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The King would pay only for the ‘uniform,’ which from the early days to about 1688 was the distinctive cassock, and afterwards the Suberveste, and the musket. All else had to be paid for by the recruit or his sponsor.

By 1663 the unit had doubled in size to 300 men and in 1665 obtained a second company when Cardinal Mazarin’s bodyguard was absorbed into the Royal Garde. The 1st Company became known as ‘Grandes’, also as ‘Le Gris’ as they rode grey horses, while the 2nd became petits, & Noirs.

In 1634 the King named himself the Cpt of the Musketeers & appointed as his Cpt-Lt the Comte de Tréville. But when the King died in 1642 & Tréville refused to hand over the reins to a nephew of Richelieu’s (d1643) successor Mazarin, the Musketeers were disbanded in 1646.

My #WellingtonWednesday is @HookChrista’s brilliant painting of the defence of the Seminary. A key point of Wellington’s audacious strategy during the battle. Which ties in with @mcribbHistory’s exciting new project! https://t.co/YFZB9GJqaP

I would love to be as brave an artist as Victor Ambrus was. His illustrations were pure fire to the imagination. I’m lucky to own one of the books that got me obsessed with military history. A legend now gone the join the pantheon of great history artists. #victorambrus

Major John Norton, a Scottish/Cherokee sometime soldier who was adopted into the Mohawk nation with Joseph Brant (Thayendanega) becoming an adoptive Uncle. He subsequently served as a war chief, against the United States. The Iroquois called him Teyoninhokarawen.

Two days ago, you may recall, one of those rabbit hole segues occurred on Napoleonic Twitter, where @latelordchatham, @ZwhiteHistory and @aquestingvole started everyone discussing, with various levels of seriousness, Wellington & a chicken leg at Salamanca #WellingtonWednesday

If you put Elphinstone’s account next to Wellesley’s account of the Battle of Assaye, the usual picture of a dogged but generally smooth battle sort of unravels into a seat of your pants rollercoaster that could’ve crashed off the rails at any moment.