ROSTER:
Officers Kapitein - Volumed Eerste-Luitenant - Golars1 Rekruut - GodlikeRaya Rekruut - Scipio Rekruut - Anthone_Kenninck
Enlisted ranks
RANKS:
Officers
Kapitein Eerste-Luitenant Tweede-Luitenant Vaandrig
Enlisted ranks
Adjudