Since 1797, the Fusiliers wore a new dark green shorter jacket of much more modern cut than that of the Musketeers and Grenadiers. Note/Correction to Illustration: The Jagers and Fusiliers officers were wrongly identified. The Jagers officer and private are on the right of the picture and not on the left. The Fusilier officer and private are on the left of the picture. The jacket was lined in red and the collar, lapels and cuffs were in the facing colors as outlined in Table III. The white waistcoat had disappeared. Knee-length breeches were replaced by long white breeches complemented by short black gaiters. In the field, as was true for the line infantry, twill overalls were worn over the breeches. The belts were black and the saber belt was worn over the jacket while the cartridge belt was worn around the waist. A brown calfskin sidesack held by a black belt over the shoulder and a green linen breadbag fixed on a leather strap completed the equipment, along with a canteen. The tricorn was also reintroduced to replace the casquet, and in addition to their facings and buttons (see table), each battalion of each brigade was further identified by the color of the pompom as shown in Table II. A black felt cylindrical shako was also introduced in 1801. The front of the shako was decorated with an eagle badge in the button color and a plume the color of the pomporn given below. In addition, there was white trim around the upper edge. It appears that during the Campaign of 1806 only a few of the Fusilier battalions were equipped with the shakos. The Fusilier officers continued to wear the tricorn complemented by a white plume. They wore a tunic of a similar cut to that of the Line officers. Their silver and black sash was worn over the tunic. The saber was worn around the waist on a back belt and was complemented by a tassel. The overcoat was green. TABLE II. FUSILIER BATTALIONS DISTINCTIVE POMPOM COLORS Brigade Bttn Number Facings Buttoms MAGDEBURG 1,25 CARMINE YELLOW WESTPHALIAN 18,19,20 CARMINE WHITE 1ST EAST PRUSSIAN 3,6,11 LIGHT GREEN YELLOW 2ND EAST PRUSSIAN 21,23,24 LIGHT WHITE 1ST WARSAW 4,8,16 LIGHT BLUE YELLOW 2ND WARSAW 9,12,17 LIGHT BLUE WHITE LOWER SILESIA 13,14,15 BLACK YELLOW UPPER, SILESIA 7,10,22 BLACK WHITE Prussian Uniforms of the 1806 Campaign Part I: The Line Infantry Introduction 1. The Musketeer Regiments 2. The Fuslier Battalions 3. The Jager Regiment Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 4 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Emperor's Headquarters This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com