00 27/01/2010 14:05
La wiki inglese lo spiega un po' più chiaramente:

"As the cavalry ran through the camps, a corps commander reasoned that it was a cavalry charge by the Ottoman army, and ordered artillery fire. Meanwhile, the entire camp awoke to the sound of battle and, rather than waiting to see what the situation was, everyone fled. The troops fired at every shadow, thinking the Ottomans were everywhere; in reality they were shooting fellow Austrian soldiers. The incident escalated to the point when the whole army retreated from the imaginary enemy, and Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II was pushed off his horse into a small creek."


The incident escalated to the point where the whole army retreated from the imaginary enemy. Probabilmente le trombe stavano suonando una musica tipo le Comiche di Stanlio e Ollio. Semplicemente fantastico :)

[Modificato da Weltschmerz 27/01/2010 14:06]
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