dinsdag 6 april 2010

Joining the ranks

With the regiment completed, I can well imagine their march over the Alps, coats unfastened singing a merry operatic piece and speculating about the young maidens of Moravia. Reaching the staging, the officers discover all the heart shaped fasteners were offered as keep sakes on their journey from Milan to Brünn their first battle will have them appear as vagabonds and ruffians.

Cheers,

Next posting, Austrian Cuirassiers.

dinsdag 16 maart 2010

Another SYW Austrian regiment: Pallavicini

Austrian infantry regiment Pallavicini (IR 15) was just recently added to my SYW Austrians. Raised in 1740, by Inhaber Lt. Gen. Gian-Luca Pallavicini (Genoa), they served well during the Italian campaign. Despite the Austrians being bested by the combined Spanish and Neapolitan army they particularly distinguished themselves at Velletri,. At the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, they made up part of the reserve formations.

During the start of the Bohemian campaign of 1757, both battalions were part of Koningsegg’s army facing Bevern’s Prussian. Both battalions served at the Battle of Reichenberg and the following month found themselves in the first line at the Battle of Prague. The defense of Dresden (1760) added further laurel’s to their war record.

More Austrians?

My Austrian Army has reached an adequate number of battalions that adding an additional white coated regiment would not seem redundant. I have sufficient numbers of Hungarians and Croats to balance out the overall colour scheme, but there are just so many white coated red facing regiments you can have. Still, the Austrians should outnumber my Prussians by 4 to 3.