'European Wars' - a mod which takes us in 18th century century. It is an age of 'Empire: Total War' which was announced long time ago. There are 2 developing versions of this mod: for 'Rome: Total War' & 'Empire TW'. 'European Wars' will be a Realism-Mod for this game.
Click on "Zgadzam się na te warunki" (agree)
Then:
Użytkownik = user name
Adres email = email
Hasło = password
Potwierdź Hasło = retype password
Kod potwierdzający = enter the text on above image
on the bottom there is "Język Forum" which should mean forum language.
Login => click on "Zaloguj" link on the top-right place
1. Unzip the file using a program such as WinRar.
2. Open EW file
3. Copy EW.pack to C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\empire total war\data
4. Copy user.empire_script.txt to :
VISTA C:\Users\(Your User Name Here)\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts
XP C:\Documents and Settings\(Your User Name Here)\Application Data\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts
5. Copy startpos to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\campaigns\main
NOTE:
You overwrite files while pasteing startpos to this direction, bevor that You could copy the orginal file and put it in save place.
'European Wars' - a mod which takes us in 18th century. It is an age of 'Empire: Total War' which was announced long time ago. There are 2 developing versions of this mod: for 'Rome: Total War' and 'Empire TW', 'European Wars' will be a Realism-Mod for this game. Age of 'European Wars' seems to be very interesting for a gamer, because it is age of many military and economical changes. 'European Wars' is an adventure full of wars and battles for every fan of Total War series. An action will take place in times of Great Northern War, The War of Spanish Succession, The War of Polish Succession, Scottish Jacobite Rebellion and Seven Years' War (military actions in Europe and Northern America). 'European Wars' has to offer many great units for a gamer, for example: Prussian Grenadiers, Hussars of Death, Polish Winged Hussars, French Mousqetaires (Elite Guards) and many others!
28.03.2009:
EW: ROME TW beta
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Hi!
We promised you EW beta version so we must give it to you.
I'm proud to announce that the first official European Wars BETA was released today.
Only our team ane beta-testers could play EW earlier.
There are two types of units: from the beginnig of XVIII century and Seven Years' War.
You can play only custom battle in beta version. We haven't finished historical battles yet. There is old interface. There are flags from NTW2 - we have new, but it will be in full version
Beta have many bugs, friends....
I'm announcing next European Wars version on the end of April.
New version will include intro-movie and 4 new factions: France, Great Britain, Danemark and Norway, Portugal.
INSTALLATION GUIDE:
-install Rome Total War ver. 1.5
-download EW from link
-automatic install .exe to: C:\...\Rome Total War
-run mod using shortcut: EW- Total War
SCREENS (Empire Total War):
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It's a first units preview of "European Wars" mod on Empire Total War. Preview is more historical than standard units in Empire TW.
I have made heavy cavalry units (Cuirassiers and Elite Guards) and Grenadiers. For example: French Mousqetaires, Russian Life Guards, Swedish Grenadiers. I want to say especially thanks for lesterthenerd, (and Ikusa IX, Yoda Twin). They made these screens. Units in renders have parts of Lordz.
NEXT PREVIEW -> Features and Battles
SCREENS:
Austria - Cuirassiers:
France - Cuirassiers du Roi:
Poland - Augustus II the Strong's Grenadiers:
Sweden - Carl XII's Grenadiers:
Austria - Hungarian Grenadiers:
France - Swiss Line Infantry:
France - Line Infantry, Regiment du Roi:
France - Mousquetaires de la Garde:
Poland - Trabant Guards:
Russia - Life Guards:
3D UNITS - RTW:
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Poland - Winged Hussar:
Poland - Cuirassier Guard:
Poland - Trabant Guard:
France - Mousquetaires de la Garde:
France - Cuirassiers du Roi:
France - Chevau-légers de la Garde:
Schaumbourg-Lippe Carabinier:
Denmark - Cuirassier & Guardsman:
Prussia - Cuirassier & Officer of Cuirassiers:
Austria - Cuirassier & Officer of Cuirassiers:
Russia - Life Guard:
Russia - Cuirassier & Guardsman:
French Drummer i Highland Chieftain:
Variety of 18th century soldiers hats:
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Screens on Medieval 2 Total War:
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European Wars - on RTW - will be mod with only battles: historical & custom.
Released Date: Summer 2009!
