"Larrey and Percy, A tale of two Barons " Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Oct 2015 1:02 p.m. PST |
By David Baker , Jean-Bernard Cazala`a, Pierre Carli "The wars of the late 18th and 19th centuries produced
casualties on a scale that is usually assumed to have started during the First World War. Thiswas a result of a deadly combination of close engagement of mass formations of troops (a practice dating from medieval times) with increasingly concentrated and accurate firepower from rifled musketry and cannon. Thus Napoleon Bonaparte would lose over 40,000 dead and wounded in 2 days at the battle of Wagram (1809) while the murderous engagement at Antietam in the American civil war in September 1862 produced 1-day losses of 25,000 men, which rivaled even the fatalities of the British on the Somme during 1st July 1916. Into the grim conditions of warfare at the end of the 18th century stepped two eminent French military surgeons who were to change the fate, not only of those wounded in battle…" PDF Free to read here
PDF link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
| Rittmester | 09 Oct 2015 2:54 p.m. PST |
Very interesting Armand, thanks. |
| Tango01 | 10 Oct 2015 11:21 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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gets started with Flintloque.