"Waterloo Hanoverians had yellow backpacks?? " Topic
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| 4th Cuirassier | 01 Mar 2010 5:15 a.m. PST |
According to a letter to William Siborne quoted in Hoffy's "Wellington's Smallest Victory", an officer who was at Waterloo told Siborne that the Hanoverians wore British style backpacks painted yellow. I've never heard or seen this anywhere else but it's a helluva source. Is it correct? What does the panel think? |
| Supercilius Maximus | 01 Mar 2010 6:31 a.m. PST |
Bear in mind this may be simply what we would call "ochre" and so would not be as outlandish as it sounds. |
| Camcleod | 01 Mar 2010 9:52 a.m. PST |
I was under the impression that it was only the Landwehr Bns. that had the 'yellow' backpacks. link |
| The Sentient Bean | 01 Mar 2010 5:02 p.m. PST |
These Landwehr are bloody tricky… Flags, packs, shakos.. |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 03 Mar 2010 6:16 a.m. PST |
sounds like unblackened versions..I don't think thet are chrome yellow .Hanoverian Landwehr are quite tricky..you could have the Hamelin regiment with a multicoloured piper and some rats |
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