LINKS TO UNITS PREVIEWS (EW):
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France / Francja
This is the last preview before mod's release! Preview of French units is historically the most accurate and the best done preview of 'European Wars' so far. Over 30 different units, including cavalry, infantry and many elite guard units of which France was famous for. There will be Mousqetaires, Gendarmes or awesome grenadiers, additionaly historical character of marshall of France. Variety of hats, uniforms, boots and... haircuts! France in period of Louis' XIV rules and his grandson Louis XV, great power and great looser in 18th age at the same time, had huge significance in the age, this is why this fraction is presented as the last one before the first version of the mod. King Louise Assurbanipal (me) is Units' author. Special Thanks for Lordz (NTW2) and 'With Fire and Sword'. in this preview there are some elements of units from those mods.
European Wars 2 - a realism mod to Empire: Total War; in that same period.
All units will be historical (probably CA will make some not historical units and wrong uniforms for factions); many historical battles from wars: Great Northern War, Spanish Succesian War, Seven Years War, American War of Independence, French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
Special Thanks to Lordz and OiM teams for using some elements of units.
Changes in EW2 O.4
Script Changes (Salvo):
-Division to early and late line infantry now also for minor factions,
-"No Names Bug" fixed,
-Polish Pancerny now fight with sabre, he is slightly less evective in combat now,
-Polish Pancerny is now medium cavalry, he is also cheaper,
-British Guard Infantry, Polish Trabants, Russian Live Guard Cavalry, French and Spanish Mousquetaires, French Guard Infantries recruitable only in Europe now,
-Hungarian Grenadiers recruitable only in Hungary (only by Austria and Hungary),
-Polish Cossack Cavalry and Infantry, Polish Janissaries Guard recruitable only in Polish home regions,
-Wild_Geese Unit Cards added to Early Line Infantry,
-Colonial Line Infantry available only after Fire By Rank,
-Savoy can no longer train Household Cavalry,
-Pancerny available in early period (custom battles),
-Pirates Infantry available in custom battles,
-Bavary and Savoy now train "Grenadiers Bearskin" instead of "Grenadiers"
NEW UNITS:
-Pikeman #13 - All Major factions + Bavaria, Denmark, Saxony, Portugal and Savoy (KLA/Salvo)
-Early Line Infantry #5 - Denmark, Bavaria, Saxony, Savoy and Portugal (Salvo/KLA)
-Armored Pikeman - France (KLA)
-Light Dragoons #2 - Bavaria, Savoy (Salvo/KLA)
-Guard Cavalry - Savoy (Salvo/KLA)
-Vasgota Line Infantry - Sweden (Preussen Gloria)
-Swedish Guard Grenadiers - Sweden (Preussen Gloria)
-Late Line Infantry - Sweden (Preussen Gloria)
-Grenadiers Bearskin - Bavaria, Savoy (Salvo)
-Horse Grenadier - Bavaria (Salvo)
RETEXTURES:
-PLC Reskin (KLA)
-Prussia Reskin (KLA)
-Gula Hussars - Sweden (Preussen Gloria)
-Cuirassiers #2 - Spain, Bavaria (KLA/Salvo)
-Late Line Infantry - Bavaria (Pom)
-Hessian Line Infantry - Bavaria (Sir Cesar)
-Swiss Line Infantry - France (KLA)
New UI:
-French Swiss (joedreck)
-French Guard (joedreck)
-Vasgota Line Infantry (Preussen Gloria)
-Major Factions Early Line Infantry + Denmark #8 (Salvo)
-French Early Line Infantries #3 (Salvo)
-French Dragoons (Salvo)
New Unit Cards (Salvo):
-Vasgota Line Infantry (Preussen Gloria)
-Swedish Guard Grenadiers (Preussen Gloria)
-Swedish Late Line Infantry (Preussen Gloria)
CREDITS
King Loise Assurbunipal
Team Leader
Major Skinner
Salvo
Major Scripter
Skinner
Godles Pickle
Skinner
Under Pathronize of KLA
Every
Translateing
Under Pathronize of Salvo
Asek Fizylier Rafcio
Descriptions
SPECIAL THANKS
LtChambers
Createing Pack File Manager
Darth Vader
Createing Darth AI
joedreck
Useing Some UI
Preussen Gloria
Useing Some Units
Pom
Use of Bavaria Line Infantry
Sir Cesar
Use of Hessian Line Infantry
Changes in 0.3-0.1
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Script Changes (Salvo):
-Darth AI added,
