The US boat section cut the US platoon down from 40 men to 31 to fit them into the Higgins boat landing craft
filling the roles of both battlefield and siege artillery
This is a superbly sculpted miniature by Steve Saleh that perfectly portrays this Victorian hero
Dromedarii were camel riding auxiliary forces recruited in the eastern
1 British small Light Company regiment skirmishing (15 soldiers)
Napoleonic French Imperial Guard Band napoleonic-russians The US boat section cutThe regiments maintained a band composed of specially engaged musicians, the numbers of which were fixed by regulation at 7, plus the Bandmaster, but this figure was exceeded by the Corps in a quite remarkable fashion (up to as many as 40 musicians, but on average 20). The band was formed in three ranks: the first comprised the "Turkish" style percussion: Jingling Johnnie, bass drum, side drum, cymbals and triangle; the 2nd, the woodwinds: clarinets,