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Regiments / Miquelets de Catalunya [CAT] [EU]
« on: July 15, 2015, 10:50:38 pm »
HISTORY Founded in 1640 by volunteers, the Miquelets militias were firstly formed during the denominated revolt “Reapers War” to fight back the advancing Spanish army into Catalan lands. They were skirmishers, lightly-clad fierce warriors who moved fast around the mountains they lived in, they wore a blue coat, white pants and sandals. They are considered the modern equivalent of the "Almogàver" medieval unit. Their tricorn had a white long feather. Back in the day, Catalan farmers unified to stop the Spanish armies exploitation of their land during the Franco-Spanish war. Firstly, these irregular skirmish troops accomplished to halt the enemy at Tortosa and annihilated Spanish armies at Montjuïc even being outnumbered one catalan per four spaniard. These units were dissolved after the war. The Miquelets appeared once again in during the war of Spanish Succession. Started in 1701 after the death of Charles II of Habsburg , Austria claimed the throne for Archduke Charles of Habsburg and so did France for Philip de Bourbon. The territories of the Crown of Aragon (Catalonia, Valencia and the Baleraric Island) were loyal to the Habsburg dynasty, fearing the French autocrat would erase their ancient rights and constitutions whereas Castille and the rest of Spain sided with the French. Catalans created volunteer units for the Austrian Imperial Army, and fought side by side with the Habsburgs. From 1701 to 1714, the Miquelets fought in many battles against the Spanish army and their French allies. After the bloody siege of Barcelona, Phillip defeated his enemies and begun the darkest epoch in catalan history. The new spanish Bourbonic dynasty started a Hispanization campaign, removing all autonomic powers and liberties, instauring castillian culture and silencing all dissidence. The Miquelets had been seen as a bandit patrol and during the next generations they looted and assaulted villages in northern Catalonia and French border. In 1808 Napoleon established his brother Joseph as King of Spain, expelling Ferdinand VII and occupying most of the penninsula starting the Spanish Independence war to kick french armies out of our land. In 1812 Catalonia was annexed as part of the French empire. During the war group of volunteers merged once again a unit to fight side-by-side with France for Catalonia’s Independence, the Miquelets. |
APPLICATION FORMAT Official forum section *You must be 14 or above to join the Miquelets. We accept any nationality members! Make sure to add one of the officers on Steam!  ROSTER Commissioned Officers:  Col. Gasset Cpt. Serrallonga Tnt. Dartharnau Sgt. BellatorFox CEsq. Moragues CEsq. PauCatEnlisted Men: Enlisted Men Abd. Gimcat Grd. Laurens Grd. Mr.T Grd. Peretini Mgn. Sergio MsqVet. Xermi MsqVet. Aion64 MsqVet. Cesar Prt.Tsunami Arm. Charizar Arm. Dart Vet. Guifré Vet. Haytham_Kenway Vet. Perdiz Vet. Bukuku Vet. Janosky Vet. Calvido Vet. Sergivs5 Vet. Alifa Vet. Poliski Vet. Bala_Rasa Vet. Narcs Vet. Javihonrado Fus. Arni Fus. Jaumepf Fus. asKz Fus. JacenVila Fus. jon Fus. Lorenz Fus. G.Prim Fus. Paski Fus. Albinos Fus. Bluseto Fus. Didac Fus. Patatin Fus. Xavi Fus. Triceratops Smt. Demosthenes Smt. Coke Smt. Pilota Smt. Talos Smt. Snalp Smt. AleixCat Smt. Oriserra Smt. Piqué Smt. Mdiron Smt. Korbel Smt. Guineu Roja Smt. Euan Smt. Ikkai Rsv. Chicken Rsv. Zytum Rsv. Maci Rsv. Musul Rsv. Melsyo[close]
| RANKS Commissioned Officers Coronel (Col) Capità (Cpt) Tinent (Tnt) [close] Non-Commissioned Officers Sergent (Sgt) Caporal (Cpl) Cap d'Esquadra (CEsq) [close] Enlisted Men Abanderat (Abd) Guàrdia Catalana (Grd) Magraner (Mgn) Mosqueter Vetarà (MsqVet) Mosqueter (Msq) Veterà (Vet) Fuseller (Fus) Sometent (Smt) [close]
COMMUNICATIONS Steam Official Group  Teamspeak3  MEDIA Signatures     By Serrallonga. [close] Youtube Banner  By Hans Kaayser Lockwaar. [close] |
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