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1743 Saxe, 1750 Friezen, 1755 Schomberg
Unit History
The unit was raised in March 1743 by Marshal de Saxe and consisted of both Uhlans (lancers) and Dragoons.
The Uhlans were used as an escort for the Marshal and were recruited from free Blacks in France. They were mounted on white horses.
The Dragoons were present at Hastenbeck where they fulfilled their role which was to act as a light force that screened the regular force from the enemy. Fully converted to Dragoons in 1762. The rest of the French dragoons adopted the Schomberg helmet as part of their normal equipment after the SYW.
Comments
Until 1762, there were no other Freicorps other than Schomberg who wore this distinctive helmet. The flag is based on the the Mouillard Plates for the 17th Dragoons (the unit that the Schomberg dragoons became in 1762). The troops themselves are actually from the Front Rank AWI French Cavalry who had adopted the distinctive helmet. Unit painted in March 2006.
Sources
Flag: Uniform and Flags of the French Army during the Seven Years War by Ken Bunger in The Courier Volume 2 No. 1
Flag image: Nec Pluribus Impar site at http://vial.jean.free.fr/new_npi/index.htm
Image: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=588872&imageID=1235936&total=74&num=20&parent_id=585393&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&imgs=20&pos=35&snum=&e=w
1743 Saxe, 1750 Friezen, 1755 Schomberg
Unit History
The unit was raised in March 1743 by Marshal de Saxe and consisted of both Uhlans (lancers) and Dragoons.
The Uhlans were used as an escort for the Marshal and were recruited from free Blacks in France. They were mounted on white horses.The Dragoons were present at Hastenbeck where they fulfilled their role which was to act as a light force that screened the regular force from the enemy. Fully converted to Dragoons in 1762. The rest of the French dragoons adopted the Schomberg helmet as part of their normal equipment after the SYW.
Comments
Until 1762, there were no other Freicorps other than Schomberg who wore this distinctive helmet. The flag is based on the the Mouillard Plates for the 17th Dragoons (the unit that the Schomberg dragoons became in 1762). The troops themselves are actually from the Front Rank AWI French Cavalry who had adopted the distinctive helmet. Unit painted in March 2006.
Sources
Flag: Uniform and Flags of the French Army during the Seven Years War by Ken Bunger in The Courier Volume 2 No. 1
Flag image: Nec Pluribus Impar site at http://vial.jean.free.fr/new_npi/index.htm
Image: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=588872&imageID=1235936&total=74&num=20&parent_id=585393&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&imgs=20&pos=35&snum=&e=w
Text: Osprey’s Louis XV's Army (4) Light Troops and Specialists (Men-at-Arms 308)
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