A little off the beaten path-1809 Hesse-Cassel effort

Hesse Kassel was subsumed early on in the Napoleonic Wars.  This made its former prince rather a inveterate enemy who attempted a few times to raise troops to fight the French Emperor's forces.  In 1809 he convinced the Austrians to bankroll a contingent of infantry, cavalry and artillery to take the field against the French. There was to be a Kur-Hessischen Legion.

 

 There was a light battalion:

A Garde Grenadier Battalion:

There were to be two line infantry regiments, however recruiting proved too sparse to field these.

I used the Sash and Saber casts for the units, was pleased with them.  The flags were downloads from Warflag, I think....this was over a decade ago. There were also raised a squadron each of Dragoons and Hussars, but I did not model them. I might have to rethink that.

Just big enough as units to fit in our imagination campaign, most likely as a sub -ruler to what effectively is Hanover.

The uniforms are described in detail in Osprey Men at Arms No. 122.