Well I decided to all in nabbed 36 ECW cavalry
on 'bay for a good price. I just
finished basing the first 12 of these a few weeks ago. The banner is supposed to Hopton's. This is two units and they are just basic cavalry. The other (still unpainted) figures are
dragoons and armored cavalry ('harquebusiers').
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
English Civil War cavalry
I am working to boost my English Civil War
cavalry roster. It's shocking how big a proportion of an
ECW army (be it big or small) was mounted.
For example, at Lansdown Hill
(July 5 1643) the Royalists fielded 2,000 horse and 4,000 foot with 350
dragoons and Parliament 2,500 horse and just 1,500 foot. A few days later at Roundaway Down (July 13,
1643) the Royalists clocked in at 1,800 horse and 2,000 foot and Parliament at
2,500 horse and 1,800 horse. These were
smaller engagements but even at Marston Moor a year later (July 2, 1644) the
Parliament portion of the Parliament-Scottish forces was 5,000 horse and 6,000
foot and Rupert's Royalists numbered 6,000 horse, 500 dragoons, and 8,000
foot. In war gaming for the ECW you see a
much higher proportion of infantry to cavalry, which I assume is because
everyone simply hates painting horses.
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