maandag 15 mei 2017

French infantry standard 1793

In the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam they have a French Standard of 1793. Unknown is the unit as the number position is not filled in., So if this is a genuine flag I don't know. But he's pretty.

The flag is 2.16m * 1.80 meter.

vrijdag 5 mei 2017

Dutch Army of 1794 (2)

For the campaign of 1794 a field army was organised in which only a part of the total armystrenth was available. This was partly because of the losses in earlier campaigns but also because the Dutch army needed numerous garrisons for the cities of the Netherlands.
The line infantry was composed of battalions of 6 companies (out of 12 companies of each regiment) plus converged grenadiers of the various regiments (2 grenadiercompanies of 3 regiments formed a grenadier battalion).
The line field battalions had a strength of 504 men (guard battalions), 510 men (Swiss) or 432 men (other battlions. The grenadier battalions had a strength of 384 men.
Mind you, this was the official strength at the start of the 1794 campaign and quickly these numbers became less through losses, sickness and desertion.
The field battalions were as follows:

LINIE INFANTERIE Infanterie veldbataljons
regiment veld bataljon Gardes veld        bataljon Zwitsers veld        bataljon linie
Naam
Hollandse Gardes 6
Oranje Gelderland 6
Oranje Stad en Lande en Drenthe 6
Oranje Nassau 2 6
Van Maneil 6
Van Dopff 6
Von Wilcke (vh d'Envie) 6
Van Welderen 6
Bosc de la Calmette 6
Bedaulx 6
Hessen-Darmstadt 6
De Petit 6
van Plettenberg 6
van Wartensleben (vh van Pabst) 6
Waldeck 1e regiment 6
Zwitserse Gardes 6
Hirzel 6
Stockar de Neuforn 6
De Gumoëns 6
Schmid 6
May 6
VELDLEGER
compagnieën 12 30 84
bataljons 2 10 14
officieren en manschappen  504 510 432
1.008 5.100 6.048 12.156


GRENADIERS Each 2 companies of the following 3 regiments (a total of 384 men or a grand total of 3.456 grenadiers)
grenadierbattalion:
van Raesfeldt Van Maneil Douglas (mariniers) Bentinck
Von Buseck Van Dopff Van Brakell De Thouars (vh van Quadt)
Van Dongen Oranje Gelderland Oranje Vriesland Oranje Stad en Lande en Drenthe
Mollenbruyn van Plettenberg van Baden Nassau-Usingen
Van Plettenberg De Schepper Bedaulx van Nijvenheim
Prinz von Reusz van Wartensleben (vh van Pabst) von Geusau (vh Wiguer, vh Baden) Westerlo (mariniers)
Prins von Hessen-Philipsthal Des Villates Van Welderen Bosc de la Calmette
Van Panhuijs De Bons van Mönster Stuart
Van Solms Oranje Nassau 1 Oranje Nassau 2 W.F. Erfprince van Orange en Nassau


LICHTE INFANTERIE
5e bataljon Waldeck 280
Bataljon Walen van Perez 280
Bataljon Jagers van Bylandt 198
Korps van Damas 250
Korps van Béon  494
Korps van Mathieu 277
VELDLEGER 1779

Dutch Army of 1794 (1)

The Dutch army in the 1794 campaign is described in the book by FHA Sabron: "De oorlog van 1794-1795 op het grondgebied van de Republiek der Vereenigde Nederlanden" (2 volumes).
Together with information from some other Dutch books, the following information can be given.

The total infantry (line and light) of the Dutch States in 1794 were as underneath.
The first column gives the identification of the regiment which was on various items of equipment as wagons etc.
The 3rd column gives the name of the province which paid for the regiment or it was paid by the States General (Staten).
The fouth column gives the nationality as: nothing mentioned: Dutch, D = Duits (German), ZW=Zwitsers (Swiss), W=Waals (Wallon), I=Immigranten (French immigrants).
Each regiment had 14 companies in 2 battalions or per battalion a company of grenadiers and 6 of musketeers.
An exception was the Swiss Guard which had 8 big companies in one battalion although in the field they probably use a 2 battalions formation, each of 4 companies


LINIE INFANTERIE
regiment compagnie(en) per regiment in 2 bataljons
afkorting Naam Repartitie van afkomst musketeers grenadiers
R.H.G. Hollandse Gardes Staten 12 2
R.O.G. Oranje Gelderland Gelderland 12 2
R.O.F. Oranje Vriesland Vriesland 12 2
R.O.St. en L. Oranje Stad en Lande en Drenthe Stad en Lande 12 2
R.O.N. no 1. Oranje Nassau 1 Holland D 12 2
R.O.N. no 2. Oranje Nassau 2 Holland D 12 2
R.O.N. no 3. W.F. Erfprince van Orange en Nassau Holland D 12 2
R.No.1 De Schepper Vriesland 12 2
R.No.2 Van Maneil Stad en Lande 12 2
R.No.3 Van Dopff Holland 12 2
R.No.4 Von Wilcke (vh d'Envie) Holland 12 2
R.No.5 Des Villates Holland 12 2
R.No.6 Van Welderen Gelderland 12 2
R.No.7 De Bons Holland 12 2
R.No.8 Bosc de la Calmette Holland 12 2
R.No.9 Van Randwyck Holland 12 2
R.No.10 Van Brakell Zeeland 12 2
R.No.11 opgeheven (vh van Dam)
R.No.12 Bedaulx Holland 12 2
R.No.13 De Thouars (vh van Quadt) Holland 12 2
R.No.14 Hessen-Darmstadt Holland D 12 2
R.No.15 De Petit Holland 12 2
R.No.16 van Mönster Utrecht 12 2
R.No.17 van Plettenberg Vriesland 12 2
R.No.18 van Wartensleben (vh van Pabst) Holland 12 2
R.No.19 Douglas (mariniers) Zeeland 12 2
R.No.20 von Geusau (vh Wiguer, vh Baden) Overijssel 12 2
R.No.21 Westerlo (mariniers) Holland 12 2
R.No.22 van Nijvenheim Holland 12 2
R.No.23 Stuart Holland 12 2
R.No.24 Bentinck Holland 12 2
R.F.V.W. no 1. Waldeck 1e regiment Holland D 12 2
R.F.V.W. no 2. Waldeck 2e regiment Holland D 12 2
van Baden Holland D 12 2
R.S.G. Saxen-Gotha Holland D 12 2
R.W. Nassau-Usingen Holland W 12 2
Zwitserse Gardes Staten ZW 8
R.Z. no 1. Hirzel ZW 12
R.Z. no 2. Stockar de Neuforn ZW 12
R.Z. no 3. De Gumoëns ZW 12
R.Z. no 4. Schmid ZW 12
R.Z. no 5. May ZW 12
LICHTE INFANTERIE
5e bataljon Waldeck Holland D
G.W. Bataljon Walen van Perez Holland W
Bataljon Jagers van Bylandt
Korps van Damas I
Korps van Béon  I
Korps van Mathieu I