tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post550055593835550952..comments2023-09-30T07:42:47.236-07:00Comments on Emperor vs Elector: The Erzherzog Sends A DirectiveMurdocKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-18239011349833918582011-03-26T23:22:58.111-07:002011-03-26T23:22:58.111-07:00Damn Stagonians.
At it again.Damn Stagonians.<br /><br />At it again.MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-14893574400996456952011-03-18T06:37:31.941-07:002011-03-18T06:37:31.941-07:00"cousin Fritz said recently that he has his P...<i>"cousin Fritz said recently that he has his Prushian infantry firing vollies like thors thunder."</i><br />Beware, this could be mere propaganda: spreading such rumors may be an inexpensive (if subtle) way to make one's infantry more... deterring.<br />Besides, 'national temper' may have some importance here: according to Maurice de Saxe, French musketry is most efficient when soldiers are allowed to 'fire at will'. And the <i>Marechal-General</i> also maintains that they are even better wildly charging with cold steel... Maybe there is such 'local' diversity between Hesse-Cassoulet lands / populations?abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-77080307144817671662011-03-18T02:16:28.446-07:002011-03-18T02:16:28.446-07:00While the Landgraf issues general regulations conc...While the Landgraf issues general regulations concerning the uniforms of his army, when it comes to the *cut* he can well allow colonels some freedom to follow local preferences: it would only favour recruitment and <i>esprit de corps</i>.<br />As for drills, well, what about a competition between the best regiments standing for different approaches?abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-12216364408269948032011-03-17T08:06:41.107-07:002011-03-17T08:06:41.107-07:00Our brave soldiers do like to go in with cold ste...Our brave soldiers do like to go in with cold steel and make the enemy beg, but times are changing, und cousin Fritz said recently that he has his Prushian infantry firing vollies like thors thunder, time Hesse Cassoulet tried these new and ingenious drills.Izzak Grimnebulinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08280359056920252717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-82724303139320150642011-03-16T08:34:12.122-07:002011-03-16T08:34:12.122-07:00Looking eagerly forward to discover the reformed A...Looking eagerly forward to discover the reformed Army ('New Model Army'?) in its colored glory!<br /><br /><br />Perhaps of interest for the Heavy Horse from Chardonnay: on another blog I commented to a post showing French-like lilies armories that, according to a 'serious' French amateur historian / heraldrist, the <i>Fleurs de Lys</i> on the French Arms are a later distortion of original <b><i>*frogs*</i></b>: not because some repute of frog-eaters, but because the Salian Frank ancestors of Clovis came from a marshy area... <br />David Linienblatt von Tippelbruder, of <a href="http://nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">NBA fame</a>, was so amused that he sent me quasi-'pean' fields of golden frogs on <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iowVrw_Zl-s/TYDBHC0rMZI/AAAAAAAACN8/AT7eZkgLn78/s1600/FrogsdeLysonpurple.jpg" rel="nofollow">purple</a> (re. ancient emperors) and <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBg20K1v5QI/TYDSOzMPN_I/AAAAAAAACOM/6h4B3c-xii0/s1600/FrogsdeLysongreen.jpg" rel="nofollow">green</a> (re. Napoleon -but he choose honeybees) backgrounds.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com