Edinburgh Wargames

Anglo-Portuguese Peninsular Army

Pic. by Barry Hilton

   I painted one British unit for this, then abandoned the project for the best part of a year. For some reason it never caught my imagination - and all those white cross-belts and regimental facings seemed really fiddly. It took the prospect of taking part in a large Peninsular War game to spur me on, so I knuckled down and started painting. I've now got the best part of a Division - or at least a small one - and I plan to add to it from time to time so it'll become a real force to be reckoned with.

I modelled it very loosely on the British 2nd Division, as it was when it fought at Bussaco (1810) and Albuera (1811).

     2nd Divisional Commander   

    (Major General Sir Rowland “Daddy” Hill)

 1^st Brigade  (Lt. Col. Sir John Colborne)

• 3^rd Foot (“Buffs”)                             [30 figs. – Veteran]

• 48^th Foot (“Northants”)                   [30 figs. – Line]

• 28^th Foot (“Gloucesters”)                [30 figs. – Line]                       

• Brigade Light Infantry                       [12 figs. – Line - skirmishers]

• 1/95th Rifles [detachment]              [12 figs. –  Elite - rifle-armed skirmishers] 

 2^nd Brigade  (Maj. Gen. Daniel Hoghton)

• 29^th Foot (“Worcesters”)                [30 figs. – Veteran]

• 57^th Foot (“West Middlesex”)          [30 figs. – Line]

• 34th Foot  (“Cumberland”)              [30 figs. – Line]

• 5/60^th Foot [detachment]              [12 figs. –  Veteran - rifle-armed skirmishers] 

• Brigade Light Infantry                       [12 figs. – Line - skirmishers]

Portuguese Brigade [attached]  (Brig.Gen. William Harvey)

• 11^th Portuguese (1^st Almeida)  Line Rgt.        [2 x 30 figs. – Line]

• 23rd Portuguese  (2^nd Almeida) Line Rgt.       [2x 30 figs. – 2nd Line]

• 1/ Loyal Lusatian Legion                                [24 figs. – Line - skirmishers]

 Attached: 

• Cleeve’s Foot Artillery Btty., King’s German Legion [9-pdrs. 3 models - Line]

• Portuguese Foot Artillery Btty., 1^st Rgt, 2^nd Btty.   [9-pdrs. 3 models - Line]

Cavalry Brigade  (Brig. Gen. Anson)

• 16th Light Dragoons                                           [18 figs. - Line]

• 1st KGL Hussars                                                 [18 figs. - Elite]

My British Army               My Russian Army (under construction)

The British in Action - a big Peninsular game

     The French Revolutionary War          The "Napoleonic" War

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