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Posted by: contras January 09, 2010 08:39 pm

I started with 21 inf's quotte on this forum, about 1848-1849 fightings in Transylvania,

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[...]Ioan Sulutiu, care facuse ca ofiter austriac campania in contra lui Napoleon cel mare, a fost sufletul operatiunilor militare romane din muntii Abrudului si totodata inventatorul legendarelor tunuri de lemn, legate cu cercuri de fer. Prin el se trimeteau de catre comandantul cetatii Alba Iulia munitiunile necesare Motilor.[...]

and I find something interestant about Romanians who fought in Napoleonic wars:

http://cristiannegrea.blogspot.com/2010/01/romanii-care-l-au-oprit-pe-napoleon.html

Posted by: contras January 09, 2010 08:41 pm

21 inf, do you know more about Ioan Sulutiu's activity like austrian officer in Napoleonic wars? Like the battle or campaings were he took part?

Posted by: Victor January 10, 2010 07:44 am

Here are two very interesting articles in the Army Academy's magazine about the Romanian Border-guards in the Austrian army:
http://www.armyacademy.ro/reviste/1_2002/art16.pdf
http://www.armyacademy.ro/reviste/3_2000/art28.html

Posted by: 21 inf January 10, 2010 09:28 am

QUOTE (contras @ January 09, 2010 08:41 pm)

21 inf, do you know more about Ioan Sulutiu's activity like austrian officer in Napoleonic wars? Like the battle or campaings were he took part?

Unfortunately I dont know anything as a plus about Ioan Sulutiu in napoleonic wars.

Posted by: 21 inf January 10, 2010 09:34 am

Here http://6dorobanti.ro/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1252594545 is a uniform of a romanian soldier from 1 Wallachische Grenz Infanterie Regiment from Orlat, model similar with the napoleonian wars era, reconstruction, for reenactment purposes. Romanian language topic.

Here http://6dorobanti.ro/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1245992851 is the history of romanian grenz regiments from austrian army and their uniforms. Romanian language.

Discussion about history of romanians in austrian army in napoleonic wars here http://6dorobanti.ro/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1245997892 . Romanian language.

Posted by: contras January 10, 2010 07:18 pm

Thank you very much, Victor and 21 Inf, for your information. If you find something more about it, let me know. I asked to myself, there are some reports about the battles, maybe in military archives, or maybe in museums?

Posted by: 21 inf January 10, 2010 07:31 pm

For sure they are, but who knows if they were researched and if did so, published??

Posted by: contras January 12, 2010 05:05 pm

Next month I'll have to make a trip to Nasaud, I'll try to find something at Muzeul graniceresc, if it is opened, because in summer was under renovation.

Posted by: dead-cat January 13, 2010 10:27 am

there is a story either in Smith's "Battle of Nations" or in Haythornwaithe's "Napoleonic Cavalry" (can't remeber now) about a dragoon from a romanian regiment during the campaign of 1813, who rode on his own all the way from Saxony to Transsylvania, apparently misunderstanding an order to "return to base".

Posted by: 21 inf January 13, 2010 11:00 am

There is a funny almost similar incident (I dont know if it was real or only invented) of misunderstanding from romanians.

During independence war from 1877 a romanian unit was resting behind our lines when a russian routed unit was retreating in haste after an unlucky fight with the turks. When they met the resting romanian unit, they shouted to them "Nazat!, Nazat!" ("Back! or Retreat!"). In that moment, romanians took the rifles and charged the village were the victorious turks were, beating them.

When romanians were asked why they charged the village without order, they said: "But we had orders! We were told by russians "La sat! La sat!", so we did so!"

Posted by: contras February 06, 2010 06:54 pm

There are many stories told by the elders, about their grand-grandfathers, Romanians who fought at battle of Sadova (1866) where Austrians were defeated by Prusians. This is known also like battle of Kronigratz, and Romanians spell it battle of "Caine cret" (kinky dog)