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37 Imperial Artillery

M Stephens


This query concerns the artillery component of the Imperial army during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Firstly, when was the yellow-ochre paintwork, so chracterisic of Austrian artillery in later wars, adopted?

And secondly, how widespread was the practice of using battalion guns amongst Imperial, rather than strictly Austrian, regiments, during the War?

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