The Flossian Regular Army Rebuilt

As referenced previously, I have completed the main battle components of the army of the Union an dem Flosse. Just as with the Böhnstadters, I used 6mm Commission Figurines lasercut figures. I have a third complete army in the making, that of Medvetland, along with another large irregular component.

Now as you can see the original plan of fielding one militia, two musketeer/fusilier and one grenadier battalion per brigade, along with light cavalry support, kind of did not come through. Organizational blame is to be put on arguing electoral subordinates. Still, the most important thing is that they are ready for the campaign.

The Flossian army currently stands at:

6x line infantry units in bicorne/tricorne, 24 figures each

2x grenadiers in bearskins, 24 figs each

2x light infantry or militia, 16 figs each

4x field guns with 4 crew

3x8 dragoons

2x9 cuirassiers

2x9 hussars

1x command stand

Painting these figures is very, very easy and good results can be achieved with little effort. I made another order with Commission Figurines in fact, to bolster light cavalry with hussars and boys in tarletons, and then some militia types. Hopefully they will arrive at the theater in time to make a difference.

Map of Glambria, Armagnac and the Duchy of Alba

 

The master file became rather oversized and I could not edit it anymore, so I cropped off the eastern parts and created a single to-scale map of the western end of the Schultze-Böhnstadt continent. The island nations of Albion and Insolencia are a little bit more westward and shall be created on separate images.

Glambria is a large and populous kingdom, with many cities. During the Formaggian Succession Wars she had occupied the Duchy of Alba, a Formaggian territory, as a result of a deal with House Schiavona.

The south-western corner is inhabited by Reformatist Armagnacians (is that a word?) who are a fierce and independent people.

The Flossian War Plan

The Flossians, although their army is not as ready as they might desire, are ready to deliver their first strike to the Principality of Schultze-Böhnstadt. 

They are well prepared, have stockpiled rations and ammunition, and a frantic anti-spy activity ensued all along the border, including hinting at an invasion force marching towards the Nordgrühne Kreis.

The Flossian war plan involves:

a) a demonstration with limited foces towards Nordgrühne, perhaps with an opposed landing with boats and pontoons across the Grühne. The force present there should not engage any enemy main army, but tie down Böhnstadt manpower and resources so that they could not be redirected to the main theater.

b) a large irregular raid on the Alt-Störkburg vicinity, using the barely navigable mountain passes from the direction of the Oberschwanseewald. If the raid succeeds, light troops can roam freely and disrupt enemy lines of communication.

c) a main army advance to the Störkburgerthal, including investing in the siege of Rosenheim with heavy artillery, which would be a slow advance and require precaution. If Rosenheim is gained, the valley opens up for the attackers. There was a secret reconnaisance mission conducted by South Flossian Feldjäger a few months back, which showed the fortress in a dilapidated state.

Militia and irregular units are still being directed to their areas of deployment, but the regular troops are already there. Every communication remains secret. The Four Electors are dead set on regaining the Störkburgerthal and oust the Böhnstadter local government.

The Army of Schultze-Böhnstadt Rebuilt

I sold or binned all of my 6mm figures during the Covid lockdown. I needed the money more than the figures. 

In last October the time has come to start purchasing 6mm figures again, and I duly did so.  The ones in the picture are Commission Figurines lasercut 6mm figures for their Napoleonic line. In this scale they are quite appropriate for the period, and nothing beats their prices on the market.

I primed all of these figures back in March and completed them by June. All major components of the regular forces of Schultze-Böhnstadt are here.

Infantry and cavalry are based on 75x25mm bases, 8/9 horse or 24 foot to a base, and one base would equal one unit in Maurice for a while.

Artillery is based on 25x35mm bases and commanders on 25mm round ones. The majority of the bases are produced by a local hobby guy and also bought on the cheap.

Battle Flags of the Flossian Union

Continuing with the theme of the previous post, I reviewed and updated the Flossian flag repertoire.

Cavalry guidon

Kriegsfahne of the Union

Electoral flag

Regimental flag #1

Regimental flag #2

Regimental flag #3

These images are produced to scale, but I probably will reduce their size when printing. I made the central brown part where the flag staff is placed a bit thicker for my 6mm figures.

A few updated flags

I'm building a 6mm force again to fight battles in Schultze-Böhnstadt, so I reviewed my unit flags and made a few more.

Karrotenbad Kreis

1st Rgt of Foot and other Leib units

Cavalry guidon

Grenadier battalions

Royal flag of the House of Jazygen

Standard infantry battalion flag

 

Map of the Free Republic of Leuwenthaal

 

Leuwenthaal is one of the most densely populated areas of the Schultze-Böhnstadt universe, with many large cities dotting the otherwise flat and featureless landscape. It is a rich country, with revenues coming in from oceanic ports and the trade on the western branch of the Flosse.

It is also one of the smallest sovereign states (if you do not count the Sjelle Islands, in personal union with the King of Gluteborg-Varangia), so it has to secure its borders with a large and professional standing army, mostly dispersed in large modern fortifications.

Map of the Flossian Union

 

Continuing with the series, I drew up and detailed the lands of the Union an der Flosse.

Although some border territories were pretty much detailed in the previous map, the central parts were kind of lackluster.

Of course the empty zones could hold underdeveloped villages, lots of herders, inns to stop by when the voyage would take more than a day between two settlements etc.

Map of Gluteborg-Varangia

 

Continued detailing the map, going northward. This is the habitable part of the Varangian peninsula, and its overseas territory adjacent to Medvetland. 

Of course I won't detail the entirety of Medvetland and the Empire of Tekirdag, as those would take up too much space and the combined map is already quite large in resolution. Perhaps I will include lots of "blank" "unknown" and "here be dragons" parts and only detail zones where Westerners had travelled.

I forgot to include the scale measurement before cropping the map, but it is in the same scale as the previous ones.

Revised Map of Schultze-Böhnstadt

(Open the picture in a new window for full scale resolution)

I have continued with expanding the Störkburg Valley map from the previous post, and now I'm done detailing the lands of Schultze-Böhnstadt (and the Sjelle Islands, which are a small part and would just hang on there otherwise). The rest of the map is outlined but not filled, except the sole Flossian fortress facing the western entrance of the Störkburg Valley.

The former hex map in all honesty looked kind of ugly and I lost the large resolution version, so this will help me tremendously when planning campaigns, especially because the map is now to scale (see the red streak at the top of the map), measured in the simplest way, in days of walking.

The Union on the Flosse has introduced the Flossian mile to the peoples of the world. They marched an army up and down roads, measured the averge total distance taken, and divided it by ten. That is one Flossian mile. 

This is useful because it's easy to calculate days of march from different points of the empire, for example a traveller on foot would take a week to walk from Karrotenbad to Böhnstadt, with day marches only and rests calculated in. Of course couriers make the distance much faster.

(Keep in mind that the Napoleonic way of forced marching over incredible distances was totally unknown to 18th century generals, and their main task above all was to preserve their army by sparing the soldiers' feet and giving them ample provisions anywhere they might be. So these are very conservative estimates, let's say 1 Flossian mile equals two kilometers or 1.24 imperial miles.)