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Rafel -> (5/23/2003 5:21:58 AM)
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"De nada"; Excuse me if I didn't answer your question at all, but I wish to tell you the next question and I promise you look for artillery paint but it's very difficult to find it
You are seeing the pre-war uniform. During the war, ("independence war" for us, not "liberation war", although in some lands of the country is named "the frenchman war" -literal translation of "la guerra del françès" in valencian-catalonian language-), from 1808 to 1812-13, the uniform was turning to a free uniform, because all infraestructures was in hands of french and after some marchs and battles the uniform is detiorated and it has been reemplaced in different cities and territories, who have different factories and products, etc., ... even more, ussually the uniforms were protected against the daily wear, and the pants were the normal civil pants in marchs, trainings and manoeuvres (it's correct translation :confused: ?). Well, maybe you know more than me in this aspect.
About the militias, always we (the spanish) remember that the first army who win the frech army was the spanish regular army and some militia in Bailen in 1808, commanded by Castaños, in the second battle of the war, this general that I think in the game is overvaluated, it was the unique important battle that he won.
What I know about the spanish army of 1808 to 1814, it's that the sp army was defeated in all great land combats, except some glorious exception (Bailen), until Napoleon atacked Russia, then the spanish, with the british help of course, regain the offensive in the war. We are in mind that the most important battles were won with british commands, but with more spanish than british, except in Portugal of course, but the history are written by the victor, in this case the britts.
Although this great battles were decisives, compared with the great battles of the rest of continent ..., well I think is better no comparations. The principal characteristic of the Peninsular War was the "guerrillas" or partisans, they were who defeat the french, not the regular army or militias.
The volunteers, added to the regular army (you can say militia, or provincial army, I say regular army) were another characteristic, but I think less important that the guerrillas.
Other thing important of the war, I think were the lack of prudence and the excess of impetus of principal spanish leaders front a more experienced frech leaders (the british leaders were incompetents as spanish, included Wellington in the first stage of war, look Burgos siege commanded by him), and in the game, some leaders as La Romana or Blake are infravaluated, IMHO.
If you can read some spanish, look this chronology of the battles of Peninsular War:
[URL]http://members.tripod.com/~gie1808a1814/batallas/batablon.htm[/URL]
See you, Dave.
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