Confederation of the Rhine

This month, the Army of the Month post will cover my “veteran” Rhine states. Commonly called the Confederation of the Rhine (CotR), this collection of minor state contingents has seen many a tabletop action…either en mass or as individual units for the major powers.

To the pictures….First up is a right flank view of the entire Rhine states collection. The army is ranked across the front with 1st & 2nd CotR regiments (Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg) in foreground, then we have 3rd regt. (Frankfort a Main), 4th regt. (Saxon Duchies), and 5th regt. (Lippe & Anhalt) just before the road. Each “column” contains units of that minor state contingent / regimental group.

Rhine states right flank view with Nassau contingent in foreground.

Left flank view showing the Mecklenburg group with the 8th CotR regiment, the 7th regt. (Würzburg) then the 6th regt. (Schwarzburg-Sondershausen & Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) plus Reuss and Waldeck btn. on the road. Again each column contingent group contains additional units from those minor states. Behind the 6th regt….on the same road, is the Oldenburg btn. and two Hanseatic town “burgher” btns.

Brunswick 1815 Corps

As mentioned with my recent Baden Division post, I intend to add another Army of the Month blog posting for this December month. Chosen army is my Brunswick 1815 Corp:

Brunswick 1815 cavalry includes the black hussar regt (8) and the uhlan sqn.(2).

Brunswick 1815 infantry includes: The Leib battalion (1×7), the converged Avant-garde btn. light co’s with Gelernte jagers (1×7), the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd line btns. (3×7), the 1st, 2nd and 3rd light btns. (3×7), and a reserve (militia / landwehr 1×6) btn.

The artillery has one horse and one foot battery. A frontal view of the entire “Black Corps” deployed for some action….

Brunswick 1815 Corps frontal view. Note: recently rebased to proper 2 rank formations.

Baden Division

Well, it is December and after adding reams of additional material to the blog’s Napoleonic rules and video section during November, I can start the December month with its Army of the Month post. This month….I will have double posting for two armies…..Baden and Brunswick.

First, we have the Baden Division:

Cavalry has the Garde du Korps (4), the Baden light dragoons (4), and the Baden Hussars (5).

Infantry consists of the four line regiments, each of 2×6 btns. The Baden von Liingg light btn., and the Baden household Garde btn. The 1st line (Leib Gross Herzog), 2nd line (Erbgross Herzog), 3rd line (Graf Hochberg), and 4th line (von Harrant), in French uniforms for their peninsular service.

Baden artillery has three batteries. One 6lb foot, one 12lb positional, and one 6lb horse battery.

A general view of the entire Baden Division.

Baden Division

Portuguese Army 1810-1814

Army of the Month stars my Portuguese army 1810-1814.

The Portuguese army is one of my larger “minor powers armies” in the collection. The army roster has:

Army Headquarters, Beresford, 3 Divisional commanders, D’Alorna and 2 ADC’s.

Line Regiments (each of 2×6 btns.): 1st (1st Lisbon), 2nd (Lagos), 3rd (Olivenza), 4th (Freire), 5th (1st Elvas), 7th (Setubal), 8th (Evora), 9th (Viena), 10th (2nd Lisbon), 11th (1st Almeida), 12th (Chavas), 13th (Peniche), 14th (Tavira), 15th (2nd Olivenza), 16th (Vera Telles), 21st (Valenza), 23rd (2nd Almeida).

Lights or Cacadores (each of 1×5 btn.): 1st (Castelo Branco), 2nd (Moura), 3rd (Trancoso), 4th (Penamacor), 5th (Campo Mayor), 6th (Vila Real), 10th, 11th and 12th Cazadores. Loyal Lusitanian Legion (3×7 btns.)

Militia Battalions (8×4 btns.): Evora, Braganes, Coimbra, Thomar, Lagos, Torres Verdas, Otorto and Lisbon. Several “untrained” Ordenanza btns. armed with “pikes” (3×4).

Dragoons (4 sgns. each): 1st (Alcantara), 2nd (Moura), 4th (Mecklemburg), 5th (Evora), 7th (Caes), 8th (Elvas), 10th (Santarem) and 11th (Almeida). Loyal Lusitanian Legion Chasseurs (3 sgn.).

