Source: Barroso. Fig. 1. Companhia Fusileiros do 2nd Regimento Hat black, plume red with yellow top, bow red with dark blue centre, sweat band white with red top and bottom edges, white powdered hair, black tied bow. Tunic dark blue, red collar, cuffs, lapels [as in fig.2.] and turnbacks, yellow lace on cuffs and turnbacks, yellow epaulette, yellow metal buttons, breeches white, black spats, brass buttons, natural leather straps, black pouch and bayonet scabbard. Large Illustration, Figures 1-3: (slow: 96K) Fig.2. Companhia Cacadores del 3rd Regimento Hat black, plume green, brass plume holder, cockade as fig. 1. with silver bugle, hat band green with white top and bottom edges. Tunic dark blue, yellow cuffs, collar, lapels and turnbacks, yellow buttons, epaulettes; strap red, white pad before yellow fringe, breeches white, spats and shoes black, natural leather straps and belts. Fig.3. Companhia Granadeiros del 1st Regimento Hat black, upright plume red, domed plume black, cockade as for fig.l., hat band red with three thin yellow bands, gilt hat badge. Tunic dark blue, red collar, cuffs and turnbacks, red piping on front of tunic, epaulettes; yellow strap with red fringe, yellow buttons, breeches white, black spats and shoes, cross-belts and musket sling white. [These units were raised in 1779 with one company of Grenadiers, one company of Cacadores [Light Co.], and eight companies of Fuziliers in each. T.D.H.] Back to Table of Contents -- El Dorado Vol V No. 1 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1992 by The South and Central American Military Historians Society 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