Category Archives: Seven Years War Minor German States

‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 12: More Hessian Reinforcements)

Posted on 19th April 2025 by jemima_fawr

The build-up of forces continues to gather pace in western Germany and here’s the latest draft of reinforcements for the army of Hesse-Cassel.  This latest draft actually completes the entire Hesse-Cassel cavalry arm of four regiments of Horse (two squadrons … Continue reading →

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The Army of Augustus The Fat: My SYW Saxons (Part 2)

Posted on 21st February 2025 by jemima_fawr

As discussed in Part 1, I recently painted the first of two Saxon brigades that fought during the Seven Years War as part of Prince Xaver’s exiled Saxon Corps.  All the details of organisation, etc, can be found in Part … Continue reading →

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The Army of Augustus The Fat: My 15mm SYW Saxon Army

Posted on 10th February 2025 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned before, I’m slowly painting my way through the order of battle for the Battle of Minden, which is serving as my ‘to do’ list for the armies in the West German Theatre of the Seven Years War.  However, … Continue reading →

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‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 11: Hanoverian Reinforcements)

Posted on 16th December 2024 by jemima_fawr

And now, in this thrilling instalment, I add yet more units to my Seven Years War Hanoverian Army!  Please try to control your excitement. These were mostly added for our recent Battle of Corbach game, but will also come in … Continue reading →

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‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 10: Hessian Reinforcements)

Posted on 21st October 2024 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned last time, we’d decided to refight the Combat of Sanderhausen at Haverfordwest Gaming Club’s recent open day.  However, that would require me to finish some more units, including the Chasseurs de Fischer for the French side and quite … Continue reading →

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‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 9: My First SYW Brunswickers)

Posted on 8th October 2024 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned in the comments section of my last post, my old mate Jase is back in town!  🙂  He was long ago exiled from Wales to New Zealand for reasons we don’t like to talk about (it was never … Continue reading →

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‘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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