05-04-2008, 12:07 PM
Quote:who fled during, or after, what appears to be a defeat
Flee in battle and desert are very different; if the battle was a defeat all the soldiers (or a good number of them) survived are theorically fled in order to survive, and if it was a victory they should flee for panic toward a protection point first at all, in 180° respect the enemy; normally they are seen by the officers in rear. If they was condamned to death for fled, is strange anyway the use a word like that, more adapted to describe a diarrhea attack
Desert is a conscious act normally made when not surveyed (or think not be seen) at example in march column, during the night, etc..
"Each historical fact needs to be considered, insofar as possible, no with hindsight and following abstract universal principles, but in the context of own proper age and environment" Aldo A. Settia
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi