積分 6332
爵位二等恩赫侯
榮銜從三品中議大夫
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"The great confusion of nationalities is a serious evil. In the British army, every man can at least speak English, but with the Austrians, even the NCOs of the non-German regiments can scarcely speak German. This creates, of course, a deal of confusion, difficulty, and interpreting, even between the officer and the soldier. It is partly remedied by the necessity in which frequent change of quarters places the officers of learning at least something of every language spoken in Austria. But yet, the inconvenience is not obviated...
The infantry, and in this respect it is similar to the English [infantry], is more distinguished by its action in masses, than by its agility in light infantry service. We must, however, except the frontier troops (Grenzers) and the jagers. The first are; for the most part, very efficient in skirmishing, especially the Serbians, whose favorite warfare is one of ambuscades. The jagers are mainly Tyrolians, and first-rate marksmen.
But the German and Hungarian infantry generally impose by their solidity, and ... have more than once received cavalry, in line, without deigning to form square, and wherever they have formed squares, the enemy's cavalry could seldom break them up - witness Aspern." ("The Armies of Europe" in Putnam's Monthly, No. XXXII, published in 1855)
轉自 Austrian Infantry of the Napoleonic Wars |
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