Hi All,
First off a belated thanks to Ben who did send me the good stuff as promised. I'm pretty sure I thanked him in a reply e-mail, but just so people know I'm not an entirely rude bugger... well... thanks.
Secondly, I am an entirely rude bugger, but I'm a polite rude bugger... well... most of the time
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Lastly, does anyone know what colour artillery train would be in this period?
So, here is what I think are my options:
1 - do what you want, because there doesn't seem to be any records;
2 - go for the colours in a later period, and assume that in the earlier periods with no records would have been something similar;
3 - go red, as it seems that they followed the French in a lot of things, and the French went red.
4 - all of the above is fine for the army artillery, but what about regimental guns?
4a - do what you want, because there doesn't seem to be any records;
4b - go for the colours in a later period, and assume that in the earlier periods with no records would have been something similar;
4c - go red, as it seems that they followed the French in a lot of things, and the French went red.
4d - go the facing colour of the regiment in question (I personally like this idea).
So, given my above options, does anyone have any knowledge of later period Danish artillery colours? I think I have a book on Napoleonic Artillery knocking around here somewhere, but I definitely wouldn't have anything earlier. Does anyone know what colour the Danes would have used in something like the War of Spanish Succession or the Seven Years War?
Secondly, if you went 'do what you want' what colour would you pick? Would you do each gun carriage a different colour as the gunners used whatever was available to protect the wood? What would you do?
Thanks.
