V is for Vivandiere - Historex No's 761, 762, 763 and 744
I think the closest translation is 'provisioner'
or 'provender'. and it doesn't seem that the British army had quite the same
role, there were hanger's on, women and children with some connection to the
soldiery helping out at camp, and following the army, but not the semi-formal,
vaguely uniformed women who served the French army, a concept which was passed
to the American army during the War of Independence.
There's also some 'camp' stuff in there,
but we can tell from the catalogue codes they are all expected or intended to
be used together. And obviously, this cart was not within the Gribeauval System,
and while of a common cart design, probably differed between Vivadieres?
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