Dated: Sept 8, 2002.
From N. Bruens of Rotterdam, Holland.
"Hello, here are some pictures of my Austrian Army as it fought Napoleon in 1809.
The figures are conversions of Brunswick Avant Garde from Hät and British Rifles from Revell with aditional drummers and officers from ESCI and Italleri.
The soldiers represent some of the auxiliary troops of the Austrian army. All units were at the battle of Wagram
The pictures are:
1 Jager, figure with horn is made of a figure loading his rifle
2 6th and 7th Grenzer
3 1st battalion Vienna Volunteers, 1st and 2nd battalion of the Archduke Charles Legion, figure with drum is made of a figure loading his rifle
4 Close up of the 1st battalion Vienna Volunteers
5 1st and 2nd battalion of the Archduke Charles Legion
6 Close up of the 1st battalion of the Archduke Charles Legion also known as the Waltrich Jager
7 Jager from the upper Austrian landwehr
8 2nd battalion of the Moravian Freikorps
For more details of the uniforms see the MAA-series nr 176, Austrian army of the Napoleonic wars Infantry and 299, Austrian auxiliary troops. Greetings from N. Bruens of Rotterdam, Holland"
Many thanks to Mr. Bruens.
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