A Foray into Napoleonic Wargaming
50th Regiment of Foot
The 50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot had the nickname of the ‘dirty half-hundred’, due to the dye from their black coloured facing running and staining their hands and faces.
The first battalion fought in the Peninsula at Vimiera and Corunna, where they bore the brunt of the fighting, holding off the French with repeat bayonet charges, and suffering heavy casualties.
After the withdrawal at Corunna, the 50th were sent to the Netherlands as part of the ill-fated Walcheren expedition, before returning to the Peninsula by 1811. They fought in numbers of the campaign’s major battles, including Fuentes Onoro, Vitoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes and Toulouse.
The models are all by Xan, barring the command group, which are from AB Miniatures. The colours are from GMB Flags.
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