-Division to early and late line infantry for major factions (Late Line Infantry available only after 'fire by rank"),
-30 factions unlocked in custom battles,
-Wingded Hussars available for PLC in 1700,
-Wingded Hussarrs are more effective, but more expecieve,
-Division to Hungarian and German Grenadiers for Austria (Hungarian are better in close combat, slightly worst at shooting and more expencieve),
-Early Line Infantry have Wild_Geese UI,
-France no longer trains Maison Du Roi guard,
-Britain and France can no longer train Household Cavalry,
-Courland and Georgia can no longer train Wingded Hussar,
-Strelty are now missile unit,
-Mounted Tatar Archers available for Crimea in 1700,
-Ottoman Sekban Janissariesare now a missile unit (they are also more expencieve),
NEW UNITS:
-Early Line Infantry #10 - All Major Factions recieve 1 unit, France recieves 3 (KLA)
-Guard Swiss - France (KLA)
-Guard France - France (KLA)
-Guard Infantry - Britain (KLA)
-Cuirassiers - Netherlands (KLA)
-live Guard Cavalry - Britain (KLA)
-Gardes du Corps - France (KLA)
-Mousquetaires de la Garde #2 - France, Spain (KLA)
-French Dragoons - France (KLA)
-Pancerny - PLC (KLA)
-Polish Janissaries Guard - PLC (max. 5) (Salvo)
-Polish Cossack Cavalry - PLC (max. 10) (Salvo)
-Polish Cossack Infantry - PLC (max. 10) (Salvo)
-12 Pounders - Crimea (Salvo)
-3 Janissaries units - Crimea (max. 10) (Salvo)
RETEXTURES (KLA):
-Cuirassier #4 - Austria, France, Prussia, Russia
-Grenadiers #3 - Britain, PLC, Sweden
-Household Cavalry #2 - PLC, Russia
-Strelty - Russia
-Croatian Grenzres - Austria
-Green Jackets - Britain
Screens of 0.4 Units: KLA
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French Armored Pikeman
French Swiss Line Infantry
Salvo
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Bavaria
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Early Line Infantry (KLA's Gardes Francaises reskin)
'European Wars' - a realism-mod for 'Empire: Total War', taking us to the world of 18th century, considered one of the most important and interesting periods in history, as it brings many economical, social and first of all military changes. The most important military events brought by the age of enlightenment are Spanish and Polish Successions, The Great Northern War, The Scottish Jacobite Rebellion and The Seven Years' War. As you can see, this century brings much excitement and is excellent material for strategical game. 'European Wars' mod focuses on increasing the historicity of 'Empire: Total War', mainly trough adding some new, historically accurate units such as Prussian Leib-Garde Grenadiers, Hussars of Death, Polish Winged Hussars, French Mousqetaires de la Garde and many, many others! (A Rome: Total War version of mod is currently under the development too)
1. Unzip the file (f.e. with Winrar).
2. Open EW file
3. Copy EW.pack to C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\empire total war\data
4. Copy user.empire_script.txt to :
VISTA C:\Users\(Your User Name Here)\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts
XP C:\Documents and Settings\(Your User Name Here)\Application Data\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts
(A short tale of Swedish grenadier throwing off Russian cuirassier)
b) Changes made in current EW version:
- 30 playable factions in both campaign and custom battle modes;
- Balanced units stats;
- Plenty of new, historically accurate skins of units (including Polish armour-plated ''Pancerny'' or French Mousquetaires de la Garde and others)
- European infantry classified into early and late (avaliable after invention of 'Fire by rank')
- New units for each faction (among others Poland gets Cossaks infantry and cavalry and also Janissaries, Crimea gets 2 kinds of Janissaries, etc.);
- Winged Hussars are avaliable for Poland since the begining of the game as well as Tatars for Crimea;
- Austrian grenadiers classified into German and Hungarian;
- French infantry classified into 3 regiments (La Reine, Du Roi and Royal-Roussilion). More regiments for other factions are going to be added.
