AWI Hessian Grenadiers

 

With a couple of Hessian musketeer regiments already having taken the field, supported by a few jagers and a field gun, I thought that a battalion of grenadiers would be a useful addition. I decided to do a battalion of 8 bases (32 figures) all from the excellent Perry range. I usually rate these a little higher in terms of morale - B class rather than C for the musketeers. Hessian troops also move in a slightly more sedate fashion in action; each movement "action" that they achieve in line formation is at 3 inches rather than 4 for the British and Continental regulars, although they do manage to keep up when deployed in march column, when the movement rate is 6 inches.

I may well add a second unit of grenadiers at some pont - the Hessians did actually field an entire grenadier brigade early in the war, as well as possibly a battalion of fusiliers to bring the Hessian contingent up to 5 battalions in total. At the moment I am a bit occupied painting 7YW Austrian infantry and building up my Napoleonic Prussian army. Even though I am now retired, it feels like wading through treacle trying to catch up with the backlog. That said, I have recently completed a brigade (72 figures) of British grenadiers and around 95 American militia, so I haven't been completely idle!!