>Contemporary description of battle (that lead to unification of Italy, gave us Red Cross and lead to signing of Geneva Convention).
>”The gaps made in the Austrian lines by the determined, murderous French attack, were immediately filled by fresh reserves. First from one side, then from another, drums would beat and bugles sound for the charge. The guard behaved with really noble courage, only rivalled by the bravery and daring of the light infantry and troops of the line.
>The Zouaves sprang forward with fixed bayonets, charging like wild beasts, with furious shouts. French cavalry charged Austrian cavalry; Uhlans and Hussars stabbed and tore at each other; even the horses, excited by the heat of battle, played their part in the fray, attacking the horses of the enemy and biting them furiously, while their riders slashed and cut at one another.
>The fury of the battle was such that in some places, when ammunition was exhausted and muskets broken, the men went on fighting with stones and fists.
>**The Croats finished off every man they encountered; they killed the French and Italian wounded with the butts of their muskets;** the Algerian sharpshooters too, despite all their leaders could do to keep their savagery within bounds, gave no quarter to wounded Austrian officers and men, and charged the enemy ranks with beast-like roars and hideous cries.
>The most powerful positions were taken, lost and retaken, only to be lost again and again recaptured. Everywhere men fell by thousands, with gaping wounds in limbs or bellies, riddled with bullets, mortally wounded by shot and shell of every kind
>Austrians and allies trampled one another under foot, slaughtered each other on a carpet of bloody corpses, smashed each other with rifle butts, crushed each other’s skulls, disembowelled each other with sabre and bayonet. It was butchery; a battle between wild beasts maddened and drunk with blood”
Zato sad pojedinci iz Hrvatskog Crvenog Križa dobrano žive, sve pod krinkom humanitarnog djelovanja. Kad je bio potres pale su maske, naravno kod nas je to normalno pa se ništa nije promijenilo. Pa čak je i Josipa Rimac bila u toj organizaciji i to visoko rangirana.
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>Contemporary description of battle (that lead to unification of Italy, gave us Red Cross and lead to signing of Geneva Convention).
>”The gaps made in the Austrian lines by the determined, murderous French attack, were immediately filled by fresh reserves. First from one side, then from another, drums would beat and bugles sound for the charge. The guard behaved with really noble courage, only rivalled by the bravery and daring of the light infantry and troops of the line.
>The Zouaves sprang forward with fixed bayonets, charging like wild beasts, with furious shouts. French cavalry charged Austrian cavalry; Uhlans and Hussars stabbed and tore at each other; even the horses, excited by the heat of battle, played their part in the fray, attacking the horses of the enemy and biting them furiously, while their riders slashed and cut at one another.
>The fury of the battle was such that in some places, when ammunition was exhausted and muskets broken, the men went on fighting with stones and fists.
>**The Croats finished off every man they encountered; they killed the French and Italian wounded with the butts of their muskets;** the Algerian sharpshooters too, despite all their leaders could do to keep their savagery within bounds, gave no quarter to wounded Austrian officers and men, and charged the enemy ranks with beast-like roars and hideous cries.
>The most powerful positions were taken, lost and retaken, only to be lost again and again recaptured. Everywhere men fell by thousands, with gaping wounds in limbs or bellies, riddled with bullets, mortally wounded by shot and shell of every kind
>Austrians and allies trampled one another under foot, slaughtered each other on a carpet of bloody corpses, smashed each other with rifle butts, crushed each other’s skulls, disembowelled each other with sabre and bayonet. It was butchery; a battle between wild beasts maddened and drunk with blood”
Zato sad pojedinci iz Hrvatskog Crvenog Križa dobrano žive, sve pod krinkom humanitarnog djelovanja. Kad je bio potres pale su maske, naravno kod nas je to normalno pa se ništa nije promijenilo. Pa čak je i Josipa Rimac bila u toj organizaciji i to visoko rangirana.
napravili smo ženevsku kao checklist za ww2