Spanish Infantry Regiments of the Seven Years’ War, 1762–1763

Spanish infantry regiments consisted of two battalions of approximately 600 men each, organized in 1 grenadier and 8 fusilier companies. Spanish uniforms were similar in cut and appearance to French infantry uniforms at the time, but the basic coat colour was white, to distinguish Spanish from French troops. Grenadiers wore fur caps with cloth bags.

Infantry Regiments of the Spanish Army

Regimiento de Infantería Coat Waistcoat Collar Cuffs & Turnbacks Buttons
Regimiento de Rey white white – violet silver
Regimiento de Lombardia white white – red silver
Regimiento de Galicia white red red red silver
Regimiento de Saboya white blue blue blue silver
Regimiento de la Corona white blue – blue silver
Regimiento de Africa white blue – blue silver
Regimiento de Zamora white red – red silver
Regimiento de Soria white red red red silver
Regimiento de Córdoba white red red red gold
Regimiento de Guadalajara white red – red silver
Regimiento de Sevilla white blue blue blue silver
Regimiento de Granada white white – green gold
Regimiento de Vitoria white red – red silver
Regimiento de Lisboa white red – red gold
Regimiento de España white white – lt. green gold
Regimiento de Toledo white blue – blue gold
Regimiento de Mallorca white red – red gold
Regimiento de Burgos white white – red gold
Regimiento de Murcia white white blue blue silver
Regimiento de León white red red red silver
Regimiento de Cantabria white white – blue silver
Regimiento de Asturias white light blue – light blue silver
Regimiento de Navarra white red red red gold
Regimiento de Aragón white red white red gold
Regimiento de Fijo de Ceuta white red red red silver
Regimiento de Fijo de Oran white green green green silver
Regimiento de Fijo de Badajoz white white yellow yellow silver
Regimiento de Real America blue yellow yellow yellow silver
Regimiento de Reina blue red – red silver
Regimiento de la Princesa white white carmine carmine gold
Regimiento de Príncipe white white carmine carmine silver

Foreign Regiments of the Spanish Army

Foreign Regiment Coat Waistcoat Collar Cuffs & Turnbacks Buttons
Regimiento de Nápoles (Italian) white red – red silver
Regimiento de Milán (Italian) white blue – blue silver
Regimiento de Irlanda (Irish) red blue blue blue gold
Regimiento de Hibernia (Irish) red green green green gold
Regimiento de Ultonia (Irish) red black black black gold
Regimiento de Flándes (Wallon) white blue blue blue silver
Regimiento de Brabante (Wallon) white blue blue blue gold
Regimiento de Bruselas (Wallon) white white – white silver
Regimiento Antiguo de Reding (Swiss) blue yellow – yellow silver
Regimiento Nuevo de Reding (Swiss) blue red – red silver
Regimiento de Dunant (Swiss) blue red – red silver
Regimiento de Buch (Swiss) blue red – blue silver

Wargamers may use French infantry figures from various manufacturers to recruit Spanish infantry of the Seven Years’ War.

Bibliography

Spanish Army of the Seven Years’ War