donderdag 24 april 2025

The Allied Army in Germany

Better known as His Britannic Majesty’s Army in Germany, this collection is for the most part complete. All Hanoverian regiments have their flags and with the addition of more infantry and cavalry, the British contingent is strengthened.

Hannover

The five battalions of foot, represented here are Alt-Zastrow, Sporken, Ledebour, Diepenbroick and Jung-Zastrow.

Hanover’s modest collection of guns and the Jäger Corps.

Hanoverian cavalry now have four regiments of horse; Dachenhausen, Hammerstein, Grothaus, Hodenberg and two regiments of dragoons; Bock and Breidenbach.


Hesse-Kassel

The Hessian contingent are the smallest group with four battalions here represented by Fürstenberg, Mansbach, Prinz Ysenburg and Canitz.


Great Britain

Since its first appearance in early February the British have been greatly expanded. Seen here, left to right, the 12th, the 20th and the 23rd regiments of foot.

Supporting the infantry are the 87th Keith’s Highlanders and the 88th Campbell’s Highlanders with a converged battalion Maxwell’s Grenadiers.

Another modest collection of artillery.

Seen in the lower left corner are two regiments of horse, the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, 3rd Dragoon Guards and to their left, the dragoon regiments, the 2nd Royal North Dragoons (Greys), 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, 10th Dragoons Mordaunt’s.



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