2e Legere, Xan Miniatures - Peninsular War

I currently have six battalions of French Legere in my collection and, with planned scenarios requiring twelve battalions, I decided to take advantage of the excellent range from Xan to build up my force.

2e Legere, Xan Miniatures, mounted Colonel, AB and the colours GMB

My other units are AB and I find the Xan range fit in perfectly with them. The mounted colonel in the pictures is an AB figure.

I chose to model the 2e Legere specifically as this was a unit that spent a lot of time in the Peninsula fighting the British and has an illustrious record of battles attended for the war.

The Xan range are available from Empress Miniatures in the UK and I have included a link in the Links bar.


 2e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere
Regimental History

1788: Created 2e Bataillon de Chasseurs Royaux de Dauphine(formed from the following)

2e bataillon de Royale Italien

1791: 2e bataillon d'Infanterie Legere(2e bataillon de Chasseurs)
1794: 2e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie Legere(1st formation, formed from the following)

2e bataillon d'Infanterie legere
9e bataillon, Volontaires de l'Isere
Bataillon franc de la Republique

1796: 2e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie Legere(2nd formation, formed from the following)

21e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie Legere(1st formation)
Compagnie franche de Seine-et-Marne
Eclaireurs 23e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie Legere(2nd formation)

1803: 2e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere

Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)

1792: Nice
1794: Nijmegen
1797: Ponteba, Tarvis, Hundsmarck, Leoben, and Bruck
1798: Alexandrie, Le Caire, and Pyramides
1799: El-Arisch, Saint-Jeand'Acre, Nazerath, and Mont-Tabor
1801: Lesbeh and Alexandrie
1805: Ulm, Wertingen, Hollabrun, and Austerlitz
1806: Iles de Wollin and Usedom
1807: Dantzig, Weichselmunde, Heilsberg, and Friedland
1808: Obidos, Vimeiro, Rio-Seco, Gamonal, and San-Vincente-de-la-Barquera
1809: Lugo, Elvina, Corogne, Braga, and Oporto
1810: Busaco, Prierro, and Lombieres
1811: Sabugal
1812: Arapiles and Saldana
1813: Vittoria, Bidassoa, and St- Jean-de-Luz
1813: Lutzen, Wurschen, Katzbach, Dessau, Leipzig, and Dantzig
1814: Montmirail, Dannemarie, Mery, Arcis-sur Aube, Fere-Champenoise, Craonne, and Paris
1815: Ligny and Waterloo

The combat record was taken from The Napoleon Series which has a very extensive collection of articles on the period.