Return of the Cossacks

paper terrain

Here is a wee village I whipped up from some paper buildings. Ive had these for a while but couldnt be bothered opening them. To be honest the first few almost put me off. After the third though it became very easy and much quicker than painting (and cheaper). Make sure you score the folds with a sharp knife. Makes it childs play to assemble. All the work goes into the cutting.

Other prussians

Here we have some other units from Yorcks corps. We have ...

Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)(Lt-Col von Below)[445] (from cavalry reserve)

1st West-Prussian Dragoon Regiment [472] (from cavalry reserve)

3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (from the 7th brigade)
2nd Leib Hussar Regiment (from the 1st brigade)

Next up here are some prussians I have that are not part of Yorcks corps. I bought these before I dicided to base my figures on historical OOB's

Oh and here a just a few pics that midpoint took for me the other day :)

8th brigade

This is the 8th brigade of Yorcks corps, commanded by von Hünerbein. Ive included a small description of each unit within the same post this time.

8th BRIGADE (MG von Hünerbein)infantry (Lt-Col von Borcke)
Brandenburg Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Borcke)[2,306]
12th Reserve Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)(Major von der Goltz)[2,327]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[84]
14th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Colonel von Gaza)
Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (2 squadrons)(Major von Knobloch)[287]3rd
6-pdr Foot Battery No. 15 (Lieutenant Anders)[134]
(total 7,447 men, including 84 Freiwillige Jäger)

von Hünerbein

14th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4-2=2 ) - 2 btns. were in Wartenburg, not present at Leipzig other sources say they were in the advanced guard – yellow collar/cuffs

Brandenbourg Hussar Regiment no3 Dark blue dolman and pelisse, poppy-red facings, white piping, buttons and cords, poppy red sash with white barrels (officers black and silver). If the figures have a shabraque and not the black sheep skin, then that will be dark blue with red "wolf's teeth" (wedges) piped white (though these were rarely used on campaign and weren't issued until later in the period, 1814 from memory).

no 12 / 2nd Brandenbourg Infantry Regiment & 12th reserves. These had red collar and cuffs and red straps reserve uniforms in Leipzig The 12th line is the closest you can get to a crack reserve regiment. As reserve battalions of the Lieb infantry regiment.. With the removal of the Guard from the line, these two battalions, together with a reserve battalion from the First West Prussian regiment, were the first of the reserve battalions to attain line status. They were then present at every major engagement in which the Prussian army was involved during the 1813-15 period.

So there we have a brief overview of the second brigade of Yorcks 1st corps (army of silesia). Ive posted a couple of pictures of the entire brigade in typical attack posture. Note how the fusiliers deploy in front, in line. These are drawn form the regular line regiments. In front of these would be the Freiwillige Jäger detachments. I presume that fusiliers would be the first to reenforce these if needed, followed by the third rank from the musketeer battalions.

East prussian Infantry regiments

Hear are the regular infantry from Mecklenburg's 2nd BRIGADE. They are the 1st and 2nd East prussian Infantry regiments. A total of 6 battalions. Each regiment has one battalion of fusiliers and two battalions of musketeers. The fusilier battalion has black straps and no flag. The musketeers battalions do have flags, and also white straps. The colour of prussian facings depending on their province of origin. For east prussia this was the colour red. From what Ive read it seems that this was an orange type red so I just painted the orange. Note how the shoulder straps indicate the battalion number. White for first, red for second.

6th Landwehr

Ive been working on my prussians of late and now have two full Brigades finished. Thats half way to my ultimate goal of completing Yorck's corps in 1813. Im going to post pictures of all the units at some point. The first is the 6th Silesian Landwehr regiment. It has yellow collar/cuffs and different coloured straps for each battalion - white, red, yellow, light blue. Ive given one of the battalions pikes for their first rank. This would not be the case by the later battles but I likes the idea anyway :)

battle of loewenberg 21 aug 1813 – 2nd brig schweidnitz battalion fought beyond all expectations like old line troops attacked enemy twice with bayonet stopped them breaking out of plagwitz – retreated in good order only once all ammunition ran out. Digby-Smith writes: "The Prussian Landwehr received their baptism of fire at Lowenberg. The Schweidnitz battaalion braved canister fire and threw the enemy back at the point of the bayonet. They were only taken out of the line when they ran out of ammunition, and when they marched past Yorck he had his line regiments oresent arms to them. Blucher wrote: 'At first it was only so-so with the Landwehr battalions, but now that they've had a good taste of powder, they're as good as the line battalions.

