Hi all
Firstly, a massive thanks for all the assistance in recent days over colours, cravates, tassels etc of the French forces. All greatly appreciated!!
My next query is about Regiment d'Humieres in 1693. Over the last couple of years I've followed Giles Allison's blog 'Tarleton's Quarter', with great interest. With all the posts Giles adds, he tries to put in information about the units he's painted, and I'd like to emulate that idea.
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So first up, with the pikemen already there to be seen on my own blog, is Regiment d'Humieres. Mark Allen's WI articles list the Mestre de Camp in 1689 as Louis-Francois d'Aumont. I know from these articles that the regimentwas formed in 1629, was present in the Landen ( Neerwinden) campaign in 1693, and that they had red cuffs, waistcoats, hose and breeches, and 'white' lace and buttons. Their colours were (?bluey-) green with white squares in each quarter. Eugene Lelievpre? suggests that the livery for the drummers was the Aumont livery of yellow with black and white lace and a white cross on the front and black of the coats, although this is by inference only and based on a portrait of d'Humieres' cavalry regiment.
Beyond that, I don't know anything!! I'm wondering if there's any connection between the regiment and Duc d'Humieres the Marshal of France (and infamously) Walcourt in 1689. He died in 1694. CS Grant on p59 of Armies and Uniforms of Marlborough's Wars Vol.1 lists a 'Dampierre, D'humieres and Saillant Regiment' in the WSS, so I'm wondering if colonels changed etc. Also he describes cuffs and collars as green, so I'm wondering when they changed from the red, or if it's the same regiment? How did they fare at Landen? How many battalions did they have? Mark Allen lists 2:?
Any help will be gratefully accepted. I'm on far safer ground with the ECW, so when there's any questions on the Victory without Quarter board, I'll do my best to return the favour and answer questions, instead of posting 'em all the time!!
Many thanks again!!
Andy
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