When talking about the 1796/1800 period the demibrigades consisted of 3 equal battalions (after mid 1794 no centre battalion of an old regiment flanked by 2 ex-volunteer battalions anymore). The battalion had no formal integral light company but probably informal they did. The grenadier company was ...

I always thought that the French Republic declared war against Austria and Prussia (1792) and against the Dutch Republic and Great Britain in 1793 and against other countries.

Sorry forgot,
great pictures Dave!!

You can also look at Touller figures of France
http://www.atoufigs.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatID=714962

Not of Friesheim but of Wijnbergen in the collection of the army museum Delft
http://www.collectie.legermuseum.nl/asp ... &q=tamboer

description is: simple (light) brown drum with the device of the province

Bill, have bought the Front Rank ones but ndeed , these would be very large for cavalry. Will look nto the Hinchcliffe ones. And since last year we (alde garde) are pro 25mil (see our blog for crisis: www.aldegarde.blogspot.com)

greetings and thanks
Jan

Thanks for the info
Jan

A simpl question. I know the French infantry had a cravat and tassels on their flag; had the cavalry thes also?
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jan

Thanks for the info

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jan

Sjefke,
Peter and I (the whole Alde Garde) come from near Venlo, Dutch Limburg that is.
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Jan

PS, we're planning to take our 1690 Demo to Gent next year with added troops

Sjefke,
Look if you can get (maybe via library) "Lodewijk XIV en de Lage Landen" by Etienne Rooms. Imho it's a great book about the 1672-1700 period from a historical view.
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jan

Barry,
as you can imagine we were very sad not to be mentioned in your first report from Crisis but now were are happy

Although short, it was nice to speak to you.
We have some pictues on our blog, www.aldegarde.blogspot.com of Crisis and of our demo

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jan

The Maison du Roi consisted of horse: - guardes du corps (compagnie Ecossais, premier compagnie Francaise, seconde compagnie Francaise and the trosieme compagnie Francaise) - Compagnie des Gendarmes - Compagnie des Cheveaux Leger - 2 Compagnie des Mousquetaires (premier compagnie: gris, seconde comp...

It was a great show and thanks to the organisers of TSoA. It was also nice to see a lot of people and put faces to the names.
As Barry said, LoA is a great period so we will expand our armies in this period as we think it has so much potential.
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jan
(50% of the) Alde Garde

Sorry,
but wat is LAF forum?