This army started off as a largely Anglo-Scottish force, designed for the War in Ireland. Recently I've started playing in large Marlburian games in the wargames club, and as people have oodles of British troops, I decided to redo them as Dutch. For one battalion this was a pretty simple change - the Swiss regiment had the same coats and facings, so all I had to do was to repaint the flags! The result is a small but stolid Dutch army, ready to teach the Sun King a lesson in humility - or at least that's the plan!
The Staff
The Army Commander (William III, King of England, Ireland and Scotland, Prince of Orange)
Two Generals of Horse (Jacob van Wassenaar-Obdam; Claude-Frederick, Count van Tilly)
Two Generals of Foot (Frederick van Slangenberg; Walrad, Duke van Nassau-Saarbrucken-Ottweiler)
Horse Five regiments - 11 squadrons (each of 6 figures). I'm sticking to a proportion of about 30% cavalry in my army.
- Count van Tilly’s Horse (2 Squadrons) Grey coats, red facings
- Col von Erbach’s Horse (2 Squadrons) Grey coats, green facings
- Prince von Wurttemburg’s Horse (2 Squadrons) Grey coats, black facings
- Col van Ittersum's Horse (2 Squadrons) Grey coats, blue facings
- Col van Dopf’s Dragoons (3 Squadrons) Red coats, white facings
The Foot Eight battalions, each of 22 figures (including a 4-figure pike stand).
- Nassau-Ottweiller Saarbruken’s Foot Grey coats, blue facings
- Col. van Beaumont's Foot Grey coats, black facings
- Col van Bulow’s Foot Grey coats, blue facings
- Col. van Salisch’s Foot Grey coats, red facings
- Lord van Marquette’s Foot Grey coats, yellow facings
- Col Ferguson's Foot (Scots) Red coats, yellow facings, fusilier caps
- Col. Lochman’s Foot (Swiss) Red coats, yellow facings
- Col. de Capol’s Foot (Swiss) Red coats, blue facings
The Train of Artillery
Two Batteries of field guns (4 guns, 16 gunners)
