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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 01 Jun 2023 9:10 p.m. PST |
"Eastern Europe in the 17th century was well-known for its light troops, both cavalry and infantry. Indeed, in an era that was only just beginning to see the growth of standing armies, the Habsburgs looked solely to the east for their light units, and made good use of Hungarian, Croatian and Polish mercenaries for this purpose. However, as we shall see, the look of the figures in this set suggests that they originate from further east still, and so would be less likely to see action in central Europe during the Thirty Years War, for example, but instead in the various wars involving such states as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth…."
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