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grand duchy of kolanhomm skip to main skip to sidebar grand duchy of kolanhomm being a brief journal of the expolits of an imagi nation in urope during the great wars of the 18th and 19th century welcome to kolanhomm mein herren kolanhomm is a small kingdom in central urope ruled by the benevolent johannes ix herein you will find all manner of information concerning kolanhomm it s army peoples and traditions as well as its victories and defeats in the great seven years war as new articles are published the older ones are available in the royal archives and linked in the right hand column in service to the king count bergstein royal chronicler of kolanhomm 1 12 08 army structure as the time for war grows close his higness the duke has asked me to set down how our army is organised and will be deployed in time of battle the army of our duchy comprises of 5 regiments of foot 4 of horse and the artillery regiment in time of extreme danger there is also the loyal militia in order of seniority the regiments of foot are lieb von schmetterling markgraf hussen platzach danuire the lieb has 10 musketeer companies while the other foot have 10 musketeer and 2 grenadier when on campaign the grenadier companies are merged to create 2 grenadier battlions these are normally brigaded with the lieb regiment to form the armies first brigade the second brigade is composed of the von schmetterling and markgraf hussen regiments and the von bothmer and baron katte regiments make up the third brigade each foot regiment includes two 3pdr guns commanded by the junior lieutenant each gun has two nco s appointed by the artillery regiment and the balance of the gun crew is drawn from the regiment itself in wartime these guns are grouped into brigade batteries the lieb regiment has four 3pdr guns so the first brigade also has a complete brigade battery the horse comprise lieb ryttar klinkerhof dragoons munchplitz dragoons mantrow hussars the ryttar wear black cuirasses and are the senior regiment in the army each cavalry regiment has eight companies grouped into four squadrons the artillery regiment comprises five companies no 1 company 4 x 18 pdr garrison artillery at grafstein no 2 company 4 x 18 pdr garrison artillery at kaubenstein no 3 company 6 x 12 pdr army reserve battery no 4 company 4 x 6 pdr army heavy battery no 5 company is responsible for training and assigning nco s to the regimental gun batteries it also provides technical support and tests new guns before they are sent to regular units finally there are the loyal militia regiments each comprises 4 fusileer companies based on a local town or group of parishes posted by pete at 1 18 pm 4 comments 2 11 08 first units arrive five weeks since the bare metal arrived the first units are ready to parade the first picture shows the two battalions of the von schmetterling infantry regiment alongside the markgraf hussen von schmetterling grenadiers a 3pdr gun detachment and general hermann von kruger commander of the second brigade the other shows the klinkerhoffen dragoons and the franzotzich jaegers the figures are the rather large 15mm sold by lancashire games rumour has it that the perfidious swedes have landed and are marching south towards the duchy and contact is expected very soon thus more of the grand ducal army has been mobilised and a detachment of prussians are marching to assist the duchy as well despite this not being the ideal season for campaigning a battle is expected soon in service to the duke posted by pete at 8 03 am 6 comments 1 11 08 how it all began although i ve been gaming with metal figures for over 35 years the syw never really interested me until recently in early september 2008 i took the plunge and decided to start building a pair of armies for the period prussian and swede although i wanted to build armies with sizeable battalions and regiments i didn t have a rule set in mind i also want to use this as a chance to build up my own imagi nation the grand duchy of kolanhomm my first batch of new metal arrived from lancashire games at the end of september and i started painting i ll update this blog as i go along posted by pete at 1 21 pm 0 comments 30 10 08 the royal family our ancient and historic state is governed by the hereditary ruler grand duke johannes ix his grace was born in 1715 and acceeded to the ducal crown on the death of his uncle johannes viii in 1746 he is married to marise von kammestein since 1735 and they have five surviving children johannes b 1736 karl b 1738 marise b 1739 gulielma b 1741 fredreich b 1744 crown prince johannes is currently attached to the lieb grenadier infantry regiment learning the basics of soldiering so important for our future duke posted by pete at 5 00 pm 0 comments markgraf hussen grenadier this is the uniform of the grenadiers of the markgraf hussen regiment infantry regiment of the grand ducal army all regiments apart from the lieb wear the same uniform but with the colour of the and turnbacks in different colours von schmetterling white markgraf hussen pink platzach dark blue danuire yellow founded in 1652 the regiment is third in army seniority initially just a single battalion regiment a second battalion was raised as part of the army reforms of 1749 posted by pete at 4 33 pm 0 comments von schmetterling infantry regiment this is the uniform of the von schmetterling infantry regiment of the grand ducal army founded in 1701 they saw service in the campaigns of 1704 1705 before being sent to portugal with the anglo dutch army in 1706 where they were virtually destroyed at battle of almansa recruited back to full strength in 1708 the served as garrison troops until the treaty of utrecht the regiment is second in army seniority only the lieb grenadiers having precedence over them initially just a single battalion regiment a second battalion was raised as part of the army reforms of 1749 at full strength the regiment musters 8 musketeer and two grenadier companies for a total of 1 750 officers and men plus 9 artillery specialists when the army takes to the field the grenadiers are merged to form a single 4 company battalion posted by pete at 4 05 pm 1 comments home subscribe to posts atom his royal highness pete view my complete profile neighbouring imagi nation blogs the duchy of tradgardland a close look or banner pondering 1 day ago the grand duchy of stollen 1768 anhalt zerbst troops stand ready for glossing 1 week ago emperor vs elector saxe bearstein v stagonia in a meeting engagement 5 months ago landgraviate of hesse fedora blood bayonets 1 year ago the duchy of saxe huack 18th century uniform 11 years ago the hetzenberg chronicles a very merry christmas 11 years ago the electorate of vulgaria a bit off topic 15 years ago duchy of strackenz thanks 15 years ago schloss neuhaus arrivals and departures 16 years ago principality of lichtengrein french army 17 years ago hunsrucker allgemeine zeitung fasnacht in hunsruck 17 years ago krussia civilised 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