This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...which made warfare an arduous and extensive science. The Polish horsemen were adequate for making short irruptions, for cutting the enemy in the open field, as they had done to the Tartar invasions, or to the Turks under Vienna. But they were necessarily unqualified for carrying out extensive hostilities on a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...which made warfare an arduous and extensive science. The Polish horsemen were adequate for making short irruptions, for cutting the enemy in the open field, as they had done to the Tartar invasions, or to the Turks under Vienna. But they were necessarily unqualified for carrying out extensive hostilities on a comprehensive plan of operation. They grew more incapable of encountering the armies of the neighboring countries in proportion as these developed a strong and disciplined infantry. The nobles in Poland, amounting to a half a million, would not arm their peasants nor trust a mercenary army. The military system of Russia and Prussia followed the nature of their governments. The Czar employed a standing army, recruited from the peasantry, on the principles of Eastern barbarism. They were, as slaves, ready to obey the will of their master. They were obedient tools of the will of the autocrat. If they had no ambition, they likewise had no fear. The same with some exception was true of Prussia. Poland had no standing army, recruited from the peasantry. Hence, the curious phenomenon that, while her future usurpers had a standing army, republican Poland would reject it. The geographical situation of Poland also contributed to her partitions. No other country was so exposed to the inroads of invaders as was Poland. There were no seas, no mountains to protect her. England was protected by sea, Germany, by sea and mountains, Russia was open only in the west. But Poland was open from all sides. The Hun, the Tartar, the Turk and the Muscovite marched westward. Poland had no natural obstacles to oppose them with. Her open boundaries appeared inviting to the Muscovite armies. The Teuton found it easy to press eastward. Then, too, Poland was a republic hemmed in amon...
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