I would like to thank John Henderson of the NA's German States Study Group who has kindly offered to help ADC where he and the group can, in which context his contribution to the question from Richard Stubbs appears below, and for taking the trouble to write to me in the context of Frankfurt, together with a map showing the various component parts of this tiny state. His point is that Frankfurt was not a grand duchy until 1810 and, therefore, reference to it as such in the context of events prior to that date was incorrect. I also have to thank Dave Hollins for his contribution and between the three of us I think we have at least gone part of the way to answering Richard's question.

Thanks are also due to Tilman Stieve and Keith Barker for additional information in the context of Russian regimental names and their origins, which appeared in Dispatches FE31 and illustrate the difficulties I alluded to, particularly in the context of double transliteration. I have, however, examined Tilman's reservations to make sure that I had faithfully reproduced the spellings of the respective names from the two sources used and there is one error in that context. The spelling of Knyazyna (Prince) is my 'thick fingers' and should have been Knyazya, which is how it is shown by Mark Conrad and corrected by Tilman. It is only coincidence that it was recognisable at all! The naming of Kutusov's regiment as Godenishchev-Kutusov's (Goldenish-chev-Kutusov? Not guilty m'lud!) results from my following Tessin's rendition. Mark Conrad transliterates the name Golenishcheva-Kutuzova and anglicises it as Golenishchev-Kutusov.

I have to admit that I didn't realise that the Pavlov Grenadier Regiment was not named after Pavlovsk. The assumption is understandable enough because the palace lies in the St Petersburg Inspection and, of course, it was named after Paul too. Pavlovsk lies 25km south of St Petersburg. It was originally part of the hunting grounds of the Imperial Estate of Tsarskoye Selo (Czar's Village) or Pushkin. The land and two villages, including the serfs that lived in them, were given by Catherine II to her son Paul in 1777 on which to build his country residence. The two villages were named Pavlovskoye Selo, or Paul's Village, and it may also be worth explaining that Russian place names often, though not always, include a generic designation as well as being inflected to agree in gender. The former varies, for example, from a small village, large village, town and city, thus if a place called Bridgnorth existed in Russia it might have progressed from Bridgnorthskaya [derevnya - small village - feminine], through Bridgnorthskoye [selo - large village - neuter] to Bridgnorthsk [gorod (grad is a variant) - city - masculine]. Now isn't that interesting and aren't we all glad English is such a sensible language? The anglicised version of the regiment in question is best rendered, it seems, as Pavlov Grenadier Regiment (transliteration Pavlovskii) since I doubt Czar Paul Grenadier Regiment will ever become accepted currency now, but not Pavlovsk as I showed it. Anyway, here endeth the discussion of the Russian language as far as I am concerned but to answer Tilman's question, none of the sources I have reflect any changes in the names of the three guard regiments subsequent to the death of Paul and the reversion to the geographic names.

Russian Regt. Names: FE30 Aide De Camp.

There are two further questions this month:

1. Information Required Concerning Henry Anderson

Miss WJ Atkin, Sleaford, Lincs, UK

Miss Atkin is researching the life of Henry Anderson (1790 - 1860), whose army career included service in the 69th Foot (1813-1824) with whom he saw action at Waterloo. His coatee is on exhibit at the National Army Museum in London bearing the marks of the wound he sustained on the battlefield. In 1825 he joined the 75th Foot before his appointment to the staff of the Chatham Infantry Depot in 1837 where he eventually attained the post of Major Superintendent. He left the Depot in 1860 to become Colonel of the 45th Foot shortly before his death. She is anxious to discover whether there are any surviving images of Henry Anderson, either a photograph or a likeness, and whether there is any published or archival material relating to the history of the Infantry Depot at Chatham during this period?

2. Information Required On The Austrians' Allies 1796-1800

Richard Stubbs, PO Box 256, Prahran, Vic 3181. Australia.

Richard is wargaming the 1796-1800 period and wants information on the Austrians' allies during the period. He has a reference to Württemberg troops and a Nassau Cuirassier regiment at Hohenlinden. Nevertheless, Richard says there were apparently 20,000 Austrian allies including 9,500 Bavarians at this battle and that a Bavarian regiment is mentioned in the context of the Battle of Zurich in 1799.

Any Revolutionary Wars buffs out there who'd like to expand on this one?

German States, Zurich, and Second Coalition