Some more pictures of the Battle of Sinsheim 1674:

The French Asfeld Dragoons have rushed the bridge in column; the Dutch Marwitz Dragoons try to hold them off with a volley.

The French dragoons about to charge their Dutch opposites, urged on by a French general (Turenne himself, perhaps?)

The French column along the road to the bridge,

with the first of their cavalry regiments appearing on the battlefield.

The French Condé Regiment of Foot marches up the left hand defile, past the single house,

towards the Allied right wing cavalry.

Squadrons of French light horse regiments moving along the road to the bridge.

The Asfeld Dragoons have driven off their Dutch opponents and La Fère Regiment of Foot moves off towards the right flank behind them.

Condé Regiment of Foot secures the hedges along the edge of the plateau; The Dutch Hoornbergh Light Horse Regiment can do little to prevent it.

The view from the French infantry's side: Allied cavalry regiments lined up on the plateau.

The French Asfeld Dragoons have moved up onto the plateau to support the French cavalry as it moves up the central defile to deploy. This triggered a reaction by the Allies - the Bamberg Cuirassier Regiment advanced to the attack.

The Dutch Waldeck Light Horse Regiment advances as well.

The French cavalry column crossing the bridge.

A wider view of the battlefield as the Allied cavalry respond to the arrival of the

French troops on the edge of the plateau.

Another view of the French cavalry column on the road to the bridge:

Villeroi Light Horse Regiment is in the foreground of the picture.

La Fère Regiment of Foot moving to the right along the river road.

A view of the French cavalry moving up to the plateau and to the right.

The Allied cavalry move forward, except in the background,

where they have retired out of range of the French infantry's muskets.

The Asfeld Dragoons stand to meet the Bamberg Cuirassiers attack, while in the background the Dauphin Light Horse Regiment charges their opponents. The French dragoons, unsurprisingly, were completely defeated by the Austrian cavalry and fled the field!

The French Royal Cravattes Light Horse Regiment. Their unusual name is a corruption of "Croats", a unit of which had served with the French army earlier in the 17th Century.

La Reine Light Horse Regiment, the only French "Royal" line cavalry unit to wear red coats with blue facings; the others wore blue coats with red facings.

Dauphin against Bamberg. Under the "fast play" rules I use, Cuirassiers operate in big squadrons of twelve figures, while Light Horse Regiments operate in squadrons of six figures. It represents well the solid mass of Imperial units which the French had to deal with by "wave attacks" involving charges by one squadron after another,

More pictures to follow...