BATTLE OF TURIN 1706 - Régiment des Dragon Dauphin - Hautebois

After some researches it went out that every Squadrons of French Dragoons had not just 3 drummers (1 each company) but also 3 Oboist (Hautebois) - again 1 per company. So the task now was to draw a oboist on foot (considering that the regiments of Dragoons usually fought on foot). Here the result:

BATTLE OF TURIN 1706 Regiment Dauphin

BATTLE OF TURIN 1706 - Imperial Order of Battle

(Copyright Michele L. SAVASTA FIORE)

CAVALRY

First Line - Commanders: General Marquis de Visconti and General Prince of Assia Darmstadt

A) Austria - Dragoons Regiment Herbeville (4 sqds)

B) Austria - Dragoons Regiment Reising (3 sqds)

C) Savoy/Piedmont - Dragoni di Sua Altezza Reale (4 sqds)

D) Savoy/Piedmont - Guardie del Corpo di Sua Altezza Reale (2 sqds)

E) Austria - Cuirassiers Regiment Visconti (3 sqds)

F) Savoy/Piedmont - Cavalry Regiment Piemonte Reale (4sqds)

G) Saxony - Dragoons Regiment Prinz Wilhelm (3 sqds)

H) Saxony - Cuirassiers Regiment von Grevendorf (3 sqds)

J) Austria - Cuirassiers Regiment Roccavione (2 sqds)

I) Austria - Cuirassiers Regiment von Glackesberg (2 sqds)

L) Palatine - Cuirassiers Regiment von Weiser (2 sqds)

M) Palatine - Cuirassiers Regiment von Schellardt (2 sqds)

N) Austria - Cuirassiers Regiment Pallfy (4 sqds)

O) Austria - Cuirassiers Regiment von Neuburg (2 sqds)

P) Palatine - Dragoons Regiment Weiberg - Wehlen (3 sqds)

Q) Austria - Dragoons Regiment von Fest (4 sqds)

R) Austria - Dragoons Regiment von Savoyen (6 sqds)

Second Line - Commander:General Marquis de Langallerie

TO BE CONTINUED AS I HAVE TIME 

BATTLE OF TURIN 1706 - Régiment Dragons Bellabre . Standard

 Just to finish my uniform researches, here we have the verso and recto of the standard of this regiment, with the Coat of Arms of the Seigneur de Bellabre; as said, this regiment fought at the Battle of Turin on foot, so I represented it also on foot.

verso

front

BATTLE OF TURIN 1706 - Video (youtube) of the review of the Piedmontese Dragoni di Sua Maesta & II Battalion Monferrato Regiment

 

During lockdown I had some time to prepare this little video with 2 Piedmontese units: the complete Regiment of the Dragoni di Sua Maestà and the Second Battalion of the Monferrato Regiment. The music if from my military service in the Army, as officer, and called "Marcia degli Eroi", i.e. The March of the Hereos" (not of the period, but I do like it)

BATTLE OF TURIN 1706 - Régiment de Dragons Bellabre. The Officers

 As a continuation of my previous post, I would like to share here the uniforms of the mounted Officers of this regiment. I conceived:

1 Colonel

1 Lietenent - Colonel

3 Aides de Camps

3 Commander of the 3 squadrons.

Colonel Commander

Lieutenant Colonel

Aide de Camps

Captain Commander of Squadron

Only the Colonels wore the tricorne, while the rest wore the bonnet. The Officers commanding the units had also the white scarf, while the Aide de Camps are without, to distinguish them.

I am now trimming them (around 300 papersoldiers) to deploy in my (new) Castle of Lucento, that I personally went to visit and to take some pictures. It will be object of  some future posts.

BATTLE OF TURIN 1706 - Errata Corrige. Régiment Dragons Bellabre

In my previous post I drew the uniforms of all the French Dragons Regiments present at the defence of the Castle of Lucento, during the Battle of Turin in 1706.

I painted it in this way:

This uniform could be confused with that of other units in the same fight. So I did my researches and I found for this regiment an order of tissue where the lining where defined "quatre vingt aulnes de serge d'aumalle verde de mer pour les doubles ... et huit aulnes de drap verd de mer ... pour les paremens" (1701). So linings and facings of this regiment were not in normal green (dark green like here) but a sea-green that is totally different.

I modified than the facings and linings of this regiment and to make it more remarkable on the battlefield I also changed a little bit the colour of  belt. This is the result:

Régiment de Dragons Bellabre (correct uniform)

I also did a little change in its position on the battlefiled:

This unit was firstly arrayed - in my conjectures - in the back of the first line. I decided that had more sense to deploy it in the Castle of Lucento to defend it.

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