Category Archives: Seven Years War Minor German States

‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 8: Hanoverian Cavalry)

Posted on 27th November 2023 by jemima_fawr

Having shocked the surviving readers of this blog last week by publicly playing with Gareth’s nobori and having caused palpitations by making people read Japanese names, I thought I’d better post the blog equivalent of Mogadon to calm everyone down.  … Continue reading →

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‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 7: Hessen-Cassel Troops)

Posted on 30th September 2023 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned last month, I’m currently undertaking a massive expansion of my French, Saxon and ‘Western Allied’ (i.e. Great Britain, Hanover, Hessen-Cassel, Brunswick & Schaumburg-Lippe) armies for the Seven Years War.  The long-term objective is to refight the larger battles … Continue reading →

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‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’: My 15mm SYW Hanoverian & German Allied Army (Part 6 – The Légion Britannique (continued))

Posted on 17th September 2023 by jemima_fawr

Last time, in Part 5 of this series, I looked at the formation of the Légion Britannique, which was a ‘free corps’ raised by Hanover in 1759 at British expense, given a French name, fighting against France under the British … Continue reading →

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‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’: My 15mm SYW Hanoverian & German Allied Army (Part 5 – The Légion Britannique)

Posted on 12th September 2023 by jemima_fawr

As discussed last time, I’m presently in the process of filling out my French, Prussian, Hanoverian and British SYW armies with light troops, which were increasingly a feature of European armies during this period.  This week it’s the turn of … Continue reading →

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‘All The Emperor’s Men’ (Part 11): Reichsarmee on Parade!

Posted on 25th July 2023 by jemima_fawr

The long and winding road has finally reached its destination!  As discussed in Part 10 of this series, my Reichsarmee is now FINISHED! 🙂  As the first unit was painted in or around 1997, it took me around 25 years, … Continue reading →

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‘All The Emperor’s Men’ (Part 10): The Very Last Reichsarmee Units!

Posted on 13th June 2023 by jemima_fawr

Well all good things (and tedious blog articles) must come to an end… I’ve finally painted my last unit for the Reichsarmee.  I will post a Grand Imperial Parade in Part 11, showing the Reichsarmee as a whole and the … Continue reading →

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‘All The Emperor’s Men’ (Part 9): Yet More Reichsarmee Units!

Posted on 11th May 2023 by jemima_fawr

Good news!  It’s time for more Reichsarmee units! 🙂 Upper Rhine District (Oberrheinischen Kreis) The Imperial Circle of the Upper Rhine was one of the weakest contingents in the Reichsarmee, having only the ‘Hessen-Darmstädt’ (‘Prinz Georg’) Infantry Regiment (1 bn), … Continue reading →

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‘All The Emperor’s Men’ (Part 8): More Reichsarmee Units

Posted on 3rd May 2023 by jemima_fawr

In the unlikely event that there is still someone reading this who isn’t now sick to the back teeth of all things Reichsarmee, here are some more painted units! 😀  Rest assured that they’re all finished now and it’ll soon … Continue reading →

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‘All The Emperor’s Men’ (Part 7): More Imperial Auxiliary Regiments

Posted on 23rd March 2023 by jemima_fawr

Two years ago in Part 1 of this series, I profiled some auxiliary units from the Holy Roman Empire that were either raised under contract to serve with the Austrian Army or in the Saxons’ case, were placed under Austrian … Continue reading →

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‘All The Emperor’s Men’ (Part 5): The Mainz ‘Lamberg’ Regiment

Posted on 29th October 2022 by jemima_fawr

Just a short post today.  I painted this unit back in the summer and promptly forgot about it until just now! In 1756 the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz was contracted to provide Austria with an auxiliary infantry regiment, consisting of a … Continue reading →

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