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BRITAIN 1813

ARTILLERY TO HORSE

During the XVIII century the artillery knew a big development completely the European army unless in that British, where it remained weak point and means poor woman.

In the 1803 the Royal Artillery is possible to count on as soon as eight battalions on foot; ( against the twenty and more of the Francia ), each of which she/he/it was partite in ten company to them divided time in battery. 

To this initial nucleus is added then between the 1806 and the 1808 two new unit that bore to eight the total number of the regiment of the artillery on foot, giving to this finishes its face. 

The artillery to horse was born instead in the 1793, as support to the chivalry, and till the 1801 it has of as soon as of seven battery that it was increased to twelve in the 1806.

 The personnel of every party includes two captains, three first lieutenants, five sergeants, three corporals, 80 artillerymen, 60 coachmen, a trumpet and seven auxiliary ( saddles, horseshoers, gunners ).

Also some rocket launcher unit to horse the which concrete utility was modest, given the scarce accuracy throw; but that it has the task of frightening the enemy. 

Second the duke of Wellington, the winner of Waterloo, this department it served only to set on fire the besieged town. 

UNIFORM

The uniform of the horse artillery was inspired to that of the light dragons, even if with the time it adopted a lot of typical element of the hussar. 

Its distinctive feature were a blue dolman with neck, cuffs and they hem well-finished red in yellow-gold, grey trousers with lateral band red, short covered it black boots from the trousers and leather helmet. 

The officials showed off gilt braids on the sleeves of the jacket and a red band in life. 

In occasion of the protect wore white trousers from climbs and boots to the Hungarian. 

A short sabre and right hand that it is possible to be easily handled also to horse and two pistol.

During the marches the sabre was held in a fixed metal scabbard to the belt through a leathers of white lace, in the displacement to horse was instead borne directly to the saddle. The holster of the two pistol of black leathers, they are found to the wided of the saddle, the cartridge-belt with the bullets was fixed to the white bandoleer with gilded buckle.


Gruppo Murat