- Janissaries and streltsy can shoot now ;
- We've removed the bandages from infantrymen head, but we haven't made screens of every unit
c) List of new units, which factions have received:
- new units: early 18th century line Infantry for: Austria, Britain, Dutch, Poland-Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Sweden;
- new units: 3 early French Line Infantry regiments (La Reine, Du Roi, Royal-Roussilion);
- new units: Gardes Francaises & Gardes Suisses (France);
- reskin: Foot Guard (Great Britain);
- reskin: Pikemen- Austria, Britain, Dutch, Poland-Lithuania, Prussia, Russia (new unit added), Spain, Sweden,
- new units: Mousquetaires de la Garde (France, Spain)
- new unit: Armoured Pikemen (France);
- reskin: Cuirassiers (France, Russia, Prussia, Austria);
- reskin: Early Grenadiers (Poland, Sweden);
- reskin: Late Grenadiers (Britain);
- reskin: Life Guards (Russia, Britain);
- reskin: Gardes du Corps (France);
- new unit: Trabants (Poland-Lithuania);
- new unit: Pancerni (Poland-Lithuania);
- new unit: Dragoon (France);
- reskin: Streltsy (Russia);
- reskin: Grenzers (Austria);
- reskin: Hungarian Grenadiers (Austria);
- new unit: Janissaries (Poland-Lithuania, Crimean Khanate -x2);
- new unit: Sekban Jannisary (Ottomans);
- new unit: 12 pounds cannons (Crimean Khanate);
- new units: Cossack Cavalry & Infantry (Poland-Lithuania);
- new unit: Dutch Cuirassiers;
- reskin: British Green Jackets.
(An interesting fight between the Austrian (Hungarian) grenadier and Gardes Francaises with some quite unexpected ending...)
II. CHANGES Changelog concerning campagain map and units in the full version of mod:
1. More attention is going to be paid to graphics, battles and economy. A large emphasis will be placed on reality and historicity. The mod is directed to both usual players and the enthusiasts of the 18th century. Any feedback is welcomed.
2. The campagain map will be changed if it's only possible.
Here is an outline of the new map:
3. List of states and provinces:
- Great Britain - England (London), Scotland (Edinburgh), Wales (Cardiff), Ireland (Dublin)
- France - Alsace & Lorraine (Strasbourg), Île-de-France (Paris), Guyenne & Gascony (Bordeaux), Normandy (Rouen), Brittany (Rennes), Burgundy (Dijon), Champagne (Reims), Languedoc & Provence (Marseille), Poitou (Poitiers)
- Spain - Gibraltar (Gibraltar), Flanders & Brabant (Brussels), Lombardy (Milan), Naples (Naples), Sardinia (Cagliari), Sicily (Palermo), Andalusia (Seville), Catalonia (Barcelona), Castile (Madrid), León (León), Aragon (Saragossa), Valencia (Valencia), Basque Country (Pamplona)
- Portugal - Alentejo (Lisbon), Beira (Porto)
- United Provinces - Holland (Amsterdam)
- Holy Roman Empire: Württemberg (Stuttgart), Bavaria (Munich), Cologne (Cologne), Hessen (Kassel) , Palatinate (Mannheim), Hanover (Hanover), Saxony (Dresden), Mecklenburg (Schwerin), Prussia - Brandenburg (Berlin), Duchal Prussia (Königsberg), Westphalia (Osnabrück)
- North Italy - Savoy (Torino), Genoa - Liguria (Genoa), Corsica (Ajaccio), Tuscany (Florence), Papal States (Rome), Venice - Venice (Venice), Dalmatia (Split), Morea (Patras)
- Switzerland (Bern)
- Austria - Austria (Vienna), Tyrol (Innsbruck), Bohemia & Moravia (Prague), Silesia (Breslau), Croatia (Agram), Lower Hungary (Pest) Transylvania (Kolozsvár), Upper Hungary (Pozsony)
- Denmark - Denamark (Copenhagen), Norway (Christiania), Iceland (Reykjavík), Holstein (Kiel)
- Sweden - Sweden (Stockholm), Skaneland (Lund), Finland (Abo), Pomerania (Stettin), Ingria (Petersburg), Estonia (Reval), Livonia (Riga)
- Poland-Lithuania - Mazovia (Warsaw), Greater Poland (Poznań), Lesser Poland (Kraków), King's Prussia (Gdańsk), Galicia (Lwów), Podolia (Kamieniec), Volhynia (Łuck), Polesia (Brześć), Lithuania (Vilnius), Belarus (Minsk), Left-bank Ukraine (Zhytomyr)
- Malta (Valletta)
- Courland (Mitava), Crimean Khanate (Bakhchisaray)
- Russia - Right-bank Ukraine (Kiev), Zaporozhia (Sich), Muscovy (Moscow), Yaroslavl (Yaroslavl), Ryazan (Ryazan), Smolensk (Smolensk), Novgorod (Novgorod), Karelia - (Petrovskaya Sloboda), Arkhangelsk (Arkhangelsk), Nizhnyi Novgorod (Nizhnyi Novgorod), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Tatarstan (Kazan), Don Voisko Lands (Cherkassk), Kharkov (Kharkov), Voronezh (Voronezh), Kalmykia (Astrakhan), Komi (Ust-Sysolsk)
