"French cavalry flags during the FPW campaign" Topic
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| NapStein | 24 Nov 2021 4:20 p.m. PST |
Due to a discussion which I had with another expert of the FPW I started to research the question whether the French cavalry took their colors into action. The result is a new caption of the "protagonists" section on my site at link If you scroll to the top you may choose a (google) translation of the text. Finally I think the French left their flags in the depots at least before the clashes of august 1870. Greetings from Berlin
Markus Stein |
 Saber6   | 24 Nov 2021 8:55 p.m. PST |
I like the look of Flags, therefore my units get flags |
 ColCampbell | 24 Nov 2021 9:43 p.m. PST |
A good write-up. Thanks. But whether they carried them or not, all my pre-1900 units get flags. Heck, even some of my post-1900 units have flags. Jim |
 Old Contemptible | 24 Nov 2021 9:55 p.m. PST |
My 1870 French cavalry carry flags. I like the look. It would look odd if they didn't have them. |
| NapStein | 25 Nov 2021 3:09 p.m. PST |
I also like to see the units with their flags – and in case you want to show the different regiments it is also a help to recognize them. It was just the question for me whether they took the flags into action – and obviously they didn't … and followed their ancestors in the (light) cavalry of Napoleon I. Greetings from Berlin
Markus Stein |
| Old Contemptible | 25 Nov 2021 11:54 p.m. PST |
I am not convinced they didn't carry their standards into battle. It seems so un-French like. In 1914 some infantry units carried their colors. |
| NapStein | 27 Nov 2021 6:59 a.m. PST |
@Old contemptible: if you find proofs of cavalry standards taken by the French into battle I'd be glad to post this information in my article. But not infantry flags like you stated – I only speak about cavalry standards. I also asked Louis Delpérier, one of the most prolific experts about the French army of the 2nd half of the 19th century – and he also follows the hypothesis that the French cavalry didn't take the standards into combat or battles. Greetings from Berlin
Markus Stein |
| NapStein | 29 Nov 2021 2:02 p.m. PST |
Today I got the copy of Pierre Charrié's "Drapeaux et étendards du XIXe siècle" and there a letter is copied, sent by the ministère de la guerre on the 23rd of July 1870 – cf. the scan: link A further proof that the cavalry didn't carry their standards into battle. Greetings from Berlin
Markus Stein |
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