The Battle at the river Ter (Catalonia) 27th May 1694 by Giancarlo Boeri, Josè Luis Mirecki, Josè Palau The troops, uniforms and flags French Infantry The French infantry was usually clothed in grey-white with variously coloured cuffs and lining. Swiss infantry had red or blue (but also yellow and green) coats, Irish infantry was clothed in red. Most of the French line cavalry, the Gentlemen's regiments, were clothed in grey-white with red (sometimes blue) facings, "royal" regiments in blue, Gendarmerie in red, as were the Irish units. Dragoons were mostly clothed in red or blue, but also yellow and green coats were displayed by some regiments. French dragoons around 1690 Infantry standards had a central white cross, while the four quarters were variously combined into geometrical patterns of different colours (see René Chartrand "The Army of Louis XIV" Men at Arms n° and R. Hall "Flags and Uniforms of the French Infantry under Louis XIV 1688-1714"CD distributed by Dan Schorr ). French cavalry standards were of various colours, red and blue predominating, a side with the sun symbol embroidered in gold, often fleurs de lys at the corners, and the other side carried the arms of the mestre de camp or the province (see R.H. "Guidons and Uniforms of the French Dragoons under Louis XIV 1688-1714, GC. B. & Y. R. in preparation). Dragoons guidons followed the general rule as with the cavalry. Spanish Infantry The Spanish infantry was clothed in a variety of colours, and many tercios were also named after the colour of their dresses. The Spanish line cavalry was clothed half in grey-white, the other half in blue with red, blue or white and yellow facings. Guards companies were usually clothed in blue, and dragoons in red. (see Boeri, Mirecki, Palau "The Spanish Armies in the War of the League of Ausburg 1688.1697"…) Infantry flags all carried the red Burgundy cross, usually over geometrical and variously coloured patterns. A large number of the infantry standards captured at the river Ter were reproduced in some manuscripts kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, that we have partially reproduced in our illlustrations. Cavalry standards were generally crimson-red with the Burgundy cross on one side and arms and mottoes on the other.