lieutenant Egyptian battalion available now/28mm Maximillian range

[pacofeanor]

hello, "chassseurs de France" were the "chasseurs à cheval de la ligne" , it is the official name of them under Louis Philippe, and it stays unoficialy during the second empire!

for the bat'd'af (bataillons d'infanterie légère d'Afrique) the dress was the same as line infantry, the main differences, were white metal butons and NCO /officers stripes (jackets and kepis) black stripes on officers/ trousers (like FFL) , for privats yellow stripes (corporals) and white metal buttons, yellow straps on kepi (blue for infantry), blue or red sash like FFL.

The Bat' d'af were soldiers with an ancient civilian or military  jugement, iff a soldier was judge one time during his duty he was in "compagnies de disciplines" two times , "sections de pionniers de discipline" . First were armed like Bat d'af, second were not , it was a kind of jail with working on algerian roads all alond the day! the "bagne" a kind of penal colony. The most celebrous was Biribi in northern africa (just after Second Empire)!, and the devise was the famous "march or die" wich was adopted soon by FFL too !

best regards
paco

[Arthur]

hello, "chassseurs de France" were the "chasseurs à cheval de la ligne" , it is the official name of them under Louis Philippe, and it stays unoficialy during the second empire!

Missed that one. Chasseurs de France would stand for the 12th Chasseurs à Cheval in our context then.

[gringo]

thanks gents one and all...........for all the clarification

Arthur ive just finished Danjous Hand were i read all the abbreviated names.

Top book though down to the smallest detail on the Egyptian battalion as well

who at one stage had an French FFL as advisor and mentor.......name slips my

mind . Split into penny packets, used to guard the rail link , and join in on the

pre0-emptive raids of the Contras.............

best regards  Ged  www.gringo40s.com
 

[gringo]

gents

theres a posting in the wild west section of the lieutenant of the Egyptian battalion

painted by the talented Mark Dixon of Artwho9 painting service.........

best regards

ged

www.gringo40s.blogspot.com
 

[Bugsda]

Here's mine 

[gringo]

stunning Bugsda another real beauty from you.........looking forward to seeing
him in the flesh!! well done that man

regards
Ged

[Galloping Major]

Great work Bugsda, I especially like the face 



www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[Mason]

Ooh, very nice Bugsda!

He preeety!

[Kingscarbine]

Thumbs up!

[Arthur]

The Bugsda-painted Egyptian major ain't half bad either :

[gringo]

spoilt for choice Arthur!!

[Arthur]

Right, time to give this thread its pre-Christmas bump 

Today's piccie is a curiosity : a period French engraving depicting French zouaves in law enforcement mode, undercover style. Given that the Maximilian campaign was as much a Mexican civil war as a war of national liberation, the country's roads became notoriously dangerous as bands of outlaws masquerading as guerrillas attacked and robbed travellers and coaches. In addition to fighting Republican troops, French troops were often detailed to maintain law and order, catching up with bandits whenever they could. The pic below depicts a band of Mexican highwaymen attempting to rob a coach, only to discover in appropriately melodramatic fashion that its defenceless Mexican occupants are actually a bunch of hard-as-nails zouaves in disguise :

     

[Bugsda]

Thats a brilliant picture Arthur, well done 

[Arthur]

Got some French heavy metal as well...

The artillery does not appear to have been the most popular of subjects among illustrators and photographers, but we still have some visual stuff to go by. Top pic is a period drawing published in Le Monde Illustré in 1864 and depicting the French guns being hauled up a hill during the siege of Oaxaca. Contemporary sources invariably show gunners wearing the plain undress veste instead of the full dress coatee. Trousers were dark blue with a double red stripe and kepis were worn instead of shakos, usually with a white cover and curtain (the shako appears to have been worn in Italy during the 1859 campagn, though).

The next two pictures are not directly related to the Mexican campaign, but give a good idea of the appearance of French gunners on campaign. First is a painting depicting a mountain gun battery in Algeria in the mid-1850's and the men would not have looked too different in Mexico. All the gunners are wearing vestes, although two NCO's have clung to their coatees and red epaulettes. The mounted battery commander wears the frock coat beloved of many French officers of the period. Finally, the photograph at the bottom is dated 1867 and shows gunners training somewhere in France. The men are wearing shakos and vestes while the chefs de pièce/NCO's have again opted for dress coatees.        

[joroas]

Thankyou, Arthur.  This is more good stuff.