Complete French Army

AS promised yesterday, I have assembled my complete mid-18th century French Army (without Bavarian allies).
It now consists of five generals, nine regular foot battalions, one grenadier battalion, one unit of light infantry, three guns, four squadrons of dragoons, six squadrons of heavy horse and one squadron of hussars.
Unless my plans change, all will see action at my Dettingen refight with the exception of the Chasseurs de Fischer and generals Saxe, Soubise and Broglie.

In the foreground are three 8pdr guns. Behind them in the front row (left-to-right) are the Beaufremont Dragoons, five battalions of foot (Alsace, Poitou, Champagne, Normandie and Touraine) and the Languedoc Dragoons. The second row of foot has a further five battalions (Wittmer, Navarre, Grenadiers de France, Piémont and Picardie). Behind them are seven squadrons of horse (Orleans Dragoons, La Reine Cavalerie, Gendarmes de la Garde, Royal-Cravate Cavalerie, Cuirassiers du Roi, Colonel-Général Cavalerie and Dragoons du Roi). Finally, at the rear, are the Bercheny Hussars, five generals (Soubise, Broglie, Saxe,  Noailles and Gramont) and the Chasseurs de Fischer

Slingshot issue 316

THE January/February 2018 edition of the Society of Ancients magazine Slingshot arrived last week (!) while I was playing chess in Jersey.

The striking cover features action from a refight of the 317BC Battle of  Paraetacene (Paraitakene)

Slingshot is consistently my favourite wargaming mag. While I found there was a lot less in this issue than there usually is for me, I was still pleased to receive it.

Nouveau French

BACK in March 2017, I blogged (http://timspanton.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/french-fini.html) that my mid-18th century French army was more-or-less complete.
This was especially the case, I felt, for the War of the Austrian Succession if France's Bavarian allies were taken into account.
However, since then my plans for refighting the Battle of Dettingen - the 275th anniversary is this June - have expanded considerably.
Not only have my plans expanded, but there were no Bavarian troops at Dettingen to help the French oppose George II and the Pragmatic Army.
I have therefore been busy painting more French units, as well as some generals to command them.
Two battalions of foot, three squadrons of horse and generals Broglie, Noailles and Gramont have joined Les Bleus (although, since this is pre-Revolutionary France, I guess that should be Les Blancs).

In front of the bridge, exuberantly waving his hat, is the Duc de Broglie (he was created a duke after winning the Battle of Sahay in 1742). About to cross the bridge are La Reine Cavalerie, while to the right of the larger house are the Orleans and Beaufremont Dragoons. The nearer foot battalion is from Normandie; the other is from Piémont. With the infantry are the French commanders from Dettingen - the Duc de Noailles (in blue) and his nephew, the Duc de Gramont

I hope to post a picture of my complete French forces over the weekend.