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La Révolution Française (1989) Part 1 ENG SUB

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La Révolution française (film) - Wikipedia

The Battle of Valmy, France--Belgium border, 20 September 1792

 Clip from the 1989 production "La Révolution Française" / "The French Revolution" (360 min)

The Battle of Valmy was the first major victory by the army of France during the French Revolution. The action took place on 20 September 1792 as Prussian troops commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris. Generals François Kellermann and Charles Dumouriez stopped the advance near the northern village of Valmy. After the battle, the newly-assembled National Convention was emboldened enough to formally declare the end of monarchy in France and the establishment of the First French Republic.

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New! Cavalry for the French Revolutionary Wars

The first cavalry to be released are Chasseurs a Cheval. These are represented in three different uniforms; the waistless dolman called a Caraco, the long-tailed coat and the normal dolman, the later appearing more commonly amongst Chasseurs in the late 1790’s.

This first batch are designed to use the Plastic French Light Cavalry horse frame B66 to allow you to build decent sized regiments at a reasonable cost. No horses, except the officers’ horses are included in the packs. The next batch of six Chasseurs a Cheval codes will come with metal horses.

Revolutionary French

28mm metal figures designed by Alan Perry

REVF 22 Chasseur a Cheval command in 1791 helmets and Caracos. 6 figures (use plastic French Light cavalry horses B66)

REVF 23 Chasseur a Cheval in 1791 helmets and Caracos. 6 figures (use plastic French Light cavalry horses B66)

REVF 24 Chasseur a Cheval command in mirlitons and long tailed coats. 6 figures (use plastic French Light cavalry horses B66)

REVF 25 Chasseur a Cheval in mirlitons and long tailed coats. 6 figures (use plastic French Light cavalry horses B66)

REVF 26 Chasseur a Cheval command in mirlitons and dolmans, attacking. 6 figures (use plastic French Light cavalry horses B66)

REVF 27 Chasseur a Cheval in mirlitons and dolmans, attacking. 6 figures. (use plastic French Light cavalry horses B66)

The Young Napoleon by Richard Hook

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Boulogne 1990. From left to right - 9eme legere, 46eme, 3eme

 

From Confection Drouot

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''I've been asked about what soldiers wore in the revolutionary period. So, without giving away too much of the contents of my book, here goes.

Firstly both grenadiers and fusiliers for headdress had a chapeau and bonnet de police.

For nethergarments, they had a shirt, which acted also as a loin cloth, the tails of the shirt wrapped between the legs. Underpants were not used by working class men, or women, and it was only from 1812 that soldiers in theory, other than the Garde Imperiale, had underpants, Around the neck they wore a black or a white linen stock.

On the upper body, they had a sleeved veste, with blue collar and cuffs. Scarlet collar and cuffs were allowed for the Grenadiers of the Garde du Directoire, and may have been also used by the Ligne, but, reasonably not as the 1799 and 1802 describe blue collar and cuffs. The habit was worn over the sleeved veste.

Legwear was a pair of tricot breeches, worn with linen stockings. A soldier had three pairs of gaiters: one pair from black tricot, and a pair in bleached white linen. The white gaiters were replaced every year, the old pair being blackened by the men, and worn on the march. Soldiers had two pairs of shoes plus cross belts.

In winter, or if garrisoned in cold areas, a capote was issued. A sleeveless tricot gilet was allowed to be worn under the sleeved veste in winter. This could be worn in the summer. Linen trousers (pantalons) for use on the march were an innovation of 1802. Due to shortages, legwear was often what ever a soldier could find, or more correctly the regiment could obtain. By and large these shortages had been overcome by 1795.

Our image of three grenadiers from c.1796, when we look at inspection returns of the period, correlates exactly with the regulations and what soldiers actually had issued to them at the time. The idea that "anything goes" in terms of uniform is largely a myth after the first chaotic years of the revolution, and you look in detail at records generated at battalion level at the time.''