Reinforcements to Iberia

As the French assault on Spain continued, the British Government  dispatched a small expeditionary force under the command Major General Harry Paget, Lord MacDuff, to aid in the defense of that important realm. The first engagement was chronicled in the last episode of these random musings and ended with a British victory (barely), but a victory nonetheless. Yet, the task was not complete and Lord Harry sent his personal Aide, a young knight to bring news of the victory (and plead for more troops).

So today and next time, we'll take a look at some of the newly arrived forces and some of the talk about some of the trials and tribulations they endured on their journey to sunny Iberia! 

MacDuff's Highlanders will be our first unit. Organized for the About Bonaparte rules by Dirk Donvil, it also contains an officer. Under the rules, all British units are required to be veteran and all must have an attached officer. Since all of this costs points (as explained in the rules), this actually reinforces the British practice of small, highly trained expeditions. This might not have been the author's intention, but it works out quite well. These are old Airfix 54mm British Highlanders. A year of two before the Pandemic, my friend Ross (of MacDuff to the Frontier fame) gave me a bunch of these unpainted from his collection. They have sat around my hobby room (my adult son's former bedroom) since then. Frankly, the thought of even attempting a kilt on a figure was just too intimidating. But they're going to Huzzah!2023 in a few weeks for an About Bonaparte game I will be putting on Saturday morning. 

The XCII, almost The Gordons is the next regiment in line. They are about half-painted and will be finished by the weekend. Here's a shot of the unit master figure I completed the other day:

BTW, I also hate painting "diced hose"! Why couldn't they just wear regular socks?

Until next time!