DOBRÁ ARMÁDA. NÁVRH NA REORGANIZÁCIU ARMÁDY Z KONCA 18. STOROČIA. DELOSTRELECTVO A ĽAHKÉ JEDNOTKY (II. ČASŤ)

• Authors: Čičaj Viliam

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Good army. The proposal for army reorganisation at the end of the 18th century. Artillery and light cavalry (Part II.)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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In the introduction of the material study, the author states that the new situation in the military development in the 18th century was also connected to the development of the military theory dominated by France. Furthermore, during this era, several practical military manuals and regulations were issued for various command levels and army units. In the published paper, the author addresses the work of Baron Karl Ludwig O'Cahill, where he outlined the period idea of how to build a good army. His work was interesting from the point of view that in many cases we can partially see the differences between the idealistic idea and the period reality of the 18th century armies. We have relatively few detailed information about the author to help us reconstruct his life. He was born in Beelitz in1746 (Potsdam, Brandenburg) and died in Würzburg between 1804 and 1809. He served as an officer in Baden. In his works, he mentioned his titles and ranks. They imply that he was familiar with the military environment of the late of the 18th and early 19th centuries, when the Napoleonic wars were taking place in Europe. In his youth, he was a Kammerjunker at the Hohenlohe – Waldenburg – Schilling princely court, later becoming the Court Marshal. He served in the infantry regiment of von Jung-Sutterheim. It is probable that he had excellent knowledge of the French language, which is documented by several translations. Compared to his scarce biographic data, O'Cahill’s bibliography was relatively rich. During his time, his works were very popular and were published in several editions. He addressed not only the military topics, military history, current military and political situation but also tried creating prosaic, dramatic and ethical works. In his work about forming a good, ideal army in the second half of the 18th century, he described the tactics, training and organisation of infantry, cavalry, artillery, military engineering, health care and security for military veterans. The benefit of the work consisted in comparing the idealistic ideas about army with their period reality.

Keywords

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ARMY; 18TH CENTURY; TACTICS; INFANTRY; CAVALRY; ARTILLERY; MILITARY ENGINEERING; MILITARY VETERANS; O'CAHILL KARL LUDWIG

• Publisher: Vojenský historický ústav Bratislava
• Journal: Vojenská história
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 132 - 148

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Čičaj Viliam

• Historický ústav SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic