 | J. O. Lindsay - 1957 - 654 sidor
...action looks about as if to flee, or so much as sets foot outside the line ', Frederick ordered in 1745, 'the non-commissioned officer standing behind him...through with his bayonet and kill him on the spot.' Eighteenth-century soldiers, themselves blunt men, might well be expected to appreciate orders such... | |
 | Sir John Winthrop Hackett - 1986 - 72 sidor
...with no relaxation of its brutal discipline.* *0ne of his commander, quoted in vol. viii of The New Cambridge Modern History (p. 181) was as follows:...fly, or so much as sets foot outside the line, the non-conmissioned officer standing behind him will run him through with his bayonet and kill him on... | |
 | Peter Paret, Gordon A. Craig, Felix Gilbert - 1986 - 964 sidor
...Werke, 7:173-75; Prm. gen. (1746), in Oewres, 18:7. soldier during an action looks about as if to flee, or so much as sets foot outside the line, the non-commissioned...run him through with his bayonet and kill him on the spot."11 If the enemy fled, the victorious line must remain in position. Plundering the dead or wounded... | |
 | Michael V. Leggiere - 2002 - 408 sidor
...soldier.42 "If during an action a soldier appears ready to flee," wrote Frederick, "or so much as steps off the line, the non-commissioned officer standing behind...run him through with his bayonet and kill him on the spot."43 Deserters were executed, while those found guilty of less serious offenses "ran the gauntlet"... | |
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History (p. 181) was as follows : " if a soldier during an action looks about as if to fly, or so much as sets foot outside the line, the non-commissioned officer standing behind him will run him through with his bayonet and kill him on the spot. 