This time, tricorne-sporting British redcoats advancing with fixed bayonets, supported by a Hessian 6 pounder. I wasn't going to worry about any Hessians for my wargaming armies, but I have just finished reading "1776" by David McCullough, so now my mind has been changed! The number of Hessians sent across for the American War of Independence was astonishing to read about - they numbered in many thousands.
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