"Almanza Dragoon Regiment - Talavera" Topic
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carojon | 22 Nov 2016 3:43 p.m. PST |
The Almanza Dragoons were part of the cream of Spanish forces selected to join General La Romana's Corps sent to join French forces after the defeat of Prussia in 1807.
Returned to Spain by the British Royal Navy in 1808 they would taste defeat at the Battle of Medellin in March 1809, before their appearance at Talavera in the July. The Almanza Regiment completes the five full regiments in the Spanish 2nd Cavalry Division. If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's link Jonathan |
John Miller | 22 Nov 2016 7:56 p.m. PST |
carojon: Always inspiring to see your stuff. Thanks, John Miller |
carojon | 22 Nov 2016 11:51 p.m. PST |
Thanks John, much appreciated JJ |
keithbarker | 23 Nov 2016 12:58 a.m. PST |
Looks great! Do you have a source for the blue uniform of the trumpeter? I always thought they were red. |
carojon | 23 Nov 2016 1:41 p.m. PST |
Thanks Keith. Sources and the Spanish, be it cavalry or any other arm, are an interesting combination, in that they tend not to be the most comprehensive and very often contradict one another as I have been highlighting on the blog. The references showing the trumpeters in red for the dragoons sporting their new 1805 look, assuming the Almanza got their new kit at Badajoz in early 1809, seem to, as far as I can discover, only show the units that had red facings of one shade or another, as discussed in my post on the Pavia. In addition I have period illustrations depicting anonymous Spanish line cavalry trumpeters in white and blue coats rather than the red. So on that basis I opted to go for a facings colour with red turnbacks look in the absence of contrary sources and artistic license. |
carojon | 24 Nov 2016 2:59 a.m. PST |
Hi Keith, Ignore my previous message as since writing it something has turned up. link Ah the joys of painting the Spanish! JJ |
keithbarker | 24 Nov 2016 9:21 a.m. PST |
Hi JJ, That is very near to what I would have guessed. But I would have expected a sky blue collar (like the troopers) and yellow turnbacks. You write that it is a "depiction of the actual 1805 uniform", that is great, I didn't think any trumpeters uniforms still existed. Do you know where it is? I will need to update my Spanish Dragoon Notes Keith |
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