DUTCH Rogers shows 27 battalions and 45 squadrons of this; I can account for all but 4 battalions. Rogers shows an average strength of 153. In the chart, the question marks indicate a lack of information (obviously), as some regiments had lapels and collars and others did not. Uniform coat was in general similar to British. Blue is a middle blue, belts are usually white. Most lace in button color, shabraque in facing color. Officers may have worn a sash over shoulder like British officers, probably orange. Most Dutch infantry wore coats of a middle to dark blue, of a large cut, rather like contemporary French or Russian cuts. Grenadier caps came in a wide variety - British, Prussian, Austrian, etc. Waistcoat and breeches were same color, but Swiss regiments were always blue. Belts were white or buff; hat lace in button color. Officers seem to have worn a sash over their right shoulder, a la British style, with black cockade. Strengths were usually 1 battalion, 800 full strength, 650 average at Fontenoy. Foreign regiments had 2 or 3 battalions. As for the remaining four battalions, they could perhaps be converted grenadier battalions. For wargaming purposes, however, there are a few units with which one could bulk out his army. These are chosen because of their difference from the blue-faced-red norm. DUTCH CAVALRY No. of Btns/Sqds Unit Coat Collar Cuffs Lapels Waistcoat Buttons Notes 10 Garde Dragoons blue red red red straw white buff belts, white lace 3 Sandonville white ? red ? straw ? - 3 Hop white red red red straw white slashed cuffs 3 Carabiniers white red red ? yellow white - 3 Rechtesen white ? red ? ? white - 3 Linden white ? red ? ? ? - 3 Sclaek white none red none straw yellow - 2 Reede von Ginckel white none red red straw yellow slashed cuffs 2 Hessen-Homberg blue ? red ? ? ? - 3 Nassau-Overkirk blue ? red ? straw white - 5 Massau Dragoons Schlippenbach blue ? red red white white - 7 Dragoons blue none red red straw white - DUTCH INFANTRY No. of Btns/Sqds Unit Coat Collar Cuffs Lapels Waistcoat Buttons Notes 2 Garde te Voet blue red red none white white brass gren. plate, white lace on buttonholes, cuff edges, etc. 1 Swiss Gels blue red red none blue white as above, except bearskin gren. cap 1 Oranje-Groningen blue ? red ? white white white lace on cuffs, etc. (Garde of Groningen) 1 Oranje-Vriesland blue red red red white white no lace (Garde of Vriesland) 1 Van Dortl red ? yellow ? yellow white a marine grenadier unit with a low grenadier cap 1 Buddenbrock blue red red blue ? white low black grenadier cap, red bag, white edging 1 Lippe blue ? red red ? white Col. Graf zu Schaumberg-Lippe 1 Van Rijssel blue ? red ? red yellow A marine-grenadier unit 1 Crunstrom blue ? red ? ? ? formerly Frederick II of Prussia's regt. 1 Bertinck blue ? red red ? white - 1 Brockhuizen blue ? red ? ? ? - 1 Smisscart blue ? red ? ? ? a walloon regt. 1 Aylva blue ? red red ? white - 1 Brockhorst blue ? red ? red yellow - 2 Stuslerst blue none red none blue white white lace on left buttonholes 2 Selisch blue none red none blue white as above, but lace on cuffs also 3 Constant-Rebeque blue none red none blue white as Selisch 1 Waldeck white red red ? ? ? - ? Artillery blue none red red red yellow - AUSTRIANS The two Austrian cavalry regiments that I can identify fought with the Dutch. There were two squadrons of de Ligne Dragoons (No. 14) actually commanded by Colonel Peter Joseph de Coudrelier. They wore a medium green coat with red lapels, vest, left shoulder strap and right shoulder cord. There were yellow buttons, black neck stock and buff pants; also, red horse housings edged yellow. The hussars belonged to the Karolyi Hussars actually commanded by Colonel Geo. von lklad. They had an all dark blue uniform with red trim, sash and bag. Kalpak and fur were brown. Shabraque was red edged dark blue. OTHER INFANTRY Unit Coat Collar Cuffs Lapels Waistcoat Buttons Notes Ouoshorn blue ? yellow ? 2 ? - Swaveubug blue ? white none red yellow - de la Rocque white ? red ? ? ? - Leytleu white ? lt. blue ? ? ? - du Tettre blue ? white ? white white - Glinatia white ? lt. blue ? ? ? - Lielers blue white white none white yellow blue breeches, black bearskins - a walloon grenadier regt. MacKay* red ? white white white white up to 2 btns. Halkch* red ? yellow yellow yellow yellow up to 2 btns. Colyeas* red ? yellow yellow yellow yellow up to 2 btns. Drumlanrig* red / green green green ? 2 btns., grenadier units Oranje-Nassau lt. blue ? red ? white ? 4 btns., German troops *These units made up the Scots Brigade. More Fontenoy 1745 The Campaign The Battle Uniforms and Organization: British Uniforms and Organization: Hanoverians Uniforms and Organization: Dutch and Austrians Uniforms and Organization: French Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. VII #4 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1987 by The Courier Publishing Company. 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