A little while ago, I - perhaps a tad foolishly - staked my reputation (OK, no laughing at the back) on the fact that the 30,000 German auxiliaries shipped to North America for the War of Independence, represented the largest gathering of armed Germans outside of continental Europe prior to the Afrika Korps in 1941 (the late 19th Century colonial garrisons in Africa and the Far East apparently were small and mostly recruited locally). However.....
.....in the back of my mind (OK, again with the laughing? - I'm noting down names) there was a vague recollection of a military expedition to North Africa during the 16th Century, sent by either Maximilian I or II. The source for this is one of the FoG:R army list books, but it doesn't really give much detail and, in any event, I can't remember where I put the damn book! I cannot find any reference to it on t'interweb, but do any of the Renaissance Men on here have any details? I'm really only looking for numbers, but any background info would be appreciated just as much.
Yours in anticipation.....