"Brunswicker's in the Peninsula" Topic

hi, I know that there was a contingent of the Black Brunswickers fighting in the Peninsula, however i am strugling to find out who, i can find reference to the Oels in th e 7th division but where were the rest, i also know some Oels were used as skirmishers in other divisions.

thanks

jon

That's basically it. Off the top of my head, 9 companies of the Brunswick Oels-Jagers served in the 7th Division and 3 companies were attached to brigades in other divisions as skirmishers (1 company to a brigade in the 4th Division and 2 companies to two brigades in the 5th Division).

OK, I cheated and quickly checked Muir's OOB for Salamanca to get the actual brigade assignments.

Be careful about the "Black Brunswickers." Sources put some of the companies in grey uniforms.

Rick

Also, the Black Brunswick hussars served in the campaigns on the eastern coast of Spain. As far as i know no brunswickers wore grey in Spain, although the sharpshooters wore green.

Glengarry,

Thanks for the correction. I was trying to go from memory for the second color.

Rick

England had in its pay a single two-battalion regiment of Brunswick troops. They fought in the Penninsula in the 7th Division. Each battalion consisted of six coys. One was a light company armed with the Baker. These were stripped out and used as the 5/60th was. Also another light company was formed (I assume out the flankers in each line company), and added to the those skirmishing elsewhere. The remaining understrength battalions were combined and placed into the 7th Division.

The 'grey' uniforms wre probably faded black.

The green guys were the jäger companies attached to orther units. The black jackets were musket armed and in the 7th division. They basically look like the lieb guard infantry in 1815. They had 7 black companies and if I remember rightly 3 or 4 green companies.

thanks guys, i had thought that there was maore than just the hussars out east.

jon

Brunswicker's what in the Peninsula?

There is a osprey book on them which gives a limited history of the Brunswikers time there.