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The Medium Cavalry
Unlike the Dragoons of Britain, the French Dragoons were a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. Sometimes called the poor man’s cavalry, they acted like heavy cavalry, but could also perform light cavalry duties. When without horse and saddle they acted like line infantry and also as dismounted cavalry when skirmishing.
In game terms they vary from rule set to rule set. In DBN they are classified as superior cavalry or inferior heavy cavalry. Some rulesets classify them simply as medium cavalry.
The French Dragoons are one of my favourite troops of the period, sharing the position with the Polish Vistula infantry and Lancers. I will be painting up more Dragoons for the third phase of this project when I start the French Imperial Guard. These dragoons are called Empress’ Dragoons and there are slight differences in their uniform which I will have to modify since there is no set available in plastic.
I will try to upload the cannonry in the next post. It all depends on time, but until then take care.
Regards,
NR
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