Monday, 13 July 2020

Interesting painting

I found this somewhere on the inter ether. I recognise the painter’s initials and think it must depict the Prussian army in the earlier Napoleonic period by the uniforms. They look to me like escaped Prussians by the uniforms. I am intrigued by the incident it depicts. Any one got any more information?
It is one of those pictures that sets the mind racing for a skirmish game...


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11 comments:

  1. The Good Soldier Svjek13 July 2020 at 11:35

    Intriguing , could they be early Russians ?

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  2. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com13 July 2020 at 11:58

    Napoleonic era Prussian partisan's? Perhaps part of von Schill's 1809 uprising?

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  3. Grenzer John13 July 2020 at 15:07

    I think they're the odd sort of "Freikorps" formed from the flotsam and jetsam fight a guerrilla war of sorts after the collapse of the Prussian army in 1806.

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  4. Grenzer John13 July 2020 at 15:07

    That should be "fighting a guerrilla war"

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  5. tradgardmastare13 July 2020 at 16:59

    I think you might be onto something...

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  6. Ed13 July 2020 at 17:26

    Defeat of Prussia 1806/07.

    “Prussian soldiers escaped from French prison of war are trying to get back to their king (…). (Jan. 1807).

    Chromotype after Carl Röchling (1855–1914). From: Die Königin Luise in 50
    Bildern, Berlin (Paul Kittel) 1896.

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  7. Mark, Man of TIN14 July 2020 at 07:35

    Excellent game scenario.

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  8. tradgardmastare14 July 2020 at 20:13

    Certainly would be...

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