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At the time of the beginning of the Franco-Dutch War, the Lord General’s Regiment of Foot Guards had only just taken the new title, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. When General Monck finally decided to march south from Scotland to assist in the restoration of the monarchy, he crossed over into England at the village of Coldstream, around New Years 1660.
The new range will be called, rather unoriginally, the “Louis XIV” range, as the 1670s to early 80s was the height of the Sun King’s power. The initial codes will be:
Musketeers shooting
Musketeers kneeling shooting
Musketeers at the ready
Musketeers standing
Musketeers marching
Unarmoured pikemen marching
Unarmoured pikemen standing
Armoured pikemen standing
Infantry command standing
Infantry command marching
Grenadiers in fur cap, kneeling and standing firing
Dragoons in cap, dismounted
Command for same
Mounted dragoons in cap
Artillery with medium gonne
Cavalry with breast and back in English pot
Command for same
Cavalry in hat with breastplate under coat
Command for same
High command #1 (modeled after Monmouth as depicted in the Franco-Dutch War but can be used as any General Officer in the period)That’s lot 1 anyway! Lot 2 is being cast now and will have
Cavalry in breast and back wearing zischagge
Command for same
Cavalry in breast and back in hat
Command for same
Cavalry in English pot with cuirass under coat
Command for same
Dragoons in hatLot 3 is being sculpted now will be that little-known army of the period, the French.
Lot 4 has not yet been begun and will probably be Unarmoured cavalry in hats, Swedes in Karpus, Swedish horse in helmets and turnbacks, a grenadier set with different caps, and civilians with weapons for Vienna 1683, Monmouth’s rebellion, and King Phillip’s War/other American colonial forces.
In the Franco-Dutch War, one of the things that surprises me the most is the emnity the Prince-Bishop of Münster had for the Dutch Republic. The Prince-Bishop’s military force was actually more formidable than you might think! He kept a large standing army and was himself a veteran of the later Thirty Years War, leading his armies in person.
Münster was one of the essential pieces in Louis XIV’s initial and brilliantly executed assault on the Dutch Republic, outflanking the Republic from the southeast. Ultimately however the Münster army failed in its objective of besieging the city of Groningen, the siege being unable to take that key city. To this day the victory of the siege is celebrated in the Netherlands.
Here are some of our upcoming 1670s figurines, painted as the Prince-Bishop’s musketeers!
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