{"product_id":"napoleonic-portuguese-line-infantry","title":"Black Powder: Napoleonic Portuguese Line Infantry","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNapoleonic Portuguese Line Infantry\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Portuguese have never been fond of their Spanish neighbours. This was doubly so when in 1807 Napoleon sent a large French and Spanish army across the border to crush Portugal and take its fleet to continue their war against the detested British. Great Britain and Portugal, however, had been old allies for countless years, and before long a largely untried British general called Wellesley was sent from London to eject the French from Portuguese soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Portuguese troops were brave but unskilled, and outnumbered in the early days of the conflict. Reforms of the Portuguese army taken by Sir Lt.General William Beresford changed that, adopting British drill and tactics. The changes transformed the Portuguese into an effective fighting force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe allied army was carefully organised with units of both nations mixed into divisions giving, it a distinctive character and indeed spurring on each nation to outperform the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe line infantry in their blue coats, and their light troops in brown, performed very well and soon had Marshall Soult back over the Pyrenees with the allied army in hot pursuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWellington, as Wellesley famously became, applauded his Portuguese troops calling them his ‘fighting cocks’, praise indeed from a man who knew a good soldier when he saw one. Less magnanimous was the popular name British soldiers used – ‘pork and beans’ – with good-humoured respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur plastic Portuguese soldiers are supplied with the option of the early Barretina shako used between 1806 and 1810, or the later Stovepipe-style version which entered service in 1810.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 plastic easy-build Portuguese Line Infantry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 metal command miniatures: officer, drummer and two ensigns with wire flagpoles and banner tops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2-page background guide including ten full-colour flags\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eNote: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warlord Games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGame System:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Powder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStock Information\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf this item is not currently in stock at time of order, we will order it for you as a \u003cstrong\u003eDirect Order\u003c\/strong\u003e from Warlord Games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirect Order items are sourced directly from the manufacturer on your behalf. Delivery times may be longer than standard in-stock items and can vary depending on supplier availability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e If your order includes a Direct Order item, these items may ship separately from in-stock products.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57784977490301,"sku":"WGN-PO-01","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5162\/3999\/files\/WGN-PO-01_PortugueseLineInfantry01_f6b74c8b-0ad1-4eb9-ab62-203b7fbde87a.jpg?v=1779214618","url":"https:\/\/battlecitygames.co.uk\/products\/napoleonic-portuguese-line-infantry","provider":"Battle City Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}