I thought before leaving the era of border warfare in the Seven Years War it might be useful to see if there's anyone who is the eastern European version of Gerry Embleton (see below) - someone capturing the fringes of partisan warfare but in the European theatre. This artist has certainly done some great studies of Croats and their enemies - check out his page for some great artwork. This figure shows what was the Prussian response to the Grenzers (see below) with the Hussar Mirliton being the main addition to the Hungarian style of the rest of the uniform. If you are wondering what was the British equivalent to the Pandour or Croat it was the Highlander - they maintained elements of their national dress, were hardy uplanders and were capable of fierce hand to hand fighting when necessary. Petite Guerre was dirty work and being outside the national 'image' also helped them accomplish what was essentially guerrilla warfare.
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Velimir Vuksic - illustrator
I thought before leaving the era of border warfare in the Seven Years War it might be useful to see if there's anyone who is the eastern European version of Gerry Embleton (see below) - someone capturing the fringes of partisan warfare but in the European theatre. This artist has certainly done some great studies of Croats and their enemies - check out his page for some great artwork. This figure shows what was the Prussian response to the Grenzers (see below) with the Hussar Mirliton being the main addition to the Hungarian style of the rest of the uniform. If you are wondering what was the British equivalent to the Pandour or Croat it was the Highlander - they maintained elements of their national dress, were hardy uplanders and were capable of fierce hand to hand fighting when necessary. Petite Guerre was dirty work and being outside the national 'image' also helped them accomplish what was essentially guerrilla warfare.