- Ottoman Empire - Bosnia (Sarajevo), Serbia (Belgrade), Bulgaria (Sofia), Rumelia (Stamboul), Albania (Durazzo), Greece (Athens), Yedisan (Ochakiv), Budjak (Akkerman), Circassia (Sujuk-Qale), West Anatolia (Ankara), East Anatolia (Trabzon), Armenia (Yerevan), Mesopotamia (Baghdad), Palestine (Jeruzalem), Cyprus (Nicosia), Syria (Damascus), Egypt (Cairo), Barqah (Benghazi), Kurdistan (Mosul)
- Moldova (Iaşi), Wallachia (Bucharest), Montenegro (Podgorica)
Changes in America:
- split Hispaniola to Dominicana (spanish) - Santo Domingo and Haiti (french) - L'Hôpital
- add Puerto Rico (spanish) - San Juan
+ rename "Guatemala" to "Honduras"
4. Every single unit in the game is going to be reskinned.
6. Every faction will considerably differ from the others, as every nation will have different uniforms, visible unique aesthetical details and own, unique units.
We'll add a lot of historical units and delete those inaccurate. Some examples below:
-Divison of the cavalry to regiments of horse, dragoon and light dragoon will disappear in most factions (only USA and UK are going to keep it)
-In EW, most factions' line cavalry will be reduced to dragoons (in hats called tricornes) only. Only French dragoons will wear helmets (golden colour). UK dragoons will also have hats like all other European dragoons and only UK and USA light dragoons will keep the helmets.
-Most of light infrantry will be removed as they were characteristic for the close of the 18th century. Green Jackets will also be deleted.
New types of guards will be available with musketeers & grenadiers of the guard among them as well as new cavalry units - horse grenadiers.
Horse grenadiers:
Russia: http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1018/zorndorf175801.jpg
France: http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1982/dragonludwikaxiv.jpg
Austria: http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8315/theaustrianarmy1740801c.jpg
7. Some units will completley change their character, f.e. ''streletsy'' will be equipped with muskets and now become ranged units.
9. Improve Units Cards. Our Units Cards will be clear and legible. Current Units Cards made by the CA are quite problematic for players, since the factions confuse with each other. It lies in the fact that all units have the same uniform details colour on their Unit Card. They differ only in the main colour of uniform. Many factions which have the same primary colour do not vary, since only the main colour is filled automatically. Examples:
Despite that on the battlefiled Polish troops wear red uniforms with some white details and the British got the same colour of uniform but blue detail, both Polish and British units on the Unit Cards still remain red with yellow details (so it's impossible to distinguish them). Similliar problem applies to Austria and France, not to mention all the minor factions. Some factions in vanilla ETW have completely different UI, for example Siberian hunters have rangers' card. In 'European Wars 2' mod all units will be coloured separately!
CA's Unit Cards examples: http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/2710/aaaaaar.jpg http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6863/aaaaaa3.jpg http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9027/aaaaaa2.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8765/aaaaaa1.jpg
10. The issue of same descriptions for different units (f.e. Scots in France have the same description as the British Coldstream Guards - there's only silly adnotation for all Guard units that they are named variously in each country f.e. ).
In our mod we will take care of each unit by giving him his own unique and accurate name, short description and regiments.
Examples CA's descriptions: http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9249/aaaaaa4.jpg
11. The look of the unit will be changed in all aspects, not only uniforms. Soldiers created by CA have mainly black hair and similliar faces. In EW2, nations like Sweden, Denmark or Norway will have mainly blond hair, and factions like Spain or Italian States will have mainly dark hair.
Many different types of haircut will be added: late period units will have white hairpieces and growls, while the early ones won't.
British units will have smoothly shaven facial hair, while other European factions will have soldiers with a moustache. All hussars and cuirassiers will have moustache in accordance to 18th century regulations.
