The officers have short coat sleeves reaching to the elbow, and except where constricted by the cuirass, wear their long, knee length coats open. The central officer seems to have a short waistcoat under his coat. The Siege of Tournai 1667. French From a print after the painting by Lebrun, showing the French in the trenches before the city. In the foreground is a pikeman, probably from a Swiss unit since he has arm cops and tassets.
Soldiers are mostly in grey and a servant in the royal livery holds the king's horse.
Soldiers in Tangier 1669. English These tiny figures in an etching by Hollar from sketches made at Tangier in 1669 show that the knee-length French style coat had already been introduced into the English army. The coat has buttons all the way down to the hem, wide turnbacks on the sleeves, and is worn open under a bandolier and sword baldrick, both some four inches wide. From Divers Prospects in and about Tangier, exactly delineated by W. Hollar, His Majesties Designer, AD1669. Soldiers in Tangier 1669.