Selection of artillery: 7x 6 pdr. batteries, 3x 9 pdr., LLL “horse” battery and a small howitzer.

My French Portuguese legion will be covered with French allies someday.

First some general view pictures: Right flank of army deployed.

Right frontal view of Portuguese army

Left flank of deployed army…

Hanoverian Army 1813-1815 & KGL

Continuing with the army of the month theme….this month I present my Hanoverian Army of 1813-1815 and some King’s German Legion (KGL) regiments.

KGL:

Cavalry: 1st and 2nd heavy dragoons (2×5 miniatures), 1st and 2nd light dragoons (2×6), and the 3rd KGL hussars (1×6).

Infantry: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th KGL line battalions (6×7). 1st and 2nd KGL light battalions (2×7) with a converged KGL sharpshooter unit (1×3).

Artillery: KGL 6 pdr HA, 9 pdr FA, 6 pdr FA, each of 6 cannon basing.

Hanoverians:

Cavalry: Luneburg (Estorff’s), Bremen-Verden, and Duke of Cumberland hussars (3×5).

Infantry: Bremen, Bennigen, Calenburg, Hildesheim, Langrehr (Hoya), and Lauenburg field battalions 6×6). Grubenhagen and Lueneburg light field battalions. Militia battalions Bremervorde, Hameln, Hildesheim, Gifhorn, Osnabruck, Peine, Quackenbruck, and Salzgiter (8×6). Feld Jager corp von Kielmannsegge and Freicorp Czernischeff (2×3) complete the army.

Artillery: 9 pdr FA,  2x 6 pdrs FA with 3 pioneers and engineer officer. Army HQ base with several staff officers.

General overview of entire Hanoverian & KGL collection. KGL regiments left of road, Hanoverians on the right.KGL pass in review….or left side view.

Army (Division) of Berg

My Army or Division of Berg.

Divisional Commander with 4x Line regiments (each 2×6 miniature battalion organization), a Berg town/national guard btn, 1st and 2nd Chevau-leger cavalry regiments. A foot 8# and horse 4# artillery battery complete the Division. Frontal overhead view:Rear view of the Berg Division.

Army of Hesse-Kassel 1814

Headquarter (Korps) Commander, HQ base with 3 Divisional officers & ADC’s.

Regiment – Garde (2×5, 1×6 Btns.) w/Prussian organization of 2 line & 1 fusilier btns. Regiment Kurfurst (2×6, 1×6 Btns.).  Regiment Kurprinz (2×6, 1×6 Btns.). Regiment Landgraf (2×6, 1×6 Btns.).  Regiment von Solms (2×6, 1×6 Btns.). Jager Btn. (1×6).  Converged Grenadier Btns. “von Haller” & “von Schmidt” (2×6). Landwehr Btns. “Niederhessen” & “Oberhessen” (2×6).

Leib-Dragoner Regt (4 figs).  Garde du Korps (2 figs).

Horse battery and 3x foot batteries.Rear view of the deployed army of Hesse-Kasel 1814.

Army of Sardinia 1814

My Army of Sardinia 1814 was painted several years ago. It includes:

A headquarters staff of Corp commander, several divisional officers and ADC’s plus a pioneers (1×3) battalion.

Cavalry has the Garde di Corp (4 sgns.), the Dragoon di Roi (4 sgns.), heavy cavalry regiments of Piemonte (4 sgns.) & Savoia (4 sgns.). The Chevau-leger Regiment (8 sgns.) completes the cavalry forces.

Infantry regiments include: Garde Grenadiers (2×8 btns.), La Regina (2×6), Sandegna (2×6), Piedmonte (2×6) & Savoia (2×6) regiments. Additional units of Marine Btn. (1×6), Light Btn. (1×6), Converged grenadiers (2×6 btns.), Cacciatori delle Alpi (1×6) & Genoese Carabiniers (1×6) complete the infantry.

Artillery has a 12 pdr battery, positional 6 pdr battery, a kavalry 6 pdr battery and 3x brigade 6 pdr batteries. A frontal photo overview showing the entire deployed army.A rearview photo….