French 38th Infantry Regiment de Condé, Seven Years’ War, 1756–1763
The French 38th Infantry Regiment de Condé fought in the Seven Years‘ War at Hastenbeck, Hanover, Roßbach, Halberstadt, Burg Regenstein, Quedlinburg, Minden, Kassel, Meppen, and Johannisberg. These fusiliers and grenadiers are rare 15 mm pewter figures from Mike’s Models. The 38th Infantry Regiment de Condé is mounted on a stand measuring 76 mm wide by 38 mm deep, designed for infantry regiments in the Volley & Bayonet game system. The colonel‘s colour and the ordonnance colours are hand-painted.
Proprietor
- Louis V Joseph de Bourbon-Condé, 1740–1791
Colonel Lieutenant
- M. le Marquis de la Tournelle, 1740
- M. le Marquis de Coetlogon, 1740–1743
- Charles Claude Andrault de Maulévrier, Marquis de Langeron, 22 August 1743 – 6 May 1758
- Charles René, Comte Maillé de La Tour-Landry, 7 May 1758 bis 3 January 1770
Uniform
The État militaire de France, pour l’Année 1758 describes the uniform of infantry regiment de Condé as follows: Habit blanc, culotte de même, parements, collet & veste rouges, boutons jaunes, pattes ordinaires garnies de cinq boutons & autant sur la manche, chapeau bordé d‘or.
White coat, breeches of the same colour; red cuffs, collar, and waistcoat; yellow buttons; horizontal pocket flaps “ordinaires” trimmed with five buttons, with the same number on the sleeve; hat edged with gold.
Lucien Mouillard, on the other hand, depicts the uniform of the Condé Infantry Regiment as follows:
- white coat with yellow metal buttons
- horizontal coat pockets “ordinaires” with 5 buttons
- red collar
- red cuffs with 4 buttons
- white turnbacks with red hearts
- red waistcoat with yellow metal buttons
- white breeches
- white gaiters with yellow metal buttons
- black tricorne hat with yellow edging
- Grenadiers wore beards, and sabres
Campaign History
- Battle of Hastenbeck, 26 July 1757
- French Capture of Hanover, 1 August 1757
- Battle of Roßbach, 5 November 1757
- French Capture of Burg Regenstein Fortress, 12 September 1757
- French Capture of Halberstadt, 11 January 1758
- Attack on Quedlinburg, 1758
- Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759
- Defence of Kassel, 1761
- Siege of Meppen, 30 September – 3 October 1761
- Combat at Johannisberg, 1762
- Garrison at Givet, May 1763
Lineage
- 55e régiment d’infanterie de ligne, 1 January 1791
Bibliography
- Montendre-Longchamps: État militaire de France, pour l’Année 1758 (Paris 1758)
- Mouillard, Lucien: Les régiments sous Louis XV (Paris 1882)