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May 27, 2010
| 28mm Seven Years War Saxons | Like many worried about the expanding power of Prussia, Saxony joined the coalition of European states against Frederick the Great in the early summer of 1756. This was perhaps a brave decision considering the somewhat neglected condition and relatively small size of the Saxon army, as well as Saxony’s close proximity to its neighbour Prussia. It was a decision presumably based on the over optimistic assumption that the other members of the coalition would quickly march to Saxony’s defence if threatened. Needless to say, Frederick promptly seized the initiative, marched into Saxony, took Dresden (the Saxon capital), and forced the outnumbered Saxon army into a fortified encampment at Pirna, on the Elba. Despite this disaster the Saxon army had put up some stubborn resistance and bought valuable time for the rest of the anti-Prussian coalition, but when an Austrian army finally attempted to relieve the besieged Saxons it was defeated at Lobositz, and now without hope of rescue the Saxons surrendered. Saxony became a Prussian possession and its regiments were forcibly incorporated into the Prussian army.
However, this did not mark the end of Saxon resistance to Prussian ambitions. Not surprisingly Frederick’s new found Saxon regiments proved to be unenthusiastic supporters of their new master, with most only being entrusted with the drudgery of garrison duties. Mass desertions soon followed, to such a degree that and a new Saxon army was raised in exile to fight alongside the French. By 1758 this forced numbered some 9,000 men and formed 15 battalions with the French army at the battle of Minden.
Our range includes Musketeers, Fusiliers, and Grenadiers (supplemented with Guard Grenadiers), plus the usual command and musician figures – all available in a choice of either “marching” or “at attention” poses. Amongst the musician figures can found an Oboist and a Bassoonist as well as the drummers and fifers. Cuirassiers, Dragoons/Chevauxlegers, and Hussars are all represented in the cavalry, in addition to some figures specifically designed for the Graf Brühl Chevauxlegers. The Hussars can be ordered in a choice of mirliton or colpack headgear, and both the Hussars and the Dragoons/Chevauxlegers come in dismounted versions for fighting on foot, complete with horse holders. Two items round off the range: a selection of Polish Uhlans (who fought as Saxon allies), and Saxon artillery crew. For their artillery pieces we would recommend the generic guns from our Age of Reason range (see 100AOR31 or 100AOR65).
We enjoy making figures for this period and we are always interested in more ‘Three Cornered Hat’ / Age of Reason projects for our 100 Club, and if they can generate enough interest we will make them. So if there are other relatively obscure 18th Century armies you would like to grace your table tops why not put in a submission via the 100 Club.
Here are the codes and details for the new figures.
28mm Seven Years War Saxons 1756-63 Sculpted by Alan Marsh. The number in parentheses indicates the available figure variants for each code. 100AOR100 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer, march-attack (4) 100AOR100a 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer, at attention (1) 100AOR101 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer officer, marching with spontoon (1) 100AOR101a 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer officer, at attention with spontoon (1) 100AOR102 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer standard bearer, marching (1) 100AOR102a 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer standard bearer, at attention (1) 100AOR103 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer drummer, marching (1) 100AOR103a 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer drummer, at attention (1) 100AOR104 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer sergeant, marching with halberd (1) 100AOR104a 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer sergeant, at attention with halberd (1) 100AOR105 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier, march-attack (4) 100AOR105a 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier, at attention (1) 100AOR106 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier officer, marching with musket (1) 100AOR106a 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier officer, at attention with musket (1) 100AOR107 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier standard bearer, marching (1) 100AOR107a 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier standard bearer, at attention (1) 100AOR108 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier drummer, marching (1) 100AOR108a 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier drummer, at attention (1) 100AOR109 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier sergeant, marching with musket (1) 100AOR109a 1756-63 Saxon Fusilier sergeant, at attention with musket (1) 100AOR110 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier, march-attack (4) 100AOR110a 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier, at attention (1) 100AOR111 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier officer, marching with musket (1) 100AOR111a 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier officer, at attention with musket (1) 100AOR112 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier pioneer (1) 100AOR113 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier drummer, marching (1) 100AOR113a 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier drummer, at attention (1) 100AOR114 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier sergeant, marching with musket (1) 100AOR114a 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier sergeant, at attention with musket (1) 100AOR115 1756-63 Saxon Guard Grenadier, march-attack (4) 100AOR115a 1756-63 Saxon Guard Grenadier standing at attention (1) 100AOR116 1756-63 Saxon Guard Grenadier officer, marching with musket (1) 100AOR117 1756-63 Saxon Guard Grenadier standard bearer, marching (1) 100AOR118 1756-63 Saxon Guard Grenadier drummer, marching (1) 100AOR119 1756-63 Saxon Guard Grenadier sergeant, marching with musket (1) 100AOR120 1756-63 Saxon mounted officer (1) 100AOR121 1756-63 Saxon mounted general (1) 100AOR122 1756-63 Saxon Oboist, marching (1) 100AOR123 1756-63 Saxon Bassoonist, marching (1) 100AOR124 1756-63 Saxon Artillery crew (4) 100AOR125 1756-63 Saxon Line Battalion artillery assistant set – 2 figure set
100AOR126 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer fifer standing (1) 100AOR127 1756-63 Saxon Musketeer fifer marching (1) 100AOR128 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier fifer standing (1) 100AOR129 1756-63 Saxon Grenadier fifer marching (1)
100AOR140 1756-63 Saxon Cuirassier trooper, at ease (4) 100AOR141 1756-63 Saxon Cuirassier kettle drummer (1) 100AOR142 1756-63 Saxon Cuirassier trumpeter (1) 100AOR143 1756-63 Saxon Cuirassier officer (1) 100AOR144 1756-63 Saxon Cuirassier standard bearer (1)
100AOR145 1756-63 Saxon Dragoon/Chevauleger trooper, walking (4) 100AOR146 1756-63 Saxon Dragoon/Chevauleger drummer (1) 100AOR147 1756-63 Saxon Dragoon/Chevauleger officer (1) 100AOR148 1756-63 Saxon Dragoon/Chevauleger standard bearer (1) 100AOR149 1756-63 Saxon Dragoon/Chevauleger dismounted, skirmishing (4) 100AOR150 1756-63 Saxon Dragoon/Chevauleger dismounted at attention (1) 100AOR151 1756-63 Saxon Dragoon/Chevauleger horse holder & horses – 3 figure set
100AOR152 1756-63 Saxon Regiment Brühl trooper, walking (4) 100AOR153 1756-63 Saxon Regiment Brühl drummer (1) 100AOR154 1756-63 Saxon Regiment Brühl officer (1) 100AOR155 1756-63 Saxon Regiment Brühl standard bearer (1)
100AOR156 1756-63 Saxon Hussar in Mirliton, walking (4) 100AOR157 1756-63 Saxon Hussar in Colpack, walking (4) 100AOR158 1756-63 Saxon Hussar Officer pelisse & mirliton (1) 100AOR159 1756-63 Saxon Hussar Officer pelisse & colpack (1) 100AOR160 1756-63 Saxon Hussar Trumpeter pelisse & mirliton (1) 100AOR161 1756-63 Saxon Hussar dismounted, mirliton, skirmishing (4) 100AOR162 1756-63 Saxon Hussar dismounted, colpack, skirmishing (4) 100AOR163 1756-63 Saxon Hussar horse holder & horses, mirliton – 4 figure set 100AOR164 1756-63 Saxon Hussar horse holder & horses, colpack – 4 figure set
100AOR165 1756-63 Polish Uhlans in action (4)
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