All to make player feel the climate of this period and to make the game as realistic as possible.
Examples of haircuts and facial hair:
Pandours http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8555/pandousss.jpg
Early 18th century http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5595/wwwe232.jpg
Middle and Late 18th century http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7327/www2e232.jpg
12. Glance at the famous generals of history such as Peter the Great, Charles XII, and Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
Examples:
King Louise Assurbanipal
team leader / szef projektu
skinner / twórca jednostek, historyk
Salvo
scripter / skrypter
Every
modding translator / tłumacz moda
Special Thanks to:
LtChambers
Createing Pack File Manager
Darth Vader
POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH:
UNITS PREVIEW
I created The Units Preview of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century to mod European Wars (Rome Total War). This is a completely new version of the Polish units of the fraction compared to the beta version. Units are divided into two groups: the early 18th century (A) and the other half of that century (B). Their number is much higher than usual in mod EW, as many as 34 units. The player will have a wide variety of infantry and cavalry. In the early era units are characteristic of the 17th century, such as the winged hussars, pikemen, haiduks. In the age of the other, there will newer types of units such as grenadiers, hussars and the National Cavalry.
All units have been reskinned again and their number was doubled. I tried to take care of the details of uniforms and armor so they are visible differences between early (like Louis XIV of France - uniforms longer, larger), and the late era (uniforms inspired by the tight-fitting Prussian uniforms). Soldiers have a variety of distinctive headgear and clothing details. Even the hairstyles are tailored to the periods and characteristics of units.
Thank you for Lordz teams and Fire and Sword for lending some elements of textures and models for the 18th-century weaponry and uniforms.
FLAG:
In the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795), a banner of the Commonwealth was used, combining the heraldic symbols of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Commonwealth banner was initially plain white emblazoned with the arms of the Commonwealth which consisted of the heraldic charges of Poland (White Eagle) and Lithuania (Pursuer). Since both Polish and Lithuanian coats of arms consisted of white (Argent) charges in a red (Gules) field, these two colors started to be used for the entire banner. During the 17th century, the banner was usually divided into two, three or four horizontal, often swallow-tailed, stripes of red and white.
HISTORY:
John III Sobieski, fighting protracted wars with the Ottoman Empire, revived the Commonwealth's military might once more, in process helping decisively in 1683 to deliver Vienna from a Turkish onslaught. From there, it all went downhill. The Commonwealth, subjected to almost constant warfare until 1720, suffered enormous population losses as well as massive damage to its economy and social structure. The government became ineffective because of large scale internal conflicts, corrupted legislative processes and manipulation by foreign interests. The nobility class fell under control of a handful of powerful families with established territorial domains, the urban population and infrastructure fell into ruin, together with most peasant farms. The reigns of two kings of the Saxon Wettin dynasty, Augustus II and Augustus III, brought the Commonwealth further disintegration. The Great Northern War, a period seen by the contemporaries as a passing eclipse, may have been the fatal blow destined to bring down the Noble Republic. The Kingdom of Prussia became a strong regional power and took Silesia from the Habsburg Monarchy. The Commonwealth-Saxony personal union however gave rise to the emergence of the reform movement in the Commonwealth, and the beginnings of the Polish Enlightenment culture.
During the later part of the 18th century, the Commonwealth attempted fundamental internal reforms. The reform activity provoked hostile reaction and eventually military response on the part of the neighboring powers. The second half of the century brought improved economy and significant growth of the population. The most populous capital city of Warsaw replaced Danzig (Gdańsk) as the leading trade center, and the role of the more prosperous urban strata was increasing. The last decades of the independent Commonwealth existence were characterized by intense reform movements and far-reaching progress in the areas of education, intellectual life, art, and especially toward the end of the period, evolution of the social and political system. The royal election of 1764 resulted in the elevation of Stanisław August Poniatowski, a refined and worldly aristocrat connected to a major magnate faction, but hand-picked and imposed by Empress Catherine II of Russia, who expected Poniatowski to be her obedient follower. The King accordingly spent his reign torn between his desire to implement reforms necessary to save the state, and his perceived necessity of remaining in subordinate relationship with his Russian sponsors. The Bar Confederation of 1768 was a szlachta rebellion directed against Russia and the Polish king, fought to preserve Poland's independence and in support of szlachta's traditional causes. It was brought under control and followed in 1772 by the First Partition of the Commonwealth, a permanent encroachment on the outer Commonwealth provinces by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria. The "Partition Sejm" under duress "ratified" the partition fait accompli, but in 1773 also established the Commission of National Education, a pioneering in Europe government education authority.
