Napoleonic Basics Spanish Line and Light Infantry

Our Napoleonic Nation deep dives continue this time with Spain! The minis here aren't mine, I don't own any (yet!) instead they are Front Rank and Eagle Miniatures.
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[@stevehall9333]

"Like a peasant who'd found a bag of money " - brilliant! Back in the day I had a 25mm Spanish army based on the Baylen OOB. They never won anything without a British contingent to give them backbone, but I loved them and their beautiful uniforms.

[@violetsapphire952]

This has become 100% my favourite wargaming series on youtube.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Tha ks buddy! Means a lot!

[@simonebenatti6552]

@@NapoleonicWargaming Where do you find the info andf the imgs?

[@MrAustin99]

The Black Brunswicks of the Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick. Enjoy watching your videos thank you.

[@markhume3503]

Yes please including the Black Band of 1809

[@jamesbarbour327]

Please do a comprehensive view of the Confederation of the Rhine troops!!!

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

That might be a series of 2 or 3 vids, but yeah, definitely doable

[@Maxyshadow]

Yes please!

[@BrushQuill]

Something on Baden would be great as info is hard to find.

[@Tupinamba77]

I'd love a video about the Portuguese. Particularly about their colonial troops. The Napoleonic Wars were also a world war (like the 7 years wars) and normally one only sees stuff about the Peninsular Campaign. But there were combined actions of Portuguese and British units elsewhere too, like the taking of Cayenne. Cheers!

[@alejandrotabilo1988]

I would like to see a video about the whole America (not meaning USA, meaning the continent of America) The wars of South America and armies, as well as the north wars.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Yeah, I'm certainly going to do the USA. Not sure about south america, but I'm certainly not ruling it out. Especially Argentina and the attempted invasion

[@Gold_Bug]

I'd like to see Saxony.

[@davidcollins2648]

Yes! Saxony had a large contingent of soldiers fighting for both sides and for a longer period than about any other country.

[@BootsontheTable]

Swedes next! Always fascinated by Bernadotte’s boys!

[@buwaya4223]

The basis for most of Spanish wealth @1550-1820 was the enormous silver mine in Potosi, now in Bolivia. The silver from Potosi was the bulk of what the Spanish treasure fleets carried. The Spanish empire can be said to have lived and died by the Potosi silver. The mine was playing out by the early 1800's, and the failure of the stream of silver, besides the disruptions of the Napoleonic wars.

[@LittleLouieLagazza]

Sealskin and flame 😊

[@demitrisioannou7730]

This is so useful for me I’ve always wanted to do a napoleonic period and your series is invaluable. I am currently using featherstone rules.

[@stevehall9333]

I hope you've moved on from Featherstones rules, so many better ones these days .

[@pw972]

A very interesting very minor nation are the Hanseatic Legion. Thy are very small but a very interesting unit. Keep up your great work and thank you for your great content.

[@maryhinge6334]

Very interesting. Thanks for putting this out there. I’d be really interested to hear about the Swedes one day if you decided to do that. 👍

[@RagnarQuirin]

Nice! As I live in Spain I was waiting for this. Keep up this great work!

[@philRminiatures]

Brilliant job, they look splendid and enthusiastic!

[@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth]

Love this series keep it up mate

[@TwisstedSage]

Gadzooks! You've given me more information in this video than all the research I've been able to uncover here in Texas, a former Spanish colony. Pity I didn't have it before I built & sculpted, and painted 4 battalions of these boys. I know you don't like the idea of converting early French to the purpose but I've thrown in, more than half, of Perry's Spanish.and used as many of the bonnet de police as I could. Of those I couldn't I gave them the white edge around the bicorn so they don't stand out that much. Warlord sent me a newsletter touting a "soon to be released" notice of a plastic box of Spanish but nothings shown up yet on their (terribly clumsy) website yet but you might want to wait before investing the loot in Front Rank & or Eagle minis. Anyway, a really terrific installment and I literally can't wait for the episode on cavalry since I've already purchased several packs from Perry of these huge hatted yobs. Can you imagine trying to ride a horse, at speed or fighting with this bloody great sail on your head? No wonder they ran away instead!

[@matthewrichardson8760]

I've been buy my Spanish army from front ranks, which i love the miniatures but they stuff up on two of my orders, so I'm not buying from them again. As for info on uniforms and the peninsular war In general, One of the best if not the best books, that you can get on the peninsular war is. The Peninsular War Atlas By Nick Lipscombe and for there uniforms Spanish Infantry of the Early Peninsular War : Uniforms, Organisation and Equipment of the Line and Militia By Gerald Cronin And some good wed sites. miniatureaddiction.info/1808-spanish/ www.littlewars.se/spanish/index.html

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Thanks dude. Yeah, if doesnt do it for me as a conversion, but hey if you like it, that's all that matters! Wargames Atlantic are releasing some in plastic too, with plenty of spare heads if you did want to change them (but theirs absolutely no need to, it's your army dude!)

[@SemperSometimesProductions]

You should do an 1812 America’s conflict kind of deal in my opinion it’s a often left out part of this over all conflict for several cultural and political reasons on this side of the isle.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

USA is certainly on the cards!

[@rickrolld2761]

spanish:*forms an line infantry* KKK (phil):we got this... keep running towards them!!

[@martinradcliffe4798]

This is a great series. I'd like to see you do Poland or Saxony.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Thanks dude, both will definitely get done!

