HaT 1:72 Peninsular War British Infantry 8186

HaT 1:72 Peninsular War British Infantry 8186

Since the revolution in France and the upheaval of the years that followed, Britain’s military presence in continental Europe had been modest. Her chief strengths lay in her navy and the wealth which she could use to bolster the efforts of France’s enemies. By 1808 Britain was secure behind her navy, yet on the mainland France, now ruled by an ever more confident Napoleon, dominated all others and seemed invincible.

However French invasions of Portugal and Spain provoked large scale British deployment in the Iberian Peninsular, sparking the Peninsular War, which was to last until 1814. This was the largest commitment of British forces during the Napoleonic Wars, yet today most people remember the short Waterloo campaign, and most sets of British infantry depict this later phase of the War. Now for the first time in this hobby we have a set dedicated to the British army between 1808 and 1814.

HaT 1:72 Peninsular War British Infantry 8186 HaT 1:72 Peninsular War British Infantry 8186 HaT 1:72 Peninsular War British Infantry 8186 HaT 1:72 Peninsular War British Infantry 8186

Since the revolution in France and the upheaval of the years that followed, Britain’s military presence in continental Europe had been modest. Her chief strengths lay in her navy and the wealth which she could use to bolster the efforts of France’s enemies. By 1808 Britain was secure behind her navy, yet on the mainland France, now ruled by an ever more confident Napoleon, dominated all others and seemed invincible.

However French invasions of Portugal and Spain provoked large scale British deployment in the Iberian Peninsular, sparking the Peninsular War, which was to last until 1814. This was the largest commitment of British forces during the Napoleonic Wars, yet today most people remember the short Waterloo campaign, and most sets of British infantry depict this later phase of the War. Now for the first time in this hobby we have a set dedicated to the British army between 1808 and 1814.