Having distinguished himself during campaigns in Bohemia and Bavaria, Simon Claude, Chevalier de Grassin, was commissioned to raise a corps of light infantry for the French army in 1744. This saw the formation of the Arquebusiers de Grassin, a versatile and mobile force of 1,200 men, (a quarter of which were mounted) which specialised in the scouting, screening and skirmishing roles of eighteenth century warfare. This famous regiment saw distinguished service in all the campaigns of the Austrian War of Succession, and is perhaps best known for their part in the hard fought, and ultimately successful action against the English in the Bois de Barry at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.
These distinctive figures, in the elaborate uniforms of the age, are finely detailed with lots of eighteenth century ‘character’. The basic rank and file code includes six different figure variants, in a variety of skirmishing poses befitting of the regiment’s traditional light infantry role. There is also an officer, standard bearer and horn blower to oversee everything.
Here are the catalogue details for the new miniatures –
28mm ARQUEBUSIERS DE GRASSIN from our Age of Reason range Variants in parenthesises. Variants are supplied randomly.
100AOR17 Arquebusiers de Grassin 1744-49 infantry (6) 100AOR18 Arquebusiers de Grassin 1744-49 officer (1) 100AOR19 Arquebusiers de Grassin 1744-49 standard bearer (1) 100AOR20 Arquebusiers de Grassin 1744-49 horn blower (1)
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Mounted Arquebusiers de Grassin on our 100 Club
If you like these figures and would like to see the mounted versions of them added to the range you can place a pre-order for any quantity via our 100 Club – click here. Once we receive orders totalling 150+ figures we will put Alan Marsh to work and get them into production.
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