Habsburg irregulars: the Pandours
Bannalist and Pandour, Freikorps Trenck. By Morier, 1743. As well as the Hungarians there came another group of volunteers: the Pandours. These brigands, often the natives of the ‘wrong side’ of the Military Frontier, followed their leader, the gifted Baron Trenck. This Trenck is not to be confused with his kinsman who was initially in […]
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