[@LittleLouieLagazza]

Thank you!

[@BrushQuill]

Another great video. Kingdom of Holland gets my vote. Only existed for 4 years (06-10)before being absorbed, but fought in Spain.

[@mr.g161]

can we have some video's about the prussian's under blucher? tactics, the guard, etc.

[@konradson]

The French were willing to invade Portugal for a large period of time, before they entered the Peninsula. They wanted to punish Portugal so much, that Spain decided to relax their friends, invading their neighbor with a 200000 soldier army (1801). They did a fast visit, facing a Portuguese army, that was defeated. Godoy (the Favourite of the Queen, a soldier, and some kind of Prime Minister), said the only interesting thing here in Portugal are these oranges (and because of that, this "war" has been known since then as: The War of the Oranges). When the French invade Spain, they were not really invited to make the visit. That's why nobody in Spain liked their visit. And even the "Afrancesados" (those who thought that Spain had to become more like the French). Later, in 1823, another French army payed a visit to Spain, the 100000 Children of Saint Louis (Saint Louis of France was a Cousin of Saint Ferdinand of Castilla). Nobody decided that this French army was an enemy at all (only the Constitutionalists). They entered Spain to restore the Absolutist Monarchy, with the same king, the Constitutionalists took to Cádiz (where the Constitutionalists hoped they'll have British support). As no army faced the French, Absolutism was restored (The First Spanish Constitution, "La Pepa", 1812, was supposed to be accepted by the king as soon as he came to Spain, but he didn't. In 1820, a Spanish army, led by coronel Riego, decided not to travel to America, to fight the traitor independentists, but to make a coup, and make the King (btw, King Ferdinand VII, the Desired) swear the 1812 Constitution (1820-1823, the first Constitutional period in Spain). King Ferdinand died after years of a strong illness. As he had no sons, only girls, he decided to abolish the Salic Law (the Borbons stablished in Spain a Century earlier). Queen Isabel II, was a too young queen (3), when her father died. Her uncle, Prince Carlos, was unwilling to accept Isabel as queen, so he decided to declare himself as king. Here, the constitutionalists took part for Isabel, and this time, they won the war, the First of the Guerras Carlistas.

[@blecao]

The orange war was the starting invesion of 1809 not the early invasion for what i can recall

[@NEY-uu3lx]

You mean the lover of the queen?

[@jorgemagan3409]

Very nice !

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Thanks dude!

[@christianramos1705]

Batalla de Cartagena de Indias durante la guerra de la Oreja de Jenkins. Dime que paso con Vernon y su poderosa flota, aver donde esta el control Ingles del Caribe. Gracias

[@lucar.5045]

I'd like to see Portoguese, Italian and Neaopolitans

[@bairiki69]

The role of Godoy in Spanish politics weakening the state should be mentioned.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Its a fascinating part of Spainshistiry, the problem was what to cut and what to keep!

[@bjkernowpaintingandmodelli9119]

Nice update

[@paintinghistory1475]

Unusual but enjoyable, are when going to have square just I've seen some ridiculous formations in the black powder rulebook showing ad Sudan british troops in enormous squares defending from hundreds of skirmishes. Is that a tactic couse it looks great but seems impractical. Btw a polish army basic would be cool

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

That is how they used to fight in the colonial era! It must have required a huge amount if training. I'm no expert in that period, but yeah it was basically a mobile fort with walls made up of men. The Four Feathers with Heath Ledger in it shows really well how it would have fought.

[@paintinghistory1475]

Interesting I'll read up on it! So how's the polish army project going? I've started a napoleonic french project that I plan to finish by Christmas so that can get a russian starter

[@sjay6089]

Duchy of Warsaw would be nice to see in a video :)

[@historypunkwargames4760]

Great stuff what do you think of the new warlord kit?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

They look good on the screen, but not seen them in the flesh. I'm holding off buying any until the new plastics from Wargames Atlantic come out. I did order a Spanish general from Brigade Games yesterday though ;)

[@historypunkwargames4760]

@@NapoleonicWargaming Ok thanks

[@jamesbarbour327]

What is your Facebook page name? I love these videos, by the way!

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Just Napoleonic wargaming youtube channel. It's not very inventive 😅

[@unaiestanconapelaez2526]

7:15 the riot was the 2nd of May not the third

[@viterf9227]

Can you do videos on the Prussian army

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

They'll be the next major power I cover

[@damjan4435]

What's the miniature/manufacturer at 0:56

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

I'm not sure tbh. If anyone finds out, let me know!

[@unai_asecas9070]

On-spot pronunciation

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Hahaha. I'm sure... 😅

[@rand8821]

Don't know if you have mentioned this before, but I'm planning on doing a Prussian army. However I am having trouble finding info on how many ranks they usually fought in, which I would like to know for my basing of the infantry. You wouldn't happen to know would you?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Not off the top of my head. I can find out for you though!

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

So I asked a friend of mine that has forgotten more about Prussians than I'll ever know. He says musketeers (line) would be in 3 ranks. Fusiliers (light infantry) would be in 2, with the third rank skirmishing. Similar to how I describe the Austrians in their line and grenadiers video

[@rand8821]

@@NapoleonicWargaming thanks

[@shanedale302]

Westphalian or Italians will be good.

[@richardbowker6206]

Portuguese 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@MarekKrassus53]

Please do something about the Portuguese.. ;)

[@gkspain1]

Westphalia please