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Kung Karl -> (9/1/2003 5:39:27 PM)
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Carolus was afaik the last King in europe that charged with he front line of his own army and never demanded anything from his soldiers he wouldn't do himself. Carolus never gave the order "go!", he gave the order "come with me!" The other Kings and Commander at that time commanded their army from an hill at a safe location.
The fact that the King fought as an regular soldier boosted the moral enourmously. He didn't even have an officers uniform but instead wore a reugalr soldier unifrom. Because of this the Swedish lines never crumbled even though they were badly outnumberd. The men didn't fight for their King, they fought with him.
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