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and cassocks. Blue bonnets and tartan trews were also worn.
" Gameshooters, or jagers, were dressed in blue.
Artillery
" Artillery specialists were dressed in black or blue with the labourers assisting the crews in
grey or blue.
Cavalry
" Cavalry in general were dressed in blackened back and breastplate with a long coat or buff
and leather gantlets, so most of any uniform was mostly covered anyway.
" The household cavalry dressed in blue and at least one other Regiment did also.
" Household troops also wore Vasa livery, black and yellow (gold).
" Known cavalry coats and possibly cuffs and trim were; Smalands = red and blue; Upplands
= red and yellow; Ostgota = red and black.
" Finnish cavalry wore an orange or blue coat with grey or blue pants. They wore light
coloured sheepskin and fur caps of buff leather, or orange coloured hats.
Bibliography
" Historical Wargamer Magazine, August 1993, "Painting the 18th century", Charles C. Sharp.
A good general article that does not directly relate, but worthwhile for ideas and the effects
of weather on the dyes used.
" Military Uniforms of the World, 1968, Blandford Press, London. Don't look at the pictures
first, read the text. A gold mine of information.
" The Art of War in the Age of Marlborough, D. Chandler, Page 85.
" The Thirty Years War, G. Parker. Armies at Breitenfeld in particular page 92. Also
information on Gallas' troop's uniforms in general.
" Osprey Men at Arms Series. Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Spain in Flanders, Irish.
" European Weapons and Warfare, 1618 to 1648, E. Wagner, Octopus Press, London. City
militias, Poles, Turks, Hussars, Light horse and officers in particular. Don t pass up if you
get the chance to buy. Many of the color drawings come right out of Theatrum Europeaum.
" The Ottoman Empire and the Napoleonic Wars, W. Johnson and C Bell, Raider Books,
Leeds, 1988. The first edition was privately published in the USA and is better for the TYW
than second edition because they removed some info not pertinent to the Napoleonic era.
" Rennaissance Armies, G. Gush. A little thin on info after 1600 but still very useful.
" Wargames Illustrated. Various issues.
" The Armies of Electroal Saxony in the Thirty Years War. Belarus.
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