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The Train of artillery (1808-1813) XXVII

Artillery Train by Andrea Miniatures

l E train body Artillery was created from a single company, on 8 September 1800, but his

effective would increase to a battalion of six, on 15 April 1806. A second battalion was introduced in late 1807 and then a third in early 1813.

Finally, on 6 April 1813 added a second regiment, establishing its troops in three battalions of four companies.

The militarization of drivers resulted in the use of artillery offensively. Since the guns were not to be at one end of the battlefield and were swept by the artillery to its final position.

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were taken to their site or towed by a limber caisson pulled by horses, while the servants of the piece is moved by foot. This limber or caisson was a triangular wooden structure that included a pair of wheels attached to a drawbar.

This limber carrying boxes of ammunition and spare, allowing him a willingness to go into combat immediately. On rare occasions seats were added to the servants, being almost unique.

From October 1808 the artillery train drivers had a blue jacket lapels, square or short skirts and cuffs pointed peak or cuffed, blue. The rectum was dark gray vest until after 1810 was also blue. The leather riding pants with a white stripe and trim.

drivers batteries mounted hussars had bounce and braided red pants, red pomegranates and sometimes turns red borders.

of 1,807 early shako was adopted braided black leather and a white metal diamond plate with the number of battalion or an imperial eagle on a pedestal.

officers wore silver shako cords, jackets, long skirts and silver epaulettes. They used swords similar to the dragons.

In early 1805, draft horses have a white skin of sheep with a border dark gray with white trim.

trains horses horse artillery had a light cavalry trappings of dark blue with a red border and red grenades around corners, and dark blue suitcases.

In the figure, the driver looks, the shoulder, the giberne in black leather, sometimes leading brass imperial eagle. At the back on the chair, the portmanteau edged in white. The seat cushion is sheepskin on blue lined with white trappings.