'The well known saying of Robespierre that "the Government of the Revolution is the despotism
of Freedom against tyranny'... expresses more than what it says...' it reveals the deepest fear that
shakes every multitude which, in the presence of grave conjunctures, feels itself "not up to form." '
'A regiment that is shaken in its discipline will readily concede to accidental leaders, powers of an
extent and a kind which the legitimate command could never acquire and which if legitimate
would be utterly intolerable.' (Spangler)
From OS's prospective if I may be so bold, it would seem that the Austrian army wasn't alone in being
"not up to form" perhaps the Austrian masses had a chronic case of not being up to form ,whereas all
continental armies seemed to have suffered this from time to time : The French army in Spain, the early
Prussian army, the early English army in Portugal is there a period when the Russian army was not up
to form ? Did they just plodded on like automatons ? perhaps that would explain how indifferent they
were about masses of their dead, bayonet charge all the time no stopping to fire...
was it just acts of desperation like setting fire to their capital city?
Can the same be said in a fight between regiments ?
When a unit is routing it is shaken in its discipline ? lately I have seen this a lot and even
'avoid the engagement' during a cavalry charge, because if this is the case than JMM is
truly creating an AI that is thinking the problem out.
and what seem to be a glitch in the
game is actually a historical reality rather then theory.
I like this game because of these things in it surely.
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HistWar (English zone)