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25.01.2002 17:20:14
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Прочее; 11-19 век;
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Возвращаясь к вопросу о преимуществах уланов при борьбе с пехотой в каре
Вот наконец-то опять нашел в сети мемуары полковника Марбо. Хочу предложить вниманию зинтересованных один эпизод из сражения при Кацбахе в изложении Марбо.
`I could not check my regiment, and we presently found ourselves in front of a brigade of the enemy's infantry, who, owing to the effects of the rain on their muskets, were unable to fire a shot at us. I tried to break the square, but our horses could only advance at a walk, and every one knows that without a dash it is impossible for cavalry to break a well-commanded and well-closed-up battalion which boldly presents a hedge of bayonets. In vain did we approach so close to the enemy that we could talk to them and strike their muskets with our sword-blades; we could not break their lines, as we could easily have done if General Sébastiani had not sent the artillery to another point. The position on both sides was truly ridiculous; we looked each other in the eyes, unable to do any damage, our swords being too short to reach the enemy, and their muskets refusing to go off. Things went on like this for some time till General Maurin sent the 6th Lancers to our aid. Their long weapons, outreaching the enemy's bayonets, soon slew many of the Prussians, enabling the chasseurs to penetrate into the square, where they did terrible execution. In this fight the sonorous voice of Colonel Perquit could be heard, shouting, in a rich Alsatian accent, 'Bointez, lanciers, bointez.`
Так что видимо не так я уже был и неправ:)))
С уважением,
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