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Description: | image: A central image with hand drafted text and date below. Swiss infantry of the Helvetian Republic in battle with the
Austrians. Centre foreground of the composition shows a Swiss officer 3/4 length back view charging forward, a pistol in his left hand and
an infantry sabre in his upraised right hand. To his immediate right a hatless infantryman moves into the composition with fixed bayonet.
The centre middle distance is dominated by a Swiss infantryman facing left, his profile obscured by his left arm which, together with his
upraised right, snatch an Austrian standard. The soldiers wear red coats with blue facings and black bicorn hats (fore and aft) dressed
with the Revolutionary tricolour cockade. In the background a press of bayonets and the smoke of battle. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Weapons CH.A Costume and fashion Military Personnel FR.A Uniforms | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Société Littéraire de France, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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