The 7th Chasseurs a Cheval had a fairly extensive lineage. Formed in 1745 as the Volontaires Royaux, renamed as the Legion Royale in 1747, and disbanded in 1776. Reformed in 1779, the Regiment became the 1er Regiment de Chasseurs-à-Cheval, and was later renamed the Regiment de Chasseurs de Picardie in 1788, before finally being designated the 7e Regiment de Chasseurs in 1791.
The regimental facing color was Rose, which honestly would have been a bit lighter in hue than the Delta CC Lisa Pink I used for these figures.
The regiment had a similarly lengthy combat record:
1792: Worms, Mainz, Frankfurt, Hoxchfeld, and the Siege of Mainz.
1793: Hochheim, Haguenau, Cholet, Laval, Montaigu, Le Mans, Dol, Savenay, and Granville
1794: Landau, Fort-Vauban, Machecoul, and Noirmoutier
1798: Capture of Rome
1799: Gaete, Capua, Naples, Modena, La Trebbia, and Novi
1805: Embs
1806: Jena, Wismar, and Hamien
1807: Eylau, Koenigsberg, and Heilsberg
1809: Pfaffenhoffen, Raab, and Wagram
1811: Fuentes d' Onoro
1812: Polotsk, Drissa, and The Beresina
1813: Danzig, Bautzen, Liegnitz, Katzbach, Reichenbach, and Leipzig
1814: Bar-sur-Aube
1815: Suffel
The 7e regiment produced 6 officers who rose to the rank of General de Brigade or higher, most notably Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen Piré, and Alexandre de Montbrun, younger brother of the more famous cavalryman, Louis-Pierre De Montbrun.
Lovely looking figures and very well painted, the pink facings make for a lovely unit.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donnie; as mentioned, the pink should probably be lighter in color, but I prefer the more intense hue I used.
DeleteYes, the green and pink is a great combination. Lovely work Peter. The Piano horses are suitably robust, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteThe Piano horses are outstanding. Green and pink does work well together!
DeleteNow that's a lot of pink. Pink and Aurore, two difficult shades to represent. The uniform is well done and the unit is spiffy add to your light cavalry.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe, The previous Chasseurs had amaranth facings, but I tackle aurore in the next set of cavalry units! My Chasseurs definitely have a rainbow quality now, with units with red, pink, orange, yellow, blue, and amaranth facings! There's even one in purple if you count my Italian Chasseurs!
DeleteLovely work on these once again, Peter, and the facing colour really makes them pop!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith. Pink is a color we don't get to use very often!
DeleteGreat looking unit again !
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gary!
DeleteNice work, Peter!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jon. Painting Lucas' cavalry is always a treat!
DeleteLovely work Peter.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Richard!
DeleteLovely as always Peter and a fine choice for the rose facings.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James