The Chouan Guerrilla

 Useful blog post in English

Chouans (1988) trailer

 I would love to see this. 

Chouan (French pronunciation: [ʃwɑ̃] ^ⓘ, "the silent one", or "owl") is a French nickname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Revolution. Participants in this revolt – and to some extent French anti-revolutionary activists in general – came to be known as Chouans, and the revolt itself came to be known as the Chouannerie.

1793 Vendeans/Chouans from the Perrys

 These look great. 

Anybody read this?

 Napoleon's army is illustrated through Henry Boisselier's 1943 plates depicting uniforms from 1792 to 1799.

Napoleon's army was born from the multiple French revolutionary armies. These were a merger of the old royal troops and a mix of volunteer and conscripted units. Raw recruits filled with patriotic enthusiasm marched forward alongside royal veterans and rogue adventurers eager for loot. By 1799, the French armies had been battle-tested and hardened. They provided the human material with which Bonaparte put an end to the revolutionary wars and prepared for his future imperial successes.

The bewildering array of uniforms worn by the revolutionary soldiers is much less documented than those of their imperial successors. In 1943, Henry Boisselier produced a series of 56 plates providing a broad coverage of the troops which fought from 1792 to 1799.

Régiment de Navarre

 

Exciting news from the Perrys

 Light Infantry for the forthcoming French Revolutionary range (sometime next year).

Over the last couple of months Alan has been working on many things including these Revolutionary Light Infantry and the Line command shown here. These are intended to cover the Revolutionary period up to and into the Consulate period.

Austerliz 1805

 Today's anniversary. Yesterday they reenacted it.