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Historical Discussion / Re: Civil War or Napoleonic Wars
« on: December 10, 2016, 03:51:44 pm »
The Civil Revolution, when America asked Britain politely to be granted seats in parliament and Britain granted it without incident.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Best Dressed Warrior
« on: November 09, 2016, 04:02:01 am »
Montenegro in the first quarter of the 19th Cen.


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In the memoirs of Rafail Zotov, an ensign in the St. Petersburg Militia, they built their own hut-like shelters out of branches and leaves on several occasions, while marching from St. Petersburg to the independent corps of Wittgenstein (prior to the 2nd Battle of Polotsk). He remarked that their ability to keep out the rain left something to be desired. On the night before the battle however, both the men and officers laid down to sleep where they stood, completely exposed on the field.

As they advanced toward the town itself, Zotov describes trenches and shelters built by the French which were potentially meant to withstand the whole winter of 1812-1813, which were complete with furniture, doors and windows, all stolen from the nearby villages.

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Prussian and Russian regulations expected Hussars in particular to be capable of skirmishing and called for them to be deployed in open screens just like the light infantry. For the Russians in particular, many "hussar carbines" had rifled barrels for that purpose.

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Historical Discussion / Re: What would you have been?
« on: September 10, 2016, 02:36:37 am »
It's also a stretch to assume you'd have the same height then as you do now, with a different diet, lifestyle and - probably - genetics.

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Skins & OSP Resources / Re: The funny tailoring for some shitty skins
« on: August 14, 2016, 05:40:23 pm »
Volhynia infantry regiment?
Look: http://www.napoleonguide.com/infantry_rufacing.htm
Jacket: Dk Green
Collars/cuffs: Light green
Shoulder straps: grey

This table makes a mistake on the shoulder straps: only the Mogilyov Musketeers had gray straps in the Lithuanian Inspectorate; the Volhynia Musketeers wore dark green. Also the turnbacks on the coat tails of Hanrinator's skin should still be red.

All of these colours are obsolete by 1808, though, when the uniforms began to reflect the permanent standing divisions that replaced the inspectorate system.
From Popov's "Army and Garrison Infantry of Alexander I"
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Regiments / Re: Leib-Gvardii Petrogradskiy polk
« on: April 24, 2016, 12:09:44 am »
Sounds like a perfect name for a regiment for the  Iron Europe mod.

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Regiments / Re: 2nd Estonian Infantry Regiment - NA *Recruiting*
« on: April 22, 2016, 04:37:38 am »
http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Russian_infantry.htm
No h8 m8. Scroll down until you see Estonia. Part of the 14th infantry division, one of the divisions in the 1st Army. I had to dig.

Fair enough, but it should be Estlyandskiy, not Estonskiy. Coincidentally, though the regiment never bore the number "2", it was disbanded and reformed before 1810 (the original became the 42nd Jäger Regiment), so you could say that you're the second Estland Infantry Regiment.

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Regiments / Re: 2nd Estonian Infantry Regiment - NA *Recruiting*
« on: April 18, 2016, 04:51:20 am »
Why has NA always these unique regimental names....

It's easy to be unique when you make them up out of thin air.

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Regiments / Re: Semenovskiy Spasatel' Polka
« on: April 14, 2016, 10:47:28 pm »
The Life-Guard or more literally Body Guard of the Russian Empire was called "Лейб-Гвардия" (Leyb-Gvardiya). A Спасатель (Spasatel') is a lifeguard that watches over a beach or pool.

The guard designation was used as a prefix in the genitive case, so the regimental name becomes "Лейб-гвардии Семёновский Полк" (Leyb-Gvardii Semyonovskiy Polk).

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Let's discuss: Reenacting!
« on: April 11, 2016, 08:07:44 pm »
Anyone here know if the russo-german legion had colours during the napoleonic wars?

In Stephen Summerfield's Brazen Cross of Courage (Partizan Press, 2007) there is a chapter on the Russo-German Legion, and all it has to say on colours is:

Quote from: p. 101
Flag
Ernst Friedrich Graf von Munster proposed the Legion flag as being St. George killing the dragon with the inscription "Heran! Gekommen ist die Zeit: es fallt der bunte Drache, aus allen Landen weit und breit ertönt der Ruf der Rache." ("Come on! The time has come: the disordered/motley dragon falls, from all countries far and wide sounds the call for revenge.") Ernst Moritz Arndt (a contemporary patriotic writer) mentions that the St. George was encircled by oak leaves and gives the text as "Auf! Auf! Gekommen ist die Zeit!" ("Arise, arise! The time has come!")

Looking up Ernst Moritz Arndt however, I found a passage that actually combines both descriptions. This is from Zwei Worte über die Entstehung und Bestimmung der Teutschen Legion (Two words about the origin and destination of the German Legion), printed in 1813. https://books.google.ca/books?id=QmVlAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false

Quote from: p. 27
In ihren mit Eichenlaub, dem Lorbeer deutscher Helden, umstickten Fahnen sieht man den heiligen Georg, der den höllischen Lindwurm ersticht, und man liest darin die Reime:
Auf! Auf! Gekommen ist die Zeit!
Es fällt der bunte Drache,
Aus allen Landen weit und breit
Erklingt Ertönt der Ruf der Rache.



Surrounded by oak leaves, the laurel of German heroes, could be seen sewn onto the flags Saint George stabbing the infernal dragon, and one could read the rhyme:
Up! Up! The time has come!
The motley dragon falls,
From all lands far and wide
Rings/chimes/sounds whatever the call of revenge.

Nothing really about the actual colours of the Colours, but the saint and slogan is the heart of the matter.

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Historical Discussion / Re: The ask a Historical Question thread
« on: March 12, 2016, 07:12:28 pm »
Is this image accurate to the Russian line infantry during the 1790s?
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To add just one more thing about these uniforms. The reason why you might have seen these broadly associated with the 1790s is because they represent the uniforms of the Black Sea fleet's galley forces - marines, essentially. The reforms of 1796 didn't catch up to them until 1798. So for the most part they really were worn though the 1790s, but they're not 1:1 representative of the line infantry. The original article the illustration comes from is "Пехота гребных флотилий 1788-1798" (Infantry of the galley flotilla 1788-1798) by Oleg Leonov, and was originally published in Zeughaus Magazine in issue 8 from 1998.

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Historical Discussion / Re: The ask a Historical Question thread
« on: March 10, 2016, 02:54:32 am »
Paul I, not Peter I. There's a world of difference between their reigns  ;)


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Historical Discussion / Re: The ask a Historical Question thread
« on: March 09, 2016, 04:50:51 pm »
It was a forage cap. It looks cylindrical because it has a protective flap that wraps around the back and sides to cover the neck and cheeks in the winter, but could be tied up around the head during the summer.


This particular sample is for a garrison regiment.

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Modifications / Re: Don Cossack foot infantry skin
« on: February 27, 2016, 01:44:54 am »
You're looking for a uniform that doesn't exist. The Don Host only contributed regiments of horse and when they fought on foot rarely, just like hussars, dragoons, and uhlans, it was in exceptional situations. For example when Suvorov crossed the alps in 1799, three cossack regiments on foot contributed to the rear guard, but only for want of horses.

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