PhilinYuma
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Thanks very much for the information. I joined FigurinItaly and remembered that my Italian is worse than my bad Spanish, but I was able to muddle through. This incident is well known to British students of the battle and was cited by regimental officers at the time, and by contemporary historians as another example of William, Prince of Orange's ineptitude, though modern historians tend to exonerate him and blame the captain in charge and the height of the corn that hid the curassiers' approach. I would add that this was a very nice maneuver by the curassiers and that the battalion was one of the most inexperienced in the line. Many had joined in 1813 or later and, unlike the battle hardened veterans of the Peninsula, had no combat experience.
As a fellow lover of modeling colours, I agree that deciding just which British colour was lost or saved is often a matter of guesswork, and I doubt if anyone will argue with your choice. It sometimes helps to know that at the start of a battle at least, the most junior ensign carried the 2nd colour and the senior lieutenant carried the king's (royal) colour.
I notice that in your last post, you said, "una fusione di Leibovitz che ho usato per risparmiarmi un sacco di lavoro." It looks as though you took a bag of trouble anyway!
Thanks very much for the information. I joined FigurinItaly and remembered that my Italian is worse than my bad Spanish, but I was able to muddle through. This incident is well known to British students of the battle and was cited by regimental officers at the time, and by contemporary historians as another example of William, Prince of Orange's ineptitude, though modern historians tend to exonerate him and blame the captain in charge and the height of the corn that hid the curassiers' approach. I would add that this was a very nice maneuver by the curassiers and that the battalion was one of the most inexperienced in the line. Many had joined in 1813 or later and, unlike the battle hardened veterans of the Peninsula, had no combat experience.
As a fellow lover of modeling colours, I agree that deciding just which British colour was lost or saved is often a matter of guesswork, and I doubt if anyone will argue with your choice. It sometimes helps to know that at the start of a battle at least, the most junior ensign carried the 2nd colour and the senior lieutenant carried the king's (royal) colour.
I notice that in your last post, you said, "una fusione di Leibovitz che ho usato per risparmiarmi un sacco di lavoro." It looks as though you took a bag of trouble anyway!
