miscellaneous
Spanish cavalry at Albuera
(1811)
Le Marchant Brigade at
Salamanca (1812)
allied cavalry. battle of la albuera (1811) ... and pre-1813
The battle of La Albuera was fought in 1811. At that date, the
British heavy cavalry weared a cocked hat and not the clssic-style
helmet later seen at Waterloo. There are not plastic figures depicting
such units but a very easy conversion can be made by using the
Italeri 6007/Revell 02589
Prussian Cuirassiers and painting them as British. This same
Italeri 6007/Revell 02589 cavalry set can be used to make Spanish
heavy/line cavalry around that date.
The hussar-style Italeri 6040/Esci 230
British Light Dragoons can be used to depict several of the colorful
Spanish Hussar units that proliferate during the Peninsular War
For the color scheme and regimental facings, I have followed:
Wellington's Heavy Cavalry (Men-at-Arms 130)
Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) 1793–1808 (Men-at-Arms 321)
Uniformes Españoles de la Guerra de la Independencia.
J.M. Bueno. Aldaba
Ediciones, Madrid (Spain) 1989
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