"Cavenderian Defense" Topic

My imagi-nation of Cavenderia is being raided on the southern coast by Bizerrcan Bashi-Bazouks. There is currently one (1) regiment stationed along the coast. There is one major port Spilt and several minor villages. What would be a legitimate defense of the area until the coast can be given additional troops. Historically speaking would the regiment maintain full strength within the major port, keep one (1) battalion to defend the port and divide the second battalion into companies or divisions to support the various villages or some other defense? Or would the regiment have been dispersed among the different villages to begin with?

What is the strength of the enemy and how dispersed are they? Could you keep one battalion at the port and sweep the rest of the area with the other? During the SYW, villages were not defended, but again, the enemy would only steal food and money (contributions). Things would be different if civilians were killed!

there are 6 Boats with about 1800 bashi bazouks looking to raid the coast.

On the parallel thread TMP link
andygamer suggested «to the [Grand?] Duke that if pirates, brigands or smugglers are causing problems, that he raise a regiment of true dragoons (i.e. infantry mounted on poor quality horses for transport and not for fighting from except in extremis) based in the port town with squadrons patrolling the area.»
Then, as mentioned in various 'Cavenderian' threads here, Prinz Geoffrey is currently publishing regulations for his army, and welcomes suggestions about uniforms. The currently published § deal only with the infantry: cavenderia.blogspot.com I'm sure Prince Geoffrey would appreciate to know how andygamer -and anybody else- endvisages the uniform (and guidon) of this unit.
(Btw, the Landgraf of Ober-Schweinsberg link is also asking for infantry & dragoons uniforms suggestions…).

Dragoons intended to fight as mounted infantry would probably wear 'bottines' (leather gaiters) rather than heavy cavalry boots – thus among the so useful "NBA" uniform templates nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com the most appropriate may be a French Dragoon in tricorn:
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and link
though, to have an uniform more 'modern' / more in accordance with the current Cavenderian style cavenderia.blogspot.com , it's rather easy by copy & paste to sustitute a tricorn to the helmet of the Schomberg Dragoon:
link (coat with lapels & without buttonholes lacing).

Note that one doesn't need to have a blog to have a blogger ID (allowing to post comments on other people's blog – or to contribute to a "collective" blog such as 'Emperor vs Elector' emperor-elector.blogspot.com ). When you try to post a comment on a blog not allowing 'anonymous' comments, you have a link to the connexion to blogger, there another link allowing to create your blogger ID.
You can post a "photo" on your blogger profile: in the 'EvE group, most of us place instead the coat-of-arms or flag of their Imagi-Nation, or the portrait of its ruler (their 'avatar' in the role of this ruler): this provides a pleasant 'visual signature' of your comments to blog messages.
Now at least 4 members of 'EvE', while having thus a blogger ID, have not yet posted there: hopefully they will soon come out of the closet!
Jean-Louis
aka Louys de Monte-Cristo link

Took the initiative to launch a 'parallel' thread on the Blogs and 'Pirates' forums:
TMP link
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Jean-Louis