reggimenti stranieri (in maggioranza mercenari svizzeri e tedeschi);

-          14 reggimenti provinciali (reclutati con la leva obbligatoria);

-          Truppe specialistiche (Battaglione delle Fregate e Legione degli accampamenti);

-          Varie unità di Truppe leggere, principalmente la Legione Truppe Leggere (oggi è una forza di polizia: la Guardia di Finanza).

Di solito i reggimenti di ordinanza e provinciali portavano il nome di una città, provincia o regione, ma con qualche eccezione:

-          Reggimento Guardie

-          Reggimento La Marina

-          Reggimento La Regina

-          Battaglione delle Fregate

-          Legione degli Accampamenti

I reggimenti stranieri portavano il nome del loro colonnello, tranne i seguenti:

-          Reggimento Lombardia (formalmente considerato nazionale, ma composto da stranieri)

-          Reggimento Oneglia (formalmente considerato provinciale, ma composto da stranieri)

-          Reggimento Real Alemanno

-          Reggimento Chiablese

-          Reggimento Vallesano

-          Reggimento Bernese

-          Reggimento Grigione

In genere i reggimenti erano costituiti da 2 battaglioni di fanti e da compagnie scelte di granatieri e cacciatori.

Reggimento    →        2 battaglioni.

Battaglione     →        4 compagnie di Fucilieri,

2 compagnie di Granatieri,

1 compagnia di Cacciatori,

1 compagnia di riserva.

All’inizio del 1793 tutti i reggimenti d’ordinanza nazionali ed esteri avevano un organico di 1.385 uomini, ufficiali compresi.

Link sull’esercito piemontese:

http://napoleoninpiedmont.weebly.com/the-sardinian-army-a-survey.html

Link sulle uniformi e bandiere dell’armata piemontese:

http://www.bandieresabaude.it/Bandiere033.html

http://jaigol.blogspot.it/2012/05/il-regno-di-sardegna-di-fine-700.html

ORDER OF BATTLE 1796 - ORDINE DI BATTAGLIA 1796

Austrian-Sardinian Army, 1796

CinC: Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchini

General Provera Corps

44th IR Belgiojoso (Austrian - 2 bns. & 2 Grenadier companies)

Gyulai Freicorps  (2 Austrian bns.)

Forces at La Pedaggera (brigadier general Brempt)

Vercelli Infantry Regiment (2 bns.)

Real Alemanno Infantry Regiment (2 bns.)

Genova Infantry Regiment (2 bns.)

Chiablese Infantry Regiment (2 bns.)

Pioneer Corps (1 bn.)

Bormida Vanguards (Colonel Colli da Vigevano)

2 Chasseur bns. & 2 Chasseur companies

Acqui Infantry Regiment (2 bns. & 2 Chasseur companies)

Tortona Infantry Regiment (1 bn.)

1 Coatian bn.

3 Militia companies

Fortified Camp of Ceva (General Vital)

Oneglia Infantry Regiment (2 bns. & 2 Grenadier companies)

Savoia Infantry Regiment (2 bns.)

Guards Infantry Regiment (1 bn.)

Valais Infantry Regiment "Stettler" (3 bns.)

2 Grenadier bns. (del Carreto & de la Tour)

Tanaro vanguards (brigadier general Dichat)

Light Troops Legion (2 bns.)

Torino Infantry Regiment (2 companies)

Chasseurs & Grenadiers of the  Light Troops Legion (6 companies)

Franc Chasseurs & Nice Chasseurs (11 companies)

Bicocca Camp (San Michele Mondovì)

Royal Grenadiers Regiment (2 bns.)

Austrian garrison (1 bn.)

Dichat’s Grenadier Regiment (2 bns.)

Mondovì Infantry Regiment (2 bns. & 1 Chasseur company)

Reserve troops: 5 half battalions

 INFANTRY UNIFORMS - UNIFORMI DI FANTERIA

Guards Regiment

Chiablese and La Regina Regiments
(Drum major and drummer)

Schmidt and La Marina Regiments
(Grenadier officer and officer)

Light Troops Legion (Legione Truppe Leggere)