Re-organising and re-basing (2)... Dragoons and ....

 Some Sash&Sabre figurespainted up to fill the gaps; the new look for the dragoon regiments now completed....

Next out of the boxes for looking at is the artillery...

I could do with some more field guns, lego wheels and WSS plastic cannon parts

just the ticket 😀

I think I'll have enough now. I need to make a couple more limbers though....

Re-organising and re-basing...

I'm going through an exercise in re-organising my 17C collection; I'm re-basing some units as well and checking the storage used is properly labelled and uses the minimum number of boxes as possible.

Cavalry Basing

I have a number of cavalry units either singly based, or a mix of single and two figure bases. For simplicity I decided to make some movement trays for them out of thick cardboard...

The Croats are the first to benefit...

Pike&shot dragoons

Looking at what I'd done for dragoons I had mounted and dismounted versions; the dismounted getting some horse holders and the dragoons on single bases.

With my small game table, the mounted dragoons are hardly ever used; most games they are deployed. So I've scrapped the mounted units - some riders and all the horses will be used for some new units; the rest will head to the melty-pot of doom to be cast into some new figures. The new scheme is a small horse holder base and twelve dragoons on 2 figure bases (a few figures needed to fill the gaps are on order).

Pike&shot foot regiments

The existing scheme for foot regiment; its based in ones' and twos'; the number of musketeers is OK but would better with more...

I decided to have 4 figures per base and adding a couple of extra musketeers; the new look scheme

I've 15 regiments of foot to alter to the new scheme. I've cut all the cardboard bases ready for big foot shuffle.

Tatars - some more added ....plus reorganised...

 While doing some trial casts of new moulds for my Samurai,  I cats a few more horses and riders to make up 8 additional Tatars; some converted with green stuff for variety plus some new standards.

The new additions painted...

I revisited the large Tatar segban unit I had , and made them into a unit of 12 to be some sort of generic musket armed dragoon

I've reorganised the Tatars in to 4 units of 12 figures plus a command stand.

Fun with flags....

Tarting up the infantry of my Monrovia imagi-nation, by giving them some new flags....

A couple of units get some generic flags so they can be used as 'German Infantry' by the Polish army

Three regiments get Swedish blue regiment style flags....

Northern Hoflandt - Battle of Appelstrudel

The Monrovian army has crossed the border into the Northern Hoflandt, in a belated show of support for their ally Sax-Jarlsberg. Just south of the border town of Appelstrudel they are confronted by a Wittenberg army.... 

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A view of the battlefield (Monrovian forces at the rear of the table, Wittenberg forces at the front); view from the Wittenberg left flank....

a couple of close views of the infantry....

view from the Wittenberg right flank....

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The action starts, the Monrovian horse trot forward....

The infantry on both sides advance...

On the other flank the Monrovian cavalry start to move froward.....

The cavalry clash on one flank, the Monrovians receiving fire from the Wittenberg dragoons..

The infantry advance into musket range...

The cavalry get to grips on the other flank .....

On their right flank the Wittenberg cavalry have pushed back the Monrovians....

The infantry exchange fire......

On the left flank the Wittenberg cavalry have routed the Monrovian cavalry, and start to move against the Croats....

On their right flank Wittenberg cavalry beat and rout the Monrovian cavalry regiment and move straight on into the supporting unit....

Wittenberg's reserve cavalry unit, move towards their left flank....

The last Monrovian cavalry (on their left flank) stand and just hold the Wittenberg attack....

The Wittenberg cavalry pile into the Croats...

The Wittenberg infantry charge home, push of pike and general melee in progress..

The Wittenberg reserve cavalry unit, taking some ineffective fire in the flank from the Monrovian dragoons, start to envelope the flank of the nearest Monrovian infantry regiment...

The Monrovian cavalry is holding on.....

so is the nearest Monrovian infantry regiment.....

the crunch in the centre ....

Cavalry chase routing infantry, the Monrovian reserve infantry regiment forms a schiltron, Wittenberg infantry move froward and round behind the next in line Monrovian regiment....

The allied Croats hold the charge from the Wittenberg cavalry......

The Monrovian cavalry just about hang in there and keep back their attackers....

The the bulk of the Monrovian infantry has turned and run..... the Wittenberg infantry will soon turn to attack the last Monrovian regiment ....

The Croats lose their melee badly and rout, some Wittenberg cavalry chase them off while a regiment reforms....

A Monrovian infantry regiment makes brave last stand as the rest of the army beats a hasty retreat ....

A Victory for Wittenberg..

Battle near Ziegenfeldt...

Saxe-Jarlsberg have sent a small probing force through the hills into the Hoflandt, their presence was detected and a similar sized force of Wittenberg troops now faces them near the town of Ziegenfeldt.

The Wittenberg commander examines the deployment of the Saxe-Jarlsberg troops and gives the order to advance...

Both sides advance slowly....

As they close the artillery opens fire with little effect

As the infantry move into musket range, the cavalry engage on both flanks....

The advancing Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry receive fire and men go down...

They return fire and then slowly move forward to push of pike...

The Wittenberg cavalry win on one flank........

The Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry have the edge on the other flank .....

The infantry are now fully engaged in the centre..... neither side can gain an advantage...

The winning Wittenberg cavalry don't pursue and move round the back of the engaged infantry ...

The Wittenberg cavalry lose on the other flank .....

however the Saxe-Jarlsberg cavalry pursue them and then move on to pillage the baggage....

The Wittenberg cavalry attack the Saxe-Jarlsberg infantry in the rear.....

Its all over, the remaining Saxe-Jarslberg infantry run for it .....

A victory for Wittenberg