Huguenot Cavalry and Reiters

Some quick additions to the 2mm French Wars of Religion collection. As usual, don't look too closely just consider them as representations of formations.

First up four units of Reiters. These troops were generally hired by both Catholic and Protestant forces from various German states. The ones shown here carry flags (L to R) to represent Reiters under the command of Wolfrad Graf von Mansfeld, Eric von Braunschweig, Markgraf von Baden and William of Nassau.  These may not be 100% accurate... but at this scale who is going to see!

All, except Braunschwieg who was at the Battle of Ivry in 1590, fought at the Battle of Moncontour in 1569.

Next up are four units of Huguenot cavalry.  These represent the formations from the later wars (generally from 1587+) once they had abandoned lance armed cavalry for that fighting by sword and pistol. There are some questions over whether in the charge they fired then drew swords, or charged with swords then fired pistols once in the swirl of melee.  Regardless, their shorter but deeper formation give them some punch against the long thin lines of the Catholic lance armed gens d'armes.

Flags for Huguenots can often just be speculation.  Most prints of the day were in black and white, their colours is anybody's guess. However, the diagonal was usually white as a common identifier of Huguenot units.

Lastly, just a couple with all eight units.

Some infantry next, then I may move onto a larger scale.