| General History The small German states had professional armies which their princes often hired out for combat duty. John Childs wrote: Between 1706 and 1707, 10,000 Hessians served as a corps in Eugene of Savoy's army in Italy before moving to the Spanish Netherlands in 1708. In 1714, 6000 Hessians were rented to Sweden for its war with Russia whilst 12,000 Hessians were hired by George I of Great Britain in 1715 to combat the Jacobite Rebellion. ... In the midst of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1744, 6,000 Hessians were fighting with the British army in Flanders whilst another 6,000 were in the Bavarian army. By 1762, 24,000 Hessians were serving with Ferdinand of Brunswick's army in Germany. ~More To Be added~ During the American Revolutionary War, Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel (a small independent country in northern Hesse) and other German princes hired out some of their regular army units to Great Britain for use to fight against the Patriots in the American revolution. About 30,000 of these men served in America. They were called Hessians, because the largest group (12,992 of the total 30,067 men) came from Hesse-Kassel. They came not as individuals but in entire units with their usual uniforms, flags, weapons and officers. Units were sent by Count William of Hesse-Hanau; Duke Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; Prince Frederick of Waldeck; Margrave Karl Alexander of Ansbach-Bayreuth; and Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst. Apocryphal Image of Hessian hussars in America The Hessians did not act individually. Their princes determined whether to hire out the units. Many of the men were press-ganged into Hessian service. Deserters were summarily executed or beaten by an entire company. Hessians comprised approximately one-quarter of the forces fielded by the British in the American Revolution. They included jäger, hussars, three artillery companies, and four battalions of grenadiers. Most of the infantry were chasseurs (sharpshooters), musketeers, and fusiliers. They were armed with smoothbore muskets, while the Hessian artillery used three-pounder cannon. Initially the average regiment was made up of 500 to 600 men. Later in the war, the regiments had only 300 to 400 men. About 18,000 Hessian troops first arrived in North America in 1776, with more coming in later. They landed at Staten Island in New York on August 15, 1776. Their first engagement was in the Battle of Long Island. The Hessians fought in almost every battle, although after 1777, the British used them mainly as garrison troops. An assortment of Hessians fought in the battles and campaigns in the southern states during 1778–80 (including Guilford Courthouse), and two regiments fought at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. The British use of Hessian troops rankled American sentiment, and pushed some Loyalists to favor the revolution. The British use of non-English speaking foreign troops to put down the rebellion was seen as insulting, as it treated British subjects no differently than non-British subjects. Pro-British Tories believed that the British colonists deserved more than mercenary foes. | (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs7.postimg.org%2F9sue2ohkb%2FHessian_Officer.gif&hash=3d72c96434f262741d710ec40ff4ae564bc48186) |
| (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F0%2F07%2FCoa_Germany_State_Hessen_History.svg&hash=3b867865c2983dc5e5398ee05e4de7ea2410ff9e) | Kings Hessian Infantry Handbook And Rules By: King Tomasz Samsel I. Of Poland, Veteran Of FSE And The Napoleonic Wars Enlisted Ruleset 1)Please try and be active as possible, we won't force you to come to anything but we could prefer if you did. 2) Always respect other members and officers at all times, we are all human so arguments are expected to break out, but we should try and be nice. 3) Always wear regiment tags on servers! the more the merrier. 4) Always listen to officer orders during linebattles! without him you may be left for dead. 5) No racism! we try to keep it clean and fun for everyone here. 6) Make sure to always try and help out new members(or even officers) when its needed. The more everyone helps the better it is for the whole team. 7) Please, for the love of god don't ask for ranks. If you want to get promoted just remember to train and attend events often, asking will get you nowhere and in fact more then likely set you back. |
| Officers | Col: NightMare LtCol: Tyler Maj: The Only Jew NCOs |
| Enlisted |
Good luck!
Best of luck!
Good luck NightMare, this must not fail in any way!.
I hope your melee skills run off onto your men ::).
Good luck!
Good luck !
Should probably fix the rank you have more than one enlisted rank. Also would the Hess rank be equivalent to guard in other regiments.I will fix that and yes the Hessian rank is the equivalent to the guard.
we still smashed you in shooting tho ;DOkay, I was there for the linebattle (93rd_Sjt_Thomas-Sutherland) and I really don't like starting on FSE but you guys were being really fucking mean in that linebattle.
seriously tho, too many mercs man, wasn't fun after a while. Too many of them annoy people :-[
you dont get shit do you?we still smashed you in shooting tho ;DOkay, I was there for the linebattle (93rd_Sjt_Thomas-Sutherland) and I really don't like starting on FSE but you guys were being really fucking mean in that linebattle.
seriously tho, too many mercs man, wasn't fun after a while. Too many of them annoy people :-[
They are new..and most of their members were out and having parties and stuff, you have to respect them for giving you something to actually fight against seeing as if they had no mercs they would have had about 4 guys. And I know you would love that seeing as you would probably and be able to gloat about it, but you guys got beat pretty hard even after I left because I was fed up of all of the bullshit and shit-talking coming from you guys. So, please before even try to correct a regiment run a decent fucking regiment. All you seemed to do (before the 93rd) was just change names over and over..and don't even deny because I can and will pull up every single thread.
Sorry, don't take this to seriously but please when posting consider that they are small and at the moment, are new to having a regiment.
Still BritishEnsignyou dont get shit do you?we still smashed you in shooting tho ;DOkay, I was there for the linebattle (93rd_Sjt_Thomas-Sutherland) and I really don't like starting on FSE but you guys were being really fucking mean in that linebattle.
seriously tho, too many mercs man, wasn't fun after a while. Too many of them annoy people :-[
They are new..and most of their members were out and having parties and stuff, you have to respect them for giving you something to actually fight against seeing as if they had no mercs they would have had about 4 guys. And I know you would love that seeing as you would probably and be able to gloat about it, but you guys got beat pretty hard even after I left because I was fed up of all of the bullshit and shit-talking coming from you guys. So, please before even try to correct a regiment run a decent fucking regiment. All you seemed to do (before the 93rd) was just change names over and over..and don't even deny because I can and will pull up every single thread.
Sorry, don't take this to seriously but please when posting consider that they are small and at the moment, are new to having a regiment.
did i mention name changing?
did i mention threads?
did i mention i ran the regiment? (Stefi does so tell that to him)
did i mention we would gloat?
all of these i never mentioned Thomas...
Also, dont bring up past things it is the new year now, I hate when people do this.
Also i only mentioned how having too many mercs can be a bad thing as I have had the experience myself.
Can we take this little argument to pms?It's not even really worth continue, but i'm chill with that.
i dont think you can tell when people give new regiments advice, too many mercs can be bad sometimes. It's a tip even you have said in the past.Can we take this little argument to pms?It's not even really worth continue, but i'm chill with that.