Armies in Plastic recently came out with their French infantry in several new colors, including 2 that are appropriate for 2 Wagram battalions that fought for the French.
First up is the mustard yellow “Battalion du Prince de Neufchâtel”;
This unit was raised in 1807-08 after Prussia ceded the territory to French and Napoleon made his chief of staff Marshal Berthier it’s prince. Berthier himself designed the very unique colored uniforms.
The unit didn’t arrive in the French camp near the Marshfeld unit after Aspern. On July 5th and 6th is was part of Reynier’s force guarding Lobau island and the vital bridges over the Danube. Supposedly it saw a little action on the second day of the battle.
It was a fairly small battalion of only 460 total at Wagram according to John Gill.
(Unfortunately for it) like so many units of allies of the French, in 1810 it was sent to the meat grinder that was Spain during the Peninsular War.
NEXT UP; the Emperor’s cousins in brown.
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