spanish infantry pre-1812
The spanish regular army from 1808-1811 suffered a chronic lack of
equipment so the uniforms of those years were a mix of the old white
uniforms (with bicorn) and many other local variations including
equipment shipped from Great Britain. Thus, at the battles of Talavera
or La Albuera, there are reports of spanish infantry units wearing the
old white jacket with trousers of the traditional brown dyed cloth.
There are not 1/72 HO/00 plastic figures depicting such units but a very
easy conversion can be made by using pre-1812 Prussian infantry. The
alternatives are HaT 8083 1806 Prussian Musketeers or the
Prussians from the old Esci 226
Prussian and Austrian Infantry set. The HaT figures can be used for the
regular army whereas the Esci (with long-tailed jackets) are more
adequate to depict units from the Royal
Guard.
For the drummers and standard-bearers I have used 1/72 lead figures from
Outland Games. These figures are smaller but many XIX-century
armies used 13-15 years old drummer-boys so the size does not matter in
this case (?)
For the color schemes and regimental facings, I have followed:
Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) 1793–1808 (Men-at-Arms 321)
Uniformes Militares Españoles: el Ejército y la Armada en 1808. J.M.
Bueno. Edited by the author.
Malaga (Spain) 1982
The flags were downloaded from the
Warflag site:
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