Hesse Army

The Hessian army is a force built up of around 90,000 soldiers. 12,000 of which are cavalry and 9,000 of which are artillery.

Infantry
Infantry make up the bulk of the royal Hessian army totaling at about 69,00 men. Every man in the army has sworn an oath of loyalty to the counrty and to James. it takes one months training to produce a regular soldier and around 6 to produce a specialist soldier like, guards, sappers and Jaegers. When men join the army they agree to serve for 5 years and then they have to go through training again if they wish to stay on, they maximum age for a soldier to be in the armed forces is 60 years old.

Cavalry
Hessian cavalry add up to around 12,000 men and serve alongside the infantry during battles, the hessian cavalry is tought how to fight in hand to hand combat, mounted or dismounted. Dragoons are tought to shoot and ride at the same time, the majority of the men in the cavarly are aged 30-40 but the maximum age for being in the cavalry is 50 then you are to retire.

Artillery
The Hessian artillery make up 9,000. The average gunner serves for 3 years and also swears the same oath as the infantry, to King and Country. The artillery is expected to lay down a barage of fire as infantry and cavalry advance. Although it play an important part on the battle field the Hesssian artillery is often neglected.