Strelets 1:72 Bavarian Infantry on the March 272

Strelets 1:72 Bavarian Infantry on the March 272

On 11 December 1811, the Kingdom of Bavaria was issued Napoleon’s order to mobilize its forces for the planned campaign against Russia. At this time the Bavarian army had a strength of almost 50,000 men, and had not seen significant action since the suppression of the Tyrolean Insurrection two years earlier. The infantry was now organised into 12 line regiments of roughly 2,400 each, plus six battalions of light infantry, each approximately half that size. About 32,700 marched off with Napoleon into Russia, and about 30,000 never returned, so it was a disaster for Bavaria as well as for France.

Strelets 1:72 Bavarian Infantry on the March 272 Strelets 1:72 Bavarian Infantry on the March 272 Strelets 1:72 Bavarian Infantry on the March 272 Strelets 1:72 Bavarian Infantry on the March 272 On 11 December 1811, the Kingdom of Bavaria was issued Napoleon’s order to mobilize its forces for the planned campaign against Russia. At this time the Bavarian army had a strength of almost 50,000 men, and had not seen significant action since the suppression of the Tyrolean Insurrection two years earlier. The infantry was now organised into 12 line regiments of roughly 2,400 each, plus six battalions of light infantry, each approximately half that size. About 32,700 marched off with Napoleon into Russia, and about 30,000 never returned, so it was a disaster for Bavaria as well as for France.