The French Division

As Anders the younger already had bought the prussians long before I chose to start with napoleonics I had limited choices. But at first I was planning to make russians so that I would be able to fight side by side with Anders the younger against a common foe. With the lack of opponents and the thirst for glory I decided to play as the french. I'm very happy with my decision now as I greatly enjoy the history, painting and modeling of the french army.

Regards,

Anders the elder

General de Division command stand

Artillery Detachment

-         - 3 6-pounder cannons, 1 5,5-Howitzer, Unit rating: Drilled

1^st Brigade

-         - General de Brigade command stand

-         - 1^st Battalion , Unit rating: Drilled-Elite

-         - 2^nd Battalion, Unit rating: Drilled

-         - 3^rd Battalion, Unit rating: Drilled

-         - 4^th Battalion, Unit rating: Recruit

2^nd Brigade

-         - General de Brigade command stand

-         - 1^st Battalion , Unit rating: Drilled-Elite

-         - 2^nd Battalion, Unit rating: Drilled

-         - 3^rd Battalion, Unit rating: Drilled

-         - 5^th Battalion, Unit rating: Recruit

Heavy Cavalry Brigade

-         - Line dragoon Squadron Unit rating: Drilled

-         - Cuirassier Squadron Unit rating: Veteran-Elite

-         - Cuirassier Squadron Unit rating: Veteran-Elite

French line battalion

The Prussian Brigade

Here is the detailed Order of battle for my Prussian brigade. As you may notice it consists mostly of Silesian units. The reason behind this is that I consider the silesians to be the typical vanguard of the war of liberation. The colours blue and yellow also have a certain charm to them...

Regards,

Anders the younger

Generalmajor command stand

Artillery Detachment

-        -  3 6-pounder cannons, 1 5,5-Haubitz, Unit rating: Drilled

1^st Detachment

-         -  Oberst command stand

-         - Silesian Grenadier battalion, Unit rating: Drilled-Elite

-         - West Prussian Grenadier battalion, Unit rating: Drilled-Elite

2^nd Detachment

-         -  Oberst command stand

-         - 1^st Silesian Musketier battalion, Unit rating: Drilled

-         - 2^nd Silesian Musketier battalion, Unit rating: Recruit

-         - Silesian Fusilier battalion, Unit rating: Recruit

3^rd Detachment

-         - Oberst command stand

-         - Silesian Landwehr battalion, Unit rating: Recruit-Elite

-         - Silesian Landwehr battalion, Unit rating: Recruit

-         - Silesian Landwehr battalion, Unit rating: Recruit

Cavalry Detachment

-         - Oberst command stand

-         - 2^nd Silesian Hussars, Unit rating: Drilled-Elite

-         - Silesian National cavalry (Hussars), Unit rating: Veteran-Elite

-         - Silesian Landwehr cavalry, Unit rating: Recruit

Silesian Grenadier battalion

Preparing for War

Our goal when gathering our forces is to have one reinforced division (Prussian brigade) each. We are planning to use the Republic to Empire rules and we will give you more of our thoughts  about this system at a later date.

As the basis for organising our forces we are using the army builder guide from League of Augsburg for 1814. We are also drawing inspiration from the actual orders of battle for the campaign around Dresden and Leipzig. When building our armies we decided that we wanted to have them focused on the ordinary soldiers and not on the elite units. This is where Republic to Empire works well. With its unit rating system we can still field interesting and unique units without resolving to issuing “Guard”-status to regular troops.

We won’t go into the details of constructing a Prussian brigade for Republic to Empire as the Befreiungskriege blog has already provided an excellent guide for it. The French infantry division is much more simple to fit into the Republic to Empire system. For future reference and to show you the general idea of the army organization and painting progress for the Prussian brigade and the French division we will post our Orders of battle, respectively.

Regards,

Anders the younger, Anders the elder

Background and Mission statement

Welcome to Ploughshares to Swords!

We are two second cousins from the north of Sweden who happen to have the same name and the same interests. Our separate wargaming careers began in the early 2000’s. Anders Agdahl the elder got interested in Warhammer Fantasy battles after seeing a Perry-sculped metal Bretonnian man-at-arms. Anders Agdahl the younger also got interested in WFB after seeing a Perry-sculped plastic Bretonnian knight of the realm. Years passed and Games Workshop went further away from the historical style so we parted ways after many years of gaming.

Anders the younger 1st Silesian Grenadier battalion

The historical wargaming began when Anders the younger started an American Civil War 28mm project with a few Flames of War-players from the local gaming club, using primarily the miniatures from the Perry brothers. When the ACW project was winding down Anders the elder moved back to Umeå from another town and he decided to pick up wargaming again. This coincided with the release of plastic Napoleonic models. As we both have been interested in the Napoleonic era before this was a golden opportunity for us to start a project set during the German war of liberation 1813-1814.

Anders the elder 3rd battalion infantrie de ligne

This blog is not going to focus only on the Napoleonic era. Our interest in history and wargaming is broader and we have plans that involve other periods, settings and scales. We hope that this blog will provide interesting reading, show that there is historical wargaming going on in northern Sweden, help to keep us motivated and maybe provide inspiration for others interested in the hobby.

 

We hope that you will enjoy this project with us and we look forward to your participation.

Kindest regards,

Anders the younger, Anders the elder