RUSSIA 1805. BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ - HUSSAR REGIMENT ELIZABETGRAD

Here we are, with the last Hussar Regiment (exept for the Hussars of the Guards) that partecipated to the Battle of Austerlitz, the Hussar Regiment Elizabetgrad. 

RUSSIA 1805 HUSSAR REGIMENT ELIZABETGRAD(Copyright Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE)

RUSSIA 1805 RUSSIAN HUSSAR REGIMENT MARIOUPOL

Having to make the correct colours of Hussars at the Battle of Austerlitz, I found this, that helps me.  

Russian Hussars 1805

Regiment	Dolman	Pelisse	Buttons Braid	Cuffs/ Collars	Sabre- tache	S’tach Orn.	Schab- raque	Shabr. teeth
Soum	Lt Yellow	Turqu-oise	White	Turqu-oise	Turquoise	White	White	White piped Turquoise
Pavlograd	Dk Green	Turqu-oise	Yellow	Turqu-oise	Dk Green	Yellow	Turquoise	Yellow piped Dk Green
Elizabeth-grad	Lt Yellow	Lt Yellow	White	White	Red	Yellow	Red	Yellow piped Yelllow
Marioupol	White	Dark Blue	Yellow	Yellow	White	Yellow	Dark Blue	Yellow piped Yellow
Alexandria #	Black	Black	White	Red	Black	White	Black	White piped White
Olivopol	Dk Green	Dk Green	White	Dk Green	Dk Green	White	Dk Green	White piped White
Isoum	Red	Dk Blue	White	Dk Blue	Yellow	Yellow	Dk Blue	Yellow piped Yellow
Akhtyrsk	Brown	Brown	Yellow	Yellow	Brown	Yellow	Brown	Yellow piped Yellow
White Russia	Dk Blue	Dk Blue	mixed Red & White	Red	Dk Blue	White	Dk Blue	Lt Blue piped White
Odessa*	Dk Blue	Dk Blue	Yellow	Red	Dk Blue	Yellow	Dk Blue	Lt Blue piped Yellow
Grodno**	Dk Blue	Dk Blue	mixed Red & White	Sky Blue	Dk Blue	White?	Dk Blue	Sky Blue piped White

For all regiments, pants were white for full dress, and grey otherwise.

I went on with my Russian Hussar Regiment Marioupol.

1805 Russia - Hussar Regiment Marioupol

RUSSIA 1805 BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ HUSSAR REGIMENT PAVLOGRAD REVISITED

 I checked the uniform of this Regiment. I have to admit that the book "Austerlitz Le Soleil de l'Aigle - Histore et Collections" makes some mistekes in the uniforms (this is the second one I found); the pelisse of this regiment was azure and not white.

So I modify accordingly:

Russia 1805 - Hussar Regiment "Pavlograd"

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RUSSIA 1805 - BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ - HUSSAR REGIMENT PAVLOGRAD

 I am back with my researches on uniforms for the Battle of Austerlitz. This time, I would like to present here the Russian Hussar Regiments that partecipated to that battle.

As first, let me introduce a Hussar of the Pavlograd Regiment that fought in the Avant-Garde of the Russian Army under the command of Prince Bagration.

The unifor is in campaing battle i.e. with trousers covering and protecting the parade trousers. I did one with long trousers and another (he liked indeed the Hussar boots!) with short.

Russia 1805

Hussar Regiment "Pavlograd" - Long trousers

Copyright Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE

Russia 1805

Hussar Regiment "Pavlograd" - Long trousers

Copyright Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE

RUSSIA 1805 - DRAGOONS REGIMENT PARTECIPATING TO THE BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ

 In my previous post I posted the first templates about the Russian Cavalry in 1805. To strong was the temptation to use those to prepare the uniforms of the Russian Dragoons that partecipated at the Battle of Austerlitz. I did some improvements to the uniforms and now they are good.

At the Battle of Austerlitz partecipated the following 4 Dragoons' units:

1) Regiment "Twer" in the Avant-Garde inder the General Lieutenant Prince Bagration

2) Regiment "Sankt Petersburg" in the Second Coloumn under Lieutenant Generarl del Langeron

3) Regiment "Kharkov" in the Fifth Coloumn under Princes Jan von Lichtenstein and Prince Von Hoheblohe

4) Regiment "Chernigov" in the Fifth Coloumn under Princes Jan von Lichtenstein and Prince Von Hoheblohe

Here the templates of these units:

1805 - 1812 THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIFORMS OF RUSSIAN CUIRASSIER

 I don't know why, I came up with the idea of trasforming a 1848 Austrian Radetzky Hussar into a Russian Curarassier of the Napoleonic Period. I went on to point out the differences in uniforms between 1805 (Battle of Austerlitz) and 1812 (Battle of Borodino.

Russia 1805 - Cuirassier of the Empress

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Russia 1812 - Curassier

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This 2 pictures are from this one, just transformed:

Austria 1848 - Radetzky Regiment 

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1887 DOGALI BERSAGLIERE OFFICER & INFANTRY OFFICER

 Coming back to this project and planning to spend some time on the white flashing Italian beaches, I prepared a fitting troops for the sand. So I went on with the project of the Italian Army that fought at the Battle of Dogali.

It was missing just the Infantry Officer. So I prepared a Lieutenant of Infantry, on foot, shooting with his duty pistol and holding in the other the sword to repell the Abyssianian enemy. 

The blue - Savoy sash is the symbol of the tradition of the Italian Army, of the National Team (Euro 2020 huraaaa!) and I carried and still have at home - as my father before me - this sash. Honour and pride of a tradition.

1887 - Dogali. Italian Army
Infantry Lieutenent 
(Copyright Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE)

From this figure it was quite easy to transform it into a Bersagliere Lieutenent to honour my father, Captain of the 3rd Regiment Bersaglieri "Majora Virisbus Audere"

                                                    1887 - Dogali. Italian Army
                                                            Bersagliere Lieutenent 
                                                                                        (Copyright Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE)

I do find this uniform very beautiful. To note that the Officers - just to be better visible by the enemies! but it was still a romantic way of warfare - wore a blue-Savoy sash around the colonial helmet. Note also the ranks insigna: a golden knot on the sleeves, with a golden arrow with black line inside (Second Leutenant had just one golden arrow)

And finally me with the blue-Savoy sash, Gala Uniform. 

Italian Army 

Gala Uniform - Second Lieutenant