Tuesday, 18 July 2017

French 100th Line Regiment

After a small lull due to some recent university exams I have managed to get back on track and knock out a couple more units, this time two battalions of the 100th Ligne:


















The 100th were part of Gazan's 2nd Division in V Corps at Albuera, where they first came up against the Spanish Irlanda regiment and then the British 57th, losing 267 officers and soldiers from a total of 738, or 36% of their strength:
Zayas had done some extensive work with his Spanish prior to Albuera and it must have been a shock to the French when they stood firm, and then managed to successfully pass lines with the British who were hurriedly redeployed to reinforce them:


















I keep trying to take a break from French line and get started on some English Civil War figures I have prepared, but find myself in the groove and now just want to complete the remainder of the Foundry line figures:


















That's six regiments comprised of twelve battalions now completed, with four regiments left to go.


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10 comments:

  1. Phil18 July 2017 at 23:40

    Great details, they look superb..."Vive l'Empereur!"

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    1. Lawrence H19 July 2017 at 01:50

      Thanks Phil. I have at least three Empereurs to paint as part of this army which I am looking forward to completing.

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  2. Tony Miles19 July 2017 at 04:33

    Another great looking unit, your production rate is impressive Lawrence.

    Tony.

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    1. Lawrence H19 July 2017 at 20:31

      Thanks Tony, I'm hoping to keep the pace going for another couple of weeks, at least until I have to hit the books again.

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  3. Phil C19 July 2017 at 07:07

    Awesome!

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    1. Lawrence H19 July 2017 at 20:34

      Thanks Phil. I hope there is some more of your great work forthcoming before too long.

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  4. Gonsalvo20 July 2017 at 20:03

    Really lovely, Lawrence. And of course, one can *never* have too many French line! :-)

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    1. Lawrence H20 July 2017 at 22:16

      Thanks Peter and I agree, even though I spend half my time wondering when enough will be enough. I'm always happiest when another regiment is completed however.

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  5. Mark Strachan26 July 2017 at 11:39

    Another grand looking unit Lawrence. It just goes to show the harm that higher education does - it harms wargaming.

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    1. Lawrence H27 July 2017 at 06:02

      Cheers Mark and, yes, higher education definitely gets in the way. This one's a law degree and I am essentially halfway through, and it will no doubt be the last one I do.

      The main reason, aside from the fact that I have always been interested in the law, was to try to keep my memory exercised.

      All of which came spectacularly unstuck at the end of last semester when I arrived at an exam centre and forgot which lecture theatre I was supposed to be sitting it in. Luckily a supervisor of roughly our vintage took pity on me, finding a spare exam booklet while making an extra space for me and seeing to the necessary paperwork, all to the amusement of the twenty-somethings sitting around me.

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