. Of course it's not so easy to ascertain what Compagnies franches de la Marine wore when they were at the end of the supply chain and on campaign in the wilderness. This reconstruction is one possibility. Standard equipment including the embossed belly-box (gargoussier) - a powder flask for priming as carried by all French troops at the time, backpack, camp equipment and a hatchet instead of the sword is in the waistbelt. Clothing is a Canadian style capot with breechclout and woollen leggings and a fatigue cap - people use different terminology for this - I call it a bonnet a la dragon (I dislike 'pokalem' as that's a Napoleonic pork pie hat but I digress). A knife at the knee was typical of Canadians who also carried them around their necks and at the waist. In the heat of summer Marines may have fought in shirtsleeves like their Canadian militia auxiliaries.
American warfare 1690-1835 in popular culture, art, in miniature and in wargames, through Living History and in movies.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
French Marines in North America
Image by F Back from here. Of course it's not so easy to ascertain what Compagnies franches de la Marine wore when they were at the end of the supply chain and on campaign in the wilderness. This reconstruction is one possibility. Standard equipment including the embossed belly-box (gargoussier) - a powder flask for priming as carried by all French troops at the time, backpack, camp equipment and a hatchet instead of the sword is in the waistbelt. Clothing is a Canadian style capot with breechclout and woollen leggings and a fatigue cap - people use different terminology for this - I call it a bonnet a la dragon (I dislike 'pokalem' as that's a Napoleonic pork pie hat but I digress). A knife at the knee was typical of Canadians who also carried them around their necks and at the waist. In the heat of summer Marines may have fought in shirtsleeves like their Canadian militia auxiliaries.
. Of course it's not so easy to ascertain what Compagnies franches de la Marine wore when they were at the end of the supply chain and on campaign in the wilderness. This reconstruction is one possibility. Standard equipment including the embossed belly-box (gargoussier) - a powder flask for priming as carried by all French troops at the time, backpack, camp equipment and a hatchet instead of the sword is in the waistbelt. Clothing is a Canadian style capot with breechclout and woollen leggings and a fatigue cap - people use different terminology for this - I call it a bonnet a la dragon (I dislike 'pokalem' as that's a Napoleonic pork pie hat but I digress). A knife at the knee was typical of Canadians who also carried them around their necks and at the waist. In the heat of summer Marines may have fought in shirtsleeves like their Canadian militia auxiliaries.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Defending Fort Stanwix
Old Fort Niagara has a free zoom lecture for this on the 21 November. Check the webpage. In Defending Fort Stanwix , William L. Kidder tel...
-
This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk... -
It's not easy photographing smaller figures but Richard has done an excellent job. These miniatures are excellent. He says 'The... -
.jpeg)
This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
I too have heard they wore a knife on the leg, but assumed it must be tucked into the legging top or under the garter. As someone who has been woodsrunning for over 50 years this type of attachment shown does not look very practicle.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Keith.
PS. Thanks for adding the link to my blog, much appreciated.