Classic wargaming: Gallery

Thought I would just include a gallery of some of my Classic Wargaming units for ease of reference for visitors to the blog...

Below: The Pils Holstein Infantry Regiment: Stadden figures. A "Charge" 4-company regiment.

Below: More Stadden figures - The Erbprinz Regiment... a direct copy of the unit featured in "Charge", with just two exceptions - I included the 3rd drummer (whereas Peter Young shows only 2 in the book), to conform with the 3 company regimental structure. And secondly, I stuck with the 3 company structure, whereas the original PY unit had a Light Company as well.

Below: The Saxe Coburg Regiment... in their glorious claret and blue uniforms. Stadden figures.
Note the regimental mascot, "Mortimer", a Gripping Beast figure.

The Innsbruchen Infantrie Regt - Spencer Smith figures. A 4-company "Charge" based regiment.

Now, the same unit in it's alternative organisational structure for "The Wargame" rules, seen here alongside The Battenburg Regiment and The Leibgarde regiment...

Below: a company of The Constantinov Regiment. Stadden figures.

Now for the Light Infantry - a company of Garde Jagers.

Above and Below: Artillery batteries deployed for action. Again based on those artillery batteries featured in "Charge", using the anachronistic Stadden Napoleonic RHA figures.

Below: The Kronenbrau Kuirassiers. Holger Erikkson figures.

Chevaliers de Rouen, also Holger Erikkson figures.

The Marchmont Dragoons (my version of the Dragoons of Montmort from "Charge"). Again, Holger Erikkson figures.

And now, various action scenes...

Charge! The Cast of Characters

The Emperor

The Elector, Petrus I

General Soubise – commanding Electoral forces at Blasthof Bridge

Count von Kornberg – commanding Imperial forces at Blasthof Bridge, and later playing a significant role at Sittangbad

Dr J Evans Mudd – noted military historian who commented on conduct of both generals at Blasthof Heath, and subsequently "thought it wise to study the natural beauties of neutral Switzerland."

Princess Catherine of Hesse-Damall – kidnapped by the Elector thereby igniting the campaign that led up to Sittangbad

Archduke Guitar – commander of the Imperialist field army sent to seize the Electoral capital. His army was defeated and he, relieved of its command, returned over the Weser before the Battle of Sittangbad.

General Lentulus – replaced Guitar and was Imperial commander at Sittangbad

Lt Col Fuchs – Lentulus’ chief of staff

General Sapt- commander of the contingent billeted in Sittangbad; Lancers de saxe, Pandour regt, and B battery field artillery.

The Herzog Johann – commander of Electoral army at Sittangbad.von Luckner - Electoral cavalry commander at Sittangbad

Brigadier Lord Hyndford – Lentulus second-in-command at Sittangbad, a “British volunteer”. He was left to command the rearguard as the rest of the Imperial army retired over the Weser.

General Gabler - mentioned only in the Tail Piece notes

General Krump – mentioned only in the Tail Piece notes

Graf von Grunt – mentioned in the Tail Piece, this was Brigadier Peter Young’s on table persona.

Units in "Charge!"

These units are named / photographed. Other units do appear in photographs and their identity can be gleaned from the text, but all is not always as it seems!

To illustrate line infantry organisation and formations:
-Erbprinz regt

Used as example illustrations accompanying the text. Whether they were simply names devised for that purpose or these units did in fact exist is not made clear:
-1st Fieldboot Battalion
-2nd Sharpshooters
-3rd Whisky Mac regt

Used for the section illustrating combat, with Smith and Jones as the players:
-The Pultava Guards (appear to be The Erbprinz in another guise!)
-B Battery, Royal Thracian Artillery
-Douro Grenadiers – the unit appears in the photos of Sittangbad, and must be acting under a different name
-Musselburgh Fusiliers - ditto

On the sample order sheet. Again, perhaps simply named for the purpose of illustrating the sheet, although some do appear to have been real on-table units, appearing in Sittangbad:
-Kornberg’s Cuirassiers
-Von Bock’s Dragoons
-Lanciers de Saxe
-5 Jaeger
-6 Jaeger
-Pandour Grenadiers
-Isembourg Regt
-7th Regt
-2nd Engineers Regt

And then of course there’s the units for the battle of Sittangbad:
-Imperial Forces
Lancers de Saxe (light cavalry)
Kornberg’s Cuirassiers (heavy cavalry)
Kleist Frei Corps (light infantry regt)
Isembourg Regt (a line infantry regt)
Coy Waldeck (an independent company)
Pandour Regt (a line infantry regt)
B Battery Field Artillery
3rd Engineer Bn

-Electoral Forces
1st Uhlan Regt (light cavalry)
Dragoons of Montmort (heavy cavalry)
Gendarmerie (heavy cavalry)
Garde Jaeger (light infantry regt)
Erbprinz regt (line infantry regt)
Steinzeit Regt (line infantry regt)
Electoral Footguards( line infantry regt)
Gentlemen Pensioners regt (line infantry regt)
3 Batteries of Field Artillery
Engineer bn

Additional units are mentioned in The Wargames Companion. Thanks to Charles S Grant for documenting these in that wonderful accompaniment to his father’s work, The Wargame. The chapter dealing with Peter Young is littered with wonderful stories about the man, and lists more of his figures. Amongst these are such enticing names as the Schnurrband Infantry, theUhlans Brittaniques and the Montmirail militia.

7 comments:

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said...: You've done it again, Phil! I'm speechless.

Best Regards,

Stokes; 8 August 2013 at 21:29
Chris Gregg said...: Absolutely brilliant Phil, thank you.
Chris; 9 August 2013 at 17:05
Prince Lupus said...: The clue's in the title - "Classic".; 10 August 2013 at 10:19
Phil said...: Thank you. It's a pleasure to share. I enjoyed the trawl through all my old pictures. Very therapeutic!
Phil; 11 August 2013 at 08:47
Graham said...: I take my tricorne off to you, sir! What's your secret?; 27 October 2014 at 12:15
Neil Moulden said...: Even though I've seen these photo's before, it's always nice to come back for some more inspiration.
Cheers.
Neil.; 21 October 2016 at 22:38
Isembourg said...: Is there any chance of you publishing the flags that you have copyright to or permission to use ?
Many of us lack the talent and for myself I tend to shake when trying to paint although I am repainting my Spencer-Smith infantry one company at a time.
Just keeping the game as is. Very relaxing.; 1 April 2020 at 17:56

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