Thursday, April 8, 2021

Austrian 1st & 2nd reserve cav divisions

A mix of true heavy cav, supplemented by necessity with a division of 1regiment each of Dragoons, chevauxlegers and (horrors) Insurrection Hussars.  How low the once mighty Austria Cav had been brought by their misadventures earlier that year on the Danube and in Poland!  Lol

These 2 divisions (plus Nostitz division of 2 regiments of dragoons, and 1 each of Chevaulegers & line Hussars, which was sent to the Austrian left to protect that flank) made up the Haptarmee’s cav reserve under Liechtenstein.  

My & the historic OOB for the 2 divisions on the Austrian right pictured below;


It would be great if someone produced true 1/32 Napoleonic Hussars (given that every army of the wars fielded them). Currently the only available Hussars are; 

Paragon- Oversized and overpriced

Timpo- out of production & single pose and color

Dulcop- out of production, hard to find, expensive & delicate

Italeri- out of production, hard to find & expensive

But I digress...

In the pictures the 2nd divisions is in-front of the 1st.

This made up the reserves available to the Austrians on their right (French left) during the battle (as the other Austrian reserve cav division was sent off to the Austrian left to bolster it against the strong French cav presence there).

The pics adds the 2nd division to the 1st I posted pics of earlier (albeit here squished in to accommodate the 2nd division in the limited space available).
















3 comments:

  1. A lovely horde of Hapsburg horse. When I saw the first photo I thought that you'd give them some 'interesting' but most colourful flags!
    I like the A Call to Arms British Guards cavalry and French carabiniers. They make good chevau-légers/dragoons and cuirassiers. What figures are the hussars on those Hat dragoon horses?
    Regards, James

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So I did order additional Hat Carabiniers in the new true French blue! Lol

 Decided to buy another 5 sets of the Hat Carabiniers in the latest dark blue of the recent restock to (re)make my 2 guard Chasseur bats.   ...