Hanoverian Infantry at Hastenbeck

The Hanoverian infantry have been painted to conform with their new regimental details. All units wore straw coloured breeches, so that was my first task; the change from red to straw colour.

Some changes proved less a problem as these corresponded with the British units from which they came from. The majority of my British troops wore either yellow, buff or green facings which were similar to Hanoverian requirements.

There were a few oddities that certainly would compete with a Harlequin dress at an Italian carnival festival, but luckily these were few.

Lastly, like their British counterpart, Hannover also converged their grenadiers into temporary battalions. Hannover fielded three such units and these need to be ordered on Blue Moon (Old Glory UK) in a week or two.

Of the seven brigades listed below some show only two battalions of Hanoverian. These do not reflect the entire brigade strength as they list troops from Hesse-Kassel or Brunswick.

Photo one

von Block Brigade                                       

Druchtleben (1 bn), Knesebeck (1 bn), Scheither (1 bn),  Buckeburg  (1 bn),  Sachsen-Gotha  (1 bn), Stolzenberg  (1 bn), Post  (1 bn)                 

von Sporcken Brigade                    

Jung-Zastrow (1 bn), Diepenbroick (1 bn)                         

von Kielmansegg Brigade   

Kielmannsegg (1 bn), Oberg  (1 bn), Garde (2 bns)      

Photo two

                                                     

von Hodenberg Brigade                 

Wagenheim(1 bn), Hodenberg (1 bn)                                             

Detachment around the Afferde Watchtower under von Ledebur

Ledebour (1 bn), Fabrice (1 bn)                                          

Detachment on the Schecken Height                      

between Afferde and Diedersen under Breidenbach

Sporken (1 bn), von Hardenberg (1 bn), Zandre de Caraffa (1 bn)                                 

Detachments near Hameln  

Kommandierte Infanterie (2,000 men) converged from various regiments,

1st Garrison Battalion (1 bn)

Brigade von Behr                                        

Hanoverian Brunck(1 bn), Hanoverian Block(1 bn)

To be ordered:

von Hardenberg Brigade of converged grenadiers

Hanoverian Grenadiers (2 bns)

von Schulenburg Brigade                                       

Hanoverian Grenadiers (1 bn)

Flags

I add four or five regimental flags to the Hanoverians and two colonel colours for the Hanoverian Generals Zastrow and Kielmansegg. The flag here is of a colonel’s flag for Hanover. (Kronoskaf.com/Hannover)

Cheers,