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Spain

Portugal

Pre 1806

Portugal

Pre 1806 and post

Warflag: napoleonic France 1804 & 1812 pattern

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1804 Pattern

1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the

1st Regiment de Ligne

2nd Regiment de Ligne

3rd Regiment de Ligne

4th Regiment de Ligne

5th Regiment de Ligne

1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalion of the 6th Regiment de Ligne

1st Battalions of the

11th Regiment de Ligne
12th Regiment de Ligne
13th Regiment de Ligne
14th Regiment de Ligne
15th Regiment de Ligne
16th Regiment de Ligne
18th Regiment de Ligne
21st Regiment de Ligne
25th Regiment de Ligne
28th Regiment de Ligne
30th Regiment de Ligne
54th Regiment de Ligne

1st Battalion of the

2nd Regiment de Legere

3rd Regiment de Legere

4th Regiment de Legere

5th Regiment de Legere

8th Regiment de Legere

12th Regiment de Legere

13th Regiment de Legere

15th Regiment de Legere

25th Regiment de Legere

Guard Battalions

Regiment d'Elite Gendarmerie a Pied

Cavalry Squadrons

Dragoon Squadrons

1804 Pattern

From April 1812 regiments started receiving their new colors, 1 color per regiment. Battle honors were shown for those battle in which Napoleon had himself been in command. Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Eckmuhl, Essling and Wagram. Some regiments were still carrying their old colors when the 1812 campaign began.

Plate 1

Regiments with no battle honors

Ligne 6e, 7e, 10e, 22e, 26e, 47e, 66e, 70e, 82e, 86e, 101e 

Legere 14e, 19e, 22e, 31e, 32e

Regiments with Wagram Battle Honors

Ligne 1er, 5e, 9e, 13e,19e,23e,29e, 42e, 52e, 53e,60e,62e, 79e, 81e,102e, 106e, 112e, 

Legere 5e, 8e, 23e

Regiments with Battle Honors for

Eckmuhl, Essling, Wagram

Ligne  2e, 16e, 37e, 56e, 67e, 93e

Legere 5e

Regiments with Battle Honors for

Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland, Eckmuhl, Essling, Wagram

Ligne 3e 

Regiments with Battle Honors for

Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Eckmuhl, Essling, Wagram

Ligne 4e, 18e,46e,57e

Legere 10e, 24e, 26e

Regiments with Battle Honors for

Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland, Eckmuhl, Wagram

Ligne  8e, 45e, 54e, 94e, 95e

Legere 27e

Plate 2

Regiments with Battle Honors for Ulm and Wagram

Ligne  11e, 35e, 84e, 92e

Legere 18e

Regiments with Battle Honors for Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Eckmuhl, Essling, Wagram

Ligne 12e, 17e, 21e, 25e, 30e, 33e, 48e, 61e, 85e, 108e, 111e

Legere 13e

Regiments with Battle Honors for Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau

Ligne 14e, 28e, 36e, 43e, 55e, 74e

Regiments with Battle Honors for Ulm, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Essling, Wagram

Legere 27e, 39e, 59e, 69e, 76e

Legere 6e, 25e

Regiments with Battle Honors for Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Essling, Wagram

Ligne 24e, 63e

Legere 16e

Regiments with Battle Honors for Ulm, Friedland

Ligne 32e, 58e

Legere 4e

Regiments with Battle Honors for Ulm, Austerlitz

Ligne 34e

Plate 3

Regiments with various battle honors

40e, 44e, 50e, 51e, 64e, 88e 17e legere, 65e, 72e, 96e, 9e legere, 100e, 103e, 105e, 7e legere, 15e legere, 21e legere, 28e legere, 15e, 12e legere, 2e legere

And flag with all eight battle honors.

Swiss 1st - 4th Regiments

1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th Battalions for each regiment.

French Fanion: Line and Guard 

 

 

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Baverian Infantry Regiment

Bavarian Cavalry

Borse Guard Grenadier Guidon

Guard Carabinieri Squadron

Wolframsdorf (and possible other Cuirassier) Squadron

Cuirassier Squadrons

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Some Info

Regiments typically had 2 or three battalions.

These flags are far less speculative than some of the other WSS flags. I have been able to find much more information on French Colors as they are far better documented. There may be some dispute as to the exact shades of colors, because for many I have relied on written descriptions:

French battalions carried an ordnance flag and the colonels colors. In most cases the colonels colors were the same. Many sources give the colonels color as being a plain white flag, but it did in fact have the cross sewn into it with white thread. The first plate therefore shows a variation on this which can be duplicated for the subsequent battalions. Where a colonels color deviates from this rule I have included its colors with the ordnance flag.

In cases where a regiment's colors change during the period of our concern, I have included both colors and separated these from the other colors on the plate with a black line and in the list below the regiments names are separated by a slash '/'. In the interests of brevity, and because the primary function of this site is to provide wargamers with fairly accurate flags for their miniatures and not hard historical data, I have listed only the name of the regiments as it was in 1701 (except where the name change also involves a colors change as noted above). In other words, if the Colonel changed but the Regimental name stayed the same, it may not be mentioned unless the Colors also changed.

I have attempted to list the regiments in the order that they occur in "From Pike To Shot" by Charles Stewart Grant published by Wargames Research Group to facilitate those wishing to consult this excellent work for uniform painting guide.

Flags were in approximately 2 meters square.

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Kronprinz

Alt Dohna

Fusilier Leibgorde

Anhalt Dessau

Artillery Standard

Prussian Cavalry

Markgraf Philipp Horse

Portali Horse

Ansbach Dragon

Mrkgraf Albrecht Dragon

Derflinger Dragon 

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English and Scottish Foot

Each Plate has Pre and Post Act of Union Version

England and Scotland

The act of union in 1707 resulted in the joining of the St. George cross of England and the St. Andrews cross of Scotland on the new flags.

English regiments. were all of one battalion, except the Guards, which were of two.

This series of flags is available in the Classic plain colored style and in a textured style and in each for the pre and post Act of Union versions.

Most regiment's colors matched their uniform's facing color. There are therefore several generic colors that can be simply matched to the regiment of your choice depending on its uniform. 

The Pre 1707 versions are suitable for the period of the Grand Alliance and the League of Augsberg.

Flags were in approximately 6 feet square.

Cavalry

Textured Style

 The textured flag plates are separated out into Pre and Post Act Of Union versions