spanish infantry pre-1812
The spanish regular army from 1808-1811 suffered a chronic lack of equipment so
the uniforms of those years were a mix of the old white uniforms (with bicorn)
and many other local variations including equipment shipped from Great Britain.
Thus, at the battles of Talavera or La Albuera,
there are reports of spanish infantry units wearing the old white jacket with
trousers of the traditional brown dyed cloth.
There are not 1/72 HO/00
plastic figures depicting such units but a very easy conversion can be made by
using pre-1812 Prussian infantry. The alternatives are HaT 8083 1806 Prussian
Musketeers or the Prussians from the old Esci 226
Prussian and Austrian Infantry set. The HaT figures can be used for
the regular army whereas the Esci (with long-tailed jackets) are more adequate
to depict units from the Royal
Guard.
For the drummers and standard-bearers I have used 1/72 lead
figures from Outland
Games. These figures are smaller but many
XIX-century armies used 13-15 years old drummer-boys so the size does not matter
in this case (?)
For the color schemes and regimental facings, I have followed:
Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1)
1793–1808 (Men-at-Arms 321)
Uniformes Militares Españoles: el Ejército y la Armada en
1808. J.M. Bueno.
Edited by the author. Malaga (Spain) 1982
The flags were downloaded from the
Warflag site:
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