Leopold von Edelsheim 1866

[mollinary]

... and then the thought struck me, ploughing through various histories of the SYW, could Bennighof have mistaken, or read a mistaken reference, confusing Liechtenstein - who dipped into his private fortune liberally to fund the modernisation of the Austrian artillery (Duffy - various) with Edelsheim ?

What a charitable thought!  

[cameronian]

I know, tenuous, but otherwise where on earth did it come from ? The American translator has read pretty much everything that has been published and he can't find any reference to it. Interestingly he can't find any reference to Poschacher's jaegers being passed loaded muskets at Jicin either, the only mention (several though possibly emanating from a single observation) is of a 'tiered defence'.

[KTravlos]

This is indeed a very interesting thread. Makes me want to go revisit all my papers under work to make sure I make no bold claims :p