Miscellaneous
The flag of the Regiment
Histofig plate
The Regiment at Malo-Jaroslavets (Russia 1812)
regiment joseph napoleon
This Regiment is a Spanish unit that fought for Napoleon during the invasion of Russia in
1812. It was composed of men from the Division del Norte of general La Romana,
which could not leave Denmark, and were not carried back to Spain by the English
ships in 1808. In 1812, two battalions of the regiment were in the I Corps
(Davout) and another two in the IV Corps (Eugene de Beauharnais). These last
fought in the battle of Malo-Jaroslavets.
The uniform was white with
green distinctives. For the figures I have used the 1/72 ESCI french infantry
figures, with the colour scheme that appears in the
Histofig and
Preussische Militärgeschichte - Historischer Service sites..
The flag was more dificult to find. After receiving
help from several groups
of YAHOO, I concluded that the Regiment did not have an eagle but used a
tricolor flag (1809-pattern) with the arms of Jose Bonaparte. The flag was
therefore made by modifying a 1809-pattern french flag found in
Warflag and
adding the heraldic arms of Jose Bonaparte, taken from the flag of the
Regimiento de Malaga (an unit of the Spanish Jospeh's Army). All flag work was made with PaintShop.
I am very grateful to Mark Gilby for
his help in the english translation
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