HM Historex NCO French Revolutionary Wars Cavalry1792-1803

Credit for this image is Historex NCO Catalog Series 631

Historex Series 631, French Revolutionary Hussars, 1791-1803. There were six hussar regiments at the time of the French Revolution in 1789 and were uniformed according to the Ancien Regime Reglement de 1786. These regiments numbered according to seniority but largely went by their titles - 1^er Colonel-General, 2^e Bercheny, 3^e Chamborant, 4^e Conflans, 5^eEsterhazy, and 6^e Lauzun.

Each was distinguished by a completely different set of uniform features especially regarding their dolman (jacket), their pelisse (outer coat usually slung over the left shoulder), braiding color, and their culottes (breeches). Instructions in the kit include color schemes for all of the regiments.

The Reglement de 1791 abolished the Ancien Regime titles and renumbered the regiments according to the following list of hussar regiments include all that survived the Revolutionary Wars and/or were re-designated plus the 14e Hussards which was raised at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and lasted briefly from 1813-14:

Number	ex-Name	Notes
1er	Bercheny
2e	Chamborant
3e	Esterhazy
4e	Saxe (ex-Conflans)	deserted June 1793 - regiments 5 and up moved up
5e	Colonel-General	became 4e Regiment June 1793
6e	Lauzun	became 5e Regiment June 1793
7e	New	became 6e Regiment June 1793
8e	New	became 7e Regiment June 1793
9e	New	became 8e Regiment June 1793
10e	New	became 9e Regiment June 1793
10e	New 10e	Raised 1793
11e	New 11e	Raised 1793; re-designated 29e Dragons 1803
12e	New 12e	Raised 1794; re-designated 30e Dragons 1803
13e	New 13e	Raised 1795; disbanded 1796; re-raised 1813
14e	New 14e	Raised 1813; disbanded 1814

Hussar uniforms changed in most of their details throughout the Revolutionary period. The Historex Series 631 listed below represents the period from about 1794 to 1801 when the first shakos were introduced as regulation wear and that both the dolman and pelisse were shortened to the length modeled in the Historex figures.

Each kit builds one soldier. No extra parts. Hussars have slung pelisse.

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

KIT

631004

French Revolutionary Hussar - Trooper

$27.00

631005

French Revolutionary Hussar - Trumpeter

$27.00

Credit for this image is Historex NCO Catalog Series 751
Historex Series 751 represents a specific volunteer Hussar company raised in 1792 in response to the invasion of France Austria and Prussia. The fervor of the leadership of the Revolution was greatly influenced by the bombastic proclamations made by the enemies of France. There was no shortage of calling men to arms. Volunteer Garde Nationale battalions and independent volunteer cavalry were literally created over night but their value as combat troops was sorely lacking and few of these units were ready for deployment in 1792. The Hussards de la Mort are an example of the scores of independent cavalry companies raised at this time and they serve as an example of the process by which raw troops were eventually assimilated into the army. Before launching into a few notes of this unit, it is necessary to clear up their name. There was one slightly earlier hussar unit organized by Citizen Mairiaux who formed a hussar company in November 1792. They have been identified in history as going by the names "Hussards de Jamappes" or, more popularly, "Hussards noir du Nord" (Black Hussars of the North) or simply the "Black Hussars". They wore an all-black uniform (dolman, pelisse, and culottes) and were sometimes referred to as "Death Hussars" because of their dark and sinister appearance. They were eventually integrated into the 10e Regiment de Hussards on 4 June 1793. A second hussar unit wearing an all-black uniform was sponsored by General Dumourier sometime in late 1792 or early 1793. This was a distinctly different company and actually adorned their uniform with the skull and crossbones device on the upper sleeves of the dolman and on the sabretache. Their single company was eventually amalgamated with Citizen Boyer's Egalite Hussards company and a large contingent of possibly four companies from the Hussards des Alpes to form the 14e Regiment de Chasseurs a cheval sometime in mid-1793.
*Two versions of this volunteer hussar company are available: one in full dress and one in campaign dress. Each includes extra arms and/or legs.*
*ITEM*	*DESCRIPTION*	KIT
751104	Hussards de la Mort, Full Dress - Trooper	$27.00
751204	Hussards de la Mort, Campaign Dress - Standard Bearer	$27.00

Image credit is Historex NCO website
Historex kit HXH033 depicts (in composite views above) one of the Chasseurs a cheval regiments of the regular army during the French Revolutionary Wars and the conflict against the Vendean revolutionaries. Considered as light cavalry, these regiments were primarily used for reconnaissance, patrol, and screening. By 1794, there were 24 Chasseur a cheval regiments in service but, in that same year, the 17^e and 18^e Chasseur a cheval regiments were disbanded never to be raised again until after Napoleon's final abdication in 1815.
*CONVERSION KITS - this kit includes extra arms to alter the trooper's positions.*
*ITEM*	*DESCRIPTION*	KIT
HXH033	French Chasseur a cheval Trooper, Mounted	$27.00

Credit for this image is Historex NCO Color Card Series 686-687
Historex Series 686, French Cavalry 1794-1803, depicted in the above illustration by the two figures on the far left, were the heavy or battlefield cavalry of the French army. In 1791, there were 24 heavy cavalry regiments dressed in blue coats and, for uniform distinction, were grouped into four 6-regiment facing color groups: 1st - 6th scarlet, 7th - 12th yellow, 13th -18th crimson, and 19th -24th pink. In 1793, the 25th - 29th Regiments were authorized and assigned the color orange.
CONVERSION KITS - each includes extra arms and legs
ITEM	CENTER COY (BICORNE)	KIT $
*686204*	*French Cavalry, Center Company (bicorne) - Trooper*	*$27.00*

Credit for this image *Historex NCO*
The Directoire or Directory was the executive of France from 1795 to 1798. It ended with the Consulate which ruled from 1799 to 1804 and was superseded by the crowning of Napoleon as the Emperor of France. Historex kit HXH039 represents a mounted trooper (soldat) of the Grenadiers a cheval of the Directoire who served as a guard for "Directors" serving in the field including General Bonaparte. The Directoire Grenadiers would evolve into the Grenadiers of the Consular Guard and ultimately of the Imperial Guard.
*This kit builds one mounted trooper.*
ITEM	DESCRIPTION	KIT
HXH039	Grenadier a cheval du Directoire, 1796-98 - Soldat	$27.00