tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post4824783712264602219..comments2024-03-28T23:12:39.195-06:00Comments on Der Alte Fritz Journal: Some Thoughts About CroatsDer Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578422757511400566noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-69290911933552168092008-02-01T02:05:00.000-06:002008-02-01T02:05:00.000-06:00Interesting discussions ,according well with my un...Interesting discussions ,according well with my understanding of the period. I feel the comments could in many ways apply tobatts of Spanish mountain troops in the War of the Austrian Sucession. Now there is an idea for kleine kreig - Spanish v Austrians in the Alps 1740's....<BR/>Thanks Jim and others for an interesting debate re croatstradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-77326059350378700062008-01-31T20:21:00.000-06:002008-01-31T20:21:00.000-06:00Thanks for the interesting historical tidbits! :-)...Thanks for the interesting historical tidbits! :-)Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-17962582461675965392008-01-31T14:38:00.000-06:002008-01-31T14:38:00.000-06:00Fits with my reading on the use of croats in the S...Fits with my reading on the use of croats in the SYW period, and certainly by the Napoleonic era they were complaining about the lack of decent light infantry because they had over militarised the Croats (but the Ottoman frontier had become more stable by that time)Fire at Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816572506887450180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-41614099028437472472008-01-31T10:25:00.000-06:002008-01-31T10:25:00.000-06:00I concur with your evaluation of the use of Croats...I concur with your evaluation of the use of Croats during the Seven Years War. If they were on the field in major battles it seems that they were split up in, as you say, penny packet groups that had little effect on the outcome of the actual fighting.<BR/><BR/>From my reading on the subject no one took the use of skirmishers on the field seriously until the British got their noses bloodied a few times during the American War of Independence, and even there it is way too easy to overstate the use and value of the Continental rifleman, even if they have entered into American historical mythology.<BR/><BR/>Serious use of large scale skirmishers has to wait until the French Revolutionary Wars.Arthur Cheninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160523524034996288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-79164149193356258972008-01-31T08:05:00.000-06:002008-01-31T08:05:00.000-06:00Good Morning Jim,Thanks for a very interesting pos...Good Morning Jim,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a very interesting post. It answers some of the questions that have crossed my own mind in recent months. And those RSM croats are very tempting! Might have to ask Santa Claus for some next Christmas. Enjoy the day.<BR/><BR/>Best Regards,<BR/><BR/>StokesWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-3186306575917859702008-01-31T02:55:00.000-06:002008-01-31T02:55:00.000-06:00Do you know if Frank is planning on any Croats wit...Do you know if Frank is planning on any Croats with his Minden Miniatures? <BR/><BR/>If so they would probably mix well with the RSM Croats.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-27427840074284148742008-01-31T02:18:00.000-06:002008-01-31T02:18:00.000-06:00The Bavarians (Infantry and Dragoons) are done, Au...The Bavarians (Infantry and Dragoons) are done, Austrian (Hungarian) infantry are done; I need more Croats (ha! who doesn't?) and to paint some cavalry - I've the miniatures, just need to buckle down.<BR/><BR/>Just between you me and the hundreds of people who read this blog, Eureka's style does not always 100% agree with me, hence the earlier comment on the RSM Croats who I find much tastier and thus these are my Croats of choice!<BR/><BR/>I'd love to base a Hungarian 1740-45 infantryman on one some day.<BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/><BR/>GregBloggeratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501347647235993401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-27385619319870106012008-01-31T00:48:00.000-06:002008-01-31T00:48:00.000-06:00Well, there is Eureka. How is that project coming ...Well, there is Eureka. How is that project coming along?<BR/><BR/>One of us should do a comparative review of all of the different 25/28mm Croats on the market today.Der Alte Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578422757511400566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-56604092989765946892008-01-31T00:45:00.000-06:002008-01-31T00:45:00.000-06:00Thanks Jim - and excellent looking figures, too. I...Thanks Jim - and excellent looking figures, too. If only there were a few more from this manufacturer!<BR/><BR/>Greg HorneBloggeratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501347647235993401noreply@blogger.com