And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
WWI. Cavalrymen of the 4th Kharkov Uhlan regiment of the Imperial Russian army
My nephew, career Army, 3 tours in Iraq, always carried a pistol to dispatch any approaching threat to his men, when in a town or village, and did so several times. Handguns. Don't leave home without one.
Like ours, they carried pistols and swords. In the age of machine guns.
ReplyDeleteMy nephew, career Army, 3 tours in Iraq, always carried a pistol to dispatch any approaching threat to his men, when in a town or village, and did so several times. Handguns. Don't leave home without one.
DeleteNot so much as a weapon, but as a badge of authority.
Delete3 Moscowteers?
ReplyDeleteI thought only the Imperial German Army had troops called Uhlans. Huh. I learn something new every day.
ReplyDeleteThe Polish had them, too!
DeleteUhlans = lancers.
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