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Regiments / Re: 1st Regiment Of Foot (Royal Scots)
« on: February 06, 2014, 03:46:42 pm »
What happened to the 78th?
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"Wellington's Fighting Cocks" lolwell they were the first in battle and fought for their homes and country... so yes...
A Portuguese Cavalry Regiment, it looks pretty cool !
Best of luck from the IVe Corps and the 7ème Régiment de Hussards
EDIT: If I may ask, which unit will you play as ?
We're you just in the LLL or something, or did you abandon the name?
A Legion Fusilier, 1808-1811. | In the autumn of 1808 the Portuguese army found itself totally without regular light infantry units. The Legion of Light Troops, disbanded in late December 1807, could not be re-formed as most of its men had been used to form the light infantry battalion in the French army's Portuguese Legion. Light infantry would therefore have to be organised, equipped, armed, clothed and trained from scratch. Consequently the Portuguese general staff ordered the creation of a new light infantry arm to be called 'Cazadores', the Portuguese word for hunters or chasseurs. It was hoped that with rigorous training in modern light infantry tactics the Cazadores would become elite units within the army - a hope that was to be vindicated. The first six battalions of Cazadores were authorised to be raised on 14 October 1808. From 23 November 1809, each battalion was to have a staff of 23 officers and total company establishment of 123 officers and men. Each battalion had four ordinary Cazadores companies and one elite Atiradores (sharpshooters) company. The five companies and battalion staff came to a total establishment of 628 officers and men. The batallion is going to have 2 companies to start with, the light infantry and a skirmisher. If we actually succeed we will do historical accurate with 4 cazador companies and 1 atirador company.
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