Ooh, nice! For one, that's a really neat detail about Amalie not being able to move her arms, as a corroboration to Trenck's "She didn't let go of my hand for half an hour." I don't think you had told us that?
And since he got arrested at the end of June, and Soor wasn‘t until the end of September, he can‘t have told them that Eichel and the war chest would be around, either...
True, and also my impression is that the plundering of the Prussian camp and train was not an organized effort carried out under orders from superiors, but the officers losing control of the hussars, which happened more than once during Fritz's wars. Loot was seen as one of the major perks of being a soldier, and the hussars were "irregulars" anyway.
It might also be worth adding to rheinsberg what we found in that Seven Years' War book, that most deserters who requested a pardon were granted one (though usually on condition they rejoined; telling Trenck that he's *not* allowed to rejoin is interesting)?
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Re: Trenck discussion
Date: 2020-03-07 01:14 pm (UTC)And since he got arrested at the end of June, and Soor wasn‘t until the end of September, he can‘t have told them that Eichel and the war chest would be around, either...
True, and also my impression is that the plundering of the Prussian camp and train was not an organized effort carried out under orders from superiors, but the officers losing control of the hussars, which happened more than once during Fritz's wars. Loot was seen as one of the major perks of being a soldier, and the hussars were "irregulars" anyway.
It might also be worth adding to