Atkins 3 Янв 2010 (21:10):
Про "большинство случаев" - имеете статистику? Нет, Вы имеете только стереотип восприятия из каких-то приключенческих романов (я всё-таки надеюсь, не из фильма "Фанфан-Тюльпан"?)... Переубедите меня?
Подзапамятовал кто из французских политических деятелей сказал: "Армия должна состоять исключительно из подонков и лиц непригодных для общества". - Вот уж действительно психологически подготовленный материал готовый к самопожертвованию.
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Atkins 3 Янв 2010 (21:10):
Я Вас сильно разочарую, если скажу, что все европейские армии того времени комплектовались по "принципу землячества"?
Пример: Blenheim order of battle
Союзники, центр:
Lieutenant General Charles Churchill
Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Line (Infantry)
Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby
d'Herleville's Brigade
Major General d'Herleville
(Includes Stückrad's Brigade)
Schöpping Infantry Regiment (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men)
Stückrad Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Stückrad (Hesse-Kassel) (400 men)
d'Herleville Infantry Regiment, Major General d'Herleville (Hanover-Calenburg) (400 men)
von Tozin Infantry Regiment (Lüneburg-Celle) (400 men)
Hulsen Infantry Regiment, Major General Hulsen (Hanover Calenburg) (400 men)
Württemberg Brigade
Brigadier General Friederich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff
Württemberg Regiment Stenfels (571 men)
Württemberg Regiment Hermann
Württemberg Grenadier Regiment (833 men)
Seckendorff's Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Seckendorff (573 men)
1st Line (Infantry)
Lieutenant General Horn
Holstein-Beck's Brigade
Major General the Prince of Holstein-Beck
(Includes Beidebrecht's Brigade)
Heidebrecht Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Heidebrecht (Ansbach/UP auxiliary) (599 men)
Stürler Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (523 men)
Hirzel Infantry Regiment (Swiss/UP auxiliary) (561 men)
Rechteren Infantry Regiment (UP) (548 men)
Goor Infantry Regiment (UP) (581 men)
Dutch Mercenary Brigade
Major General Pallandt
Bynheim Infantry Regiment (UP) (571 men)
Schwerin Infantry Regiment, Colonel Kurt Christof, Graf von Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Prussian Meith Regiment) (547 men)
de Varenne Infantry Regiment, Jacques l'Aumonier, Marquis de Varenne (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (461 men)
Wulffen Infantry Regiment (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (591 men)
Erbprinz von Hesse-Kassel Infantry Regiment, Erbprinz von Hesse-Kassel (Prussia/UP auxiliary) (540 men)
Left-center (cavalry)
Lieutenant General Bülow
Noyellas' Brigade
Major Genera Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyellas en Falais
Leib Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenburg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Voigt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (Hanover-Calenburg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Noyelles' Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major Genera Jacques-Louis, comte de Noyellas en Falais (Hanover-Calenburg-Osnabrück/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Viller's Brigade
Major General Viller
von Bülow's Dragoons Regiment (Lieutenant General von Bülow (Hanover-Calenburg) (three squadrons, 225 men)
Viller's Dragoons (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men)
Bothmer's Dragoons, Brigadier General Bothmer (Lüneburg-Celle) (four squadrons, 320 men)
2nd Line (cavalry)
Lieutenant General Graf von Hompesch
Hesse-Homberg's Brigade
Major General the Prince of Hesse-Homberg
Leib Horse Regiment (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Spiegel's Karabinere (Hesse-Kassel/UP auxiliary) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Schulengurg's Brigade
Major General Schulenburg
Schulengurg's Dragoons (Hanover-Calenburg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Breidenbach's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenburg & Lüneburg-Celle) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Erbach's Brigade
Major General Erbach
Erbach's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Major General Erbach (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men)
Baldwin's Horse, Brigadier General Baldwin (UP) (one squadron, 100 men)
Schmettau's Dragoons (Ansbach) (four squadrons, 400 men)
Cavalry
Lieutenant General comte de Oostfriese
Vittinghoff's Brigade
Lieutenant General Vittinghoff
Grevendorff's Dragoons, Brigadier General Grevendorff (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men)
Hardenberg's Dragoons (Saxe-Gotha) (three squadrons, 240 men)
Sachsen-Heilburg Horse Regiment (UP) (two squadrons, 200 men)
Bannier's Horse Regiment (Hanover-Calenburg) (two squadrons, 150 men)
Auroch's Brigade
Major General Auroch
Erbach's Horse Regiment, Major General Erbach (Hesse-Kassel) (two squadrons, 160 men)
Auroch's Dragoons, Major General Auroch (Hesse-Kassel) (four squadrons, 320 men)
Lieutenant General the Prince of Württemberg-Neuenstadt
Rantzau's Brigade (Denmark/UP auxiliary)
Major General Jørgen von Rantzau
2nd Sjællandske Horse Regiment, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 585 men
5th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Colonel von Schmettau (two squadrons, 440 men)
4th Jydske Regiment of Horse, Brigadier General Jørgen von Rantzau (two squadrons, 440 men)
Livregimentet Rytter, Colonel Christian Detlev von Reventlow (two squadrons of six companies, 556 men)
Wüttemberg-Öls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Öls (three squadrons of ten companies, 1,007 men)
Brockdorff's Brigade (Denmark/England auxiliary)
Brigadier General Ditlev von Brockdorff
3rd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel Ditlev von Brockdroff (two squadrons, 591 men)
Ahlefeldt's Horse Cuirassier Regiment (two squadrons, 589 men)
2nd Jydske Horse Regiment, Colonel von Uterwick Prehn (two squadrons, 568 men)
Holstein's Horse Cuirassier Regiment, Colonel Dewitz (two squadrons, 578 men)
Württemberg-Ōls Dragoons, Carl Friedrich, Herzog von Württemberg-Ōls (two squadrons of ten companies, 589 men)
Infantry
Lieutenant General Lord Orkney
Webb's Brigade, Major General John Richmond Webb
Churchill's Infantry Regiment, Winston Churchill (590 men) 3rd Regiment, The Buffs[1]
Thomas Meredith's Regiment of Foot, Brigadier General Thomas Meredith (575 men)
The Queen's Regiment of Foot, Major General John Richmond Webb (739 men)
1st/His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (639 men)
von Rantzau's Brigade
Major General Jørgen von Rantzau
1st Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (588 men)
2nd Battalion, Rantzau, Major General Jørgen von Rantzau (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (636 men)
Bernsdorff Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General Bernsdorff (Lüneburg-Celle/UP auxiliary) (531 men)
Teckelenberg Infantry Regiment (Hanover-Calenburg/UP auxiliary) (532 men)
St. Paul Infantry Regiment, St. Paul des Estanges (Hanover-Calenburg/UP auxiliary) (520 men)
Весь ордер просто не помещается в сообщение. Как много здесь постороенных на основе землячества частей? Названия некоторых, в частности французских и английских частей по имени определенного города или области просто показывали место расквартирования данной части, но никак не говорили о методе комплектования этих частей из данной области. Вы действительно уверены, что и в наше время в Колдстримском полку королевской гвардии служат только одни шотландцы?