CENTRE: PRUSSIAN 1ST ARMY CORPS (Hans-David-Ludwig von Yorck)
Chief of staff: Colonel von Zielinsky
Commander of artillery: Lt-Col Schmidt
ADC: Cpt. Delius
Kriegskommissar: von Reiche
Medical Officer: Doctor Voltze

1st BRIGADE (Colonel von Steinmetz)
1st East-Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[722]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[35]
Leib Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[798]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[147]
West-Prussian Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[756]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[67]
Silesian Grenadier Battalion (1 battalion)[800]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[81]
East-Prussian Jager Battalion (3rd & 4th company)[349]
landwehr (Colonel von Losthin)
5th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major von Maltzahn)[2,485]
13th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major von Gädicke)[2,198]
(total 12 ½ battalions; 8,438 infantry)
cavalry
2nd Leib Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Stöffel)[555]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[143]
artillery
6-pdr Foot Battery No. 2 (Lieutenant Lange)[134]
(total 9,270 men, including 473 Freiwillige Jäger)

2nd BRIGADE (MG Prince Carl von Mecklenburg)
infantry (Lt-Col von Lobenthal)
1st East-Prussian Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Lobenthal)[2,471]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[151]
2nd East-Prussian Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Sidholm 2)[2,319]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[43]
6th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Lt-Col von Grumbkow)[2,206]
(total 10 battalions; 7,091 infantry)
cavalry
Mecklenburg Hussar Regiment (4 squadrons)(Lt-Col von Warburg)[404]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[46]
artillery
6-pdr Foot Battery No. 1 (Captain Huet)[133]
(total 7,674 men, including 240 Freiwillige Jäger)

7th BRIGADE (MG von Horn)
infantry (Lt-Col von Zepelin)
Leib Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Zepelin)[2,236]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[273]
Thuringian Infantry Battalion (1 battalion)[483]
Guard Jager Battalion (3rd & 4th company)(Captain von Bock)[399]
4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major Graf Herzberg)[2,067]
15th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Major von Wollzogen)[2,382]
(total 12 ½ battalions; 7,840 infantry)
cavalry
Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (2 squadrons)(Major von Sohr)[279]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[195]
3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3rd & 4th squadron)(Major von Falkenhausen)[252]
(total 726 cavalry)
artillery
6-pdr Foot Battery No. 3 (Captain Ziegler)[120]
(total 8,686 men, including 468 Freiwillige Jäger)

8th BRIGADE (MG von Hünerbein)
infantry (Lt-Col von Borcke)
Brandenburg Infanterie Regiment (3 battalions)(Lt-Col von Borcke)[2,306]
12th Reserve Infantry Regiment (3 battalions)(Major von der Goltz)[2,327]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[84]
14th Silesian Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions)(Colonel von Gaza)[2,031]
(total 10 battalions; 6,758 infantry)
cavalry
Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (2 squadrons)(Major von Knobloch)[287]
3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (1st & 2nd squadron)(Major von Kalinowski)[278]
(total 565 cavalry)
artillery
6-pdr Foot Battery No. 15 (Lieutenant Anders)[134]
(total 7,447 men, including 84 Freiwillige Jäger)

CAVALRY RESERVE (colonel von Jürgaβ)
Brigade Colonel Graf Henckel
Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)(Lt-Col von Below)[445]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[158]
1st West-Prussian Dragoon Regiment (4 squadrons)(Lt-Col von Wuthenow)[472]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[8]
Brigade Colonel von Katzeler
Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Stutterheim)[561]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[25]
East-Prussian National Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major Graf Lehndorf)[473]
Freiwillige Jäger (detachment)[120]
Brigade Major von Bieberstein
5th Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Ozorowski)[524]
10th Silesian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Reibnitz)[456]
1st Neumark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (4 squadrons)(Major von Sydow)[357]
(total 28 squadrons; 3,599 cavalry)
artillery
6-pdr Horse Artillery Battery No. 1 (Captain Zinken)[146]
6-pdr Horse Artillery Battery No. 2 (Lieutenant Borowski)[151]
(total 297 artillery)
(total 3,996 men, including 311 Freiwillige Jäger)

ARTILLERY RESERVE
12-pdr Batteries No. 1 & No. 2 (Witte & Simon)[408]
6-pdr Foot Batteries No.12 & No. 24 (Bulle & Barenkampf)[237]
3-pdr Battery No. 1 (Lieutenant von Hertig)[79]
Horse Artillery Batteries No. 3 & No. 12 (Fischer & Pfeil)[249]
Park Columns No. 1, No. 3, No. 5 & No. 13 [110]
Artisan Column No. 2 [16]
(total 1,099 men)
Pioneers (2 companies)[149]
(total 1st Army Corps: 30,117 infantry, 6,038 cavalry, 1,917 artillery, 149 pioneers; total 38,221 men and 8,367 horses)