POLISH ARMY:
Information on specific types of soldiers
Grenadiers:
Grenadiers were distinguished by their head-gear from the ordinary musketeers who made up the bulk of each regiment of foot. While there were some exceptions, the most typical grenadier headdress was either the mitre cap or the bearskin. Both began to appear in various armies during the second half of the 17th century because grenadiers were impeded by the wide brimmed infantry hats of the period when throwing grenades.
The mitre cap, whether in stiffened cloth or metal, had became the distinguishing feature of the grenadier in the armies of Poland, Britain, Russia, Prussia and most German states during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Spanish, Austrian and French grenadiers favoured high fur hats with long coloured cloth hoods ("bags") to them. The mitre was gradually replaced by bearskin hats in other armies.
While Northern-European armies such as Poland, Britain, Russia, Sweden and various German states (perhaps most famously Prussia) wore the mitre cap, southern countries such as France, Spain, Austria, Portugal and various Italian states preferred the bearskin.
Reiters:
Reiters (German: Reiter, or horserider, shortened from the original “Schwarze Reiter”—literally, "black riders") were a type of cavalry, which appeared in the armies of Western Europe in the 16th century in place of the outmoded lance-armed knights, at the same time that cuirassiers and dragoons began to attain typological distinction from other kinds of cavalry. The reiters raised firearms to the status of primary weapons, as opposed to earlier Western European heavy cavalry which primarily relied upon melée weapons.The reiter’s main weapons were two or more pistols and a sword; sometimes they also carried a long cavalry firearm known as an arquebus or a carbine.
Winged Hussars:
The Polish Hussars (Husaria) were the main type of cavalry of the first Polish Army, later also introduced into the Army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, between the 16th and 18th centuries. When this cavalry type was first introduced by the Serbian mercenary horsemen around the year 1500, they served as light cavalry banners; by the second half of the 16th century hussars had been transformed into heavy cavalry. Until the reforms of 1770s the husaria banners or companies were considered the elite of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cavalry. They were widely regarded as one of the most powerful cavalery formations in the world. Polish Hussars were undefeated in battle for over 100 years.
The hussars were famous for their huge 'wings', a wooden frame carrying usually eagle, but sometimes ostrich, swan or goose feathers. The symbolism is connected with the Serbian origin. In the 16th century characteristic painted wings or winged claws began to appear on cavalry shields. Wings were originally attached to the saddle and later to the back. In 1645, Col. They wore the wings because they made a loud, clattering noise which made it seem like the cavalry was much larger than in reality. Unfortunately, the wings were very heavy and when the soldiers went into battle it proved to be strenuous.
The hussars towarzysz were required to provide the arms and armour for themselves and their retainers, except for the lance which was provided by the King. Each lance's horses also came at each towarzysz husarski expense. Winged hussars during their heyday, 1574–1705, carried the following arms and armour:
The kopia lance was the main offensive weapon of the hussar. The lances were based on the Balkan (Serbian) and finally Hungarian lances except the Polish lances could have been longer and, like their predecessors from the Balkans and Western Europe, they were hollowed, with two halves glued together and painted, and even often richly gilded. They were commonly made from fir-wood, with the lance point being made from forged steel. They had a gałka large wooden ball which served as the handle guard. The hussar's lance usually ranged from 4.5 to 6.20 meters in length. There was another type of lance was used, known as demi-lance or kopijka, that could have been 3-3,5 meter long and used against the Tatars and Turks of the later 17th century wars.
The Towarzysz husarski carried underneath his left thigh a Eastern-in-origin koncerz estoc (up to 1,5 meter in length) and often under his right thigh a palasz (a type of broadsword). The szabla sabre was carried on the left side, and several types of sabres were known to winged hussars, including the famous szabla husarska.
At the height of their prowess, 1576-1653 hussar armor consisted of a szyszak Oriental Turkic-in-origin helmet later developed into Polish variety with hemispherical skull, comb like Western morion 'cheekpieces' with a heart-shaped cut in the middle, neck guard of several plates secured by sliding rivets, and adjustable nasal terminating in a leaf-shaped visior. Shishak and kettle hat helmets for lower rank (retainers) were often blackened as well was their armor. A cuirass (breast plate), back plate, gorget, shoulder guards and of the Great Steppe, Western vambraces with iron glove and later during the 1630s the Persian origin karwasz vambrace that was a forearm protection. Towarzysz also could wear tasset hip, cuisse thigh and poleyn knee protection, underneath a thigh length coat of mail or specially padded coat with mail sleeves. Retainers usually wore less expensive and older armor, often painted black, and after 1670s might have no cuirass, according to some sources. Karacena Sarmatian armor (of iron scales riveted to a leather support), might have consisted of scale helmet, cuirass, gorget, legs and shoulder protection, became popular during the reign of king Jan Sobieski, but perhaps due to costs and weight remained popular mostly with the winged hussar commanding officers. Their armor was light, usually around 15 kg, allowing them to be relatively quick and for their horses to gallop at full speed for long periods. Albeit during the 1670s onwards chain-mail was used when fighting the Tatars in the southern part of the republic. Towarzysz usually wore a leopard (sometimes tiger, jaguar, lion) pelt over his left shoulder, or as often depicted in the surviving Podhorce Castle paintings he had the exotic pelt underneath his saddle or wrapped around his hips. Whereas wolf, brown bear and lynx pelts were reserved for leaders and veterans (starszyzna).
Pancerni:
Towarzysz pancerny ("armoured companion"; plural: towarzysze pancerni, or pancerni ) was a medium-cavalryman in 16th-18th century Poland, named for his chainmail armor ("pancerz"). These units were the second-most-important cavalry arm in the Polish Army, after the Hussars.
Most pancerni were recruited from the middle or lower classes of szlachta (nobility). They were organized into companies (singular: chorągiew pancerna) of 60-200 horsemen.
In the medieval times, during Mieszko I and Bolesław I Chrobry rules, pancerni were members of prince own force, as they only in whole army wore mail armours.
Dragons:
The word dragoon originally meant mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel. Dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the late 17th century and early 18th century. The name is possibly derived from a type of firearm (called a dragon) carried by dragoons of the French Army. There is no distinction between the words dragon and dragoon in French. The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments. Regiments of Polish dragoons:
* Regiment Gwardii Konnej Koronnej
* Regiment Konny im. Królowej
* Regiment Konny im. Królewicza
* Regiment Konny Buławy Wielkiej Koronnej
* Regiment Konny Buławy Polnej Koronnej Regiments of Lithuanian dragoons:
* Regiment Gwardii Konnej Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego
* Regiment Dragonów Królewicza Imci Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego
* Regiment Konny Buławy Wielkiej Litewskiej
* Regiment Konny Buławy Polnej Litewskiej
National Cavalry
The National Cavalry (Kawaleria Narodowa) was a branch of Polish-Lithuanian cavalry in the Polish armed forces in the last quarter of the 18th century. Formed as a merger of previously-existing units of Polish Hussars and pancerni that were still in service after the Confederation of Bar. In 1777 the Sejm new regulations converted all units of heavy cavalry and medium cavalry and reformed them into a line cavalry, roughly similar to later uhlans popular in Europe in 19th century. Existing dragoon and Front or Vanguard Regiments were outside this reform The National Cavalry had a very short history of 20 years, and some units stationed in the eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were forcibly incorporated into the Russian cavalry following the Second Partition of Poland, and the remainder was disbanded together with the rest of Polish-Lithuanian armed forces after the final partition in 1795. The Sejm's 1777 decision was rather late effort to modernize Polish-Lithuanian cavalry, along the much earlier trend of evolution of European cavalry towards more modern organization of the cavalry regiments into more mobile formations. The most modern part of the reform was the establishment of some very modern battle dress uniforms for these cavalrymen, and in turn this uniform of the National Cavalry inspired numerous similar uniforms and employment of 'Polish lance' in the rest of Europe, notably the Austrian, Prussian, Russian cavalry, and later of the French cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars.
The variety of headgear of Polish soldiers in the 18th century:
UNITS PREVIEW:
I. INFANTRY
A) Early period
1. Officer:
2. Musketeer:
3. Grenadier:
4. Guard grenadier:
5. Guard Janissary:
6. Hungarian light infantry:
7. Pikeman:
8. Drummer:
B) Late period
9. Musketeer (Regiment Pieszy Buławy Wielkiej Koronnej):
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