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Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 12:58 pm
by ochoin
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.
donald
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 7:15 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
It was the "no trousers and underwear" rule that really threw the French.
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 11:13 pm
by Essex Boy
Do whatever looks pretty?
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Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 11:20 pm
by Count Belisarius
And give them a bloody big flag...
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 9:37 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Were the KGL Hussars still wearing their peaked busbies at Waterloo?
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 1:17 pm
by ochoin
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.
donald
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 3:11 pm
by Essex Boy
Happy to help.
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 6:04 pm
by RMD
And lances... Who doesn't like a lance?
Apart from Fuzzy-Wuzzies, obvs...
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 1:57 pm
by ochoin
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.
donald
Re: Napoleonic British cavalry
Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 6:07 pm
by Norman D. Landings
Duke of Cumberland's Hussars.
Let them redeem themselves on the tabletop