Bits and Pieces
Compagnies de Ia Marine
A few months ago I was searching through my “pile of pride” for something, I don’t remember what and I came across a box.
Intriguing box Inside were some figures for the French Indian Wars I picked up in 2013. So forgetting what I was about to paint we were off to the 18th Century and the Americas.
First on the painting bench were the Compagnies de la marine, these troops were raised in France and shipped to the Canada with the intention that they would be given land to settle after their service was completed. As well as being trained as traditional Regular Infantry their postings to the smaller garrisons also made sure that they were capable of fighting the “little wars” that abounded on the frontier so could fight as light infantry.
These figures are dressed in their “waistcoats” of dark blue and the leggings associated with the Native Americans they would have fought with against the British.
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