So, you are interested in bringing this squalid little fracas to the miniature gaming table? Be advised, the Danes lose…frequently, regularly, and badly. Even so, there are several points of interest to recommend this war; the actions are small enough so that an entire battle at operational level is not out of the question, the battles are varied, and not least, you probably already have at least one force of participants already painted. Uniforms for the Prussians and Austrians are as for 1866, while the Danish Line wore dark grey greatcoats, dark blue tunics with red patch collars, medium blue trousers and blanket rolls (and for reservists, medium blue greatcoats) a dark blue fieldcap that was very similar to a French kepi, black boots and belting, a white haversack, and a natural leather backpack. Danish artillerists wore a similar uniform, but served their guns wearing the double-breasted tunic without the greatcoat. Danish infantry battalions numbered about 800, with two battalion regiments. The jaegers had been absorbed into the line in 1860. Danish batteries usually numbered six guns. The Dragoons wore a sky blue, double-breasted tunic with red collar patches. Trousers were sky blue, tucked into black leather boots. Headgear was a black leather crested helmet without plume. On campaign, a volumous light blue greatcoat called a Reitermantel was also worn. Belting was white, except for the third regiment, which had black. Related Sources for The Second Schleswig War Review: The Second Schleswig War (book) The Second Schleswig War - 1864 Battle of Kjaer -Finis- Back to Clash of Empires No. 3/4 Table of Contents Back to Clash of Empires List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by Keith Frye This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com