Napoleonic British cavalry

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Yes. And as my Brits are expected to fight those dastardly French anytime from 1814 in France to Waterloo or shortly afterwards, busbies are certainly an obvious option......I still might go for the 18th as those red shakos look braw.

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It was the "no trousers and underwear" rule that really threw the French.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
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Do whatever looks pretty?

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And give them a bloody big flag...
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Were the KGL Hussars still wearing their peaked busbies at Waterloo?
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Essex Boy wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 11:13 pm Do whatever looks pretty?

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So both uniforms?
Thanks. That's narrowed it down.

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Happy to help.
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And lances... Who doesn't like a lance?

Apart from Fuzzy-Wuzzies, obvs...
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RMD wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 6:04 pm And lances... Who doesn't like a lance?
The British? At least during the Nap. Wars.

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Duke of Cumberland's Hussars.
Let them redeem themselves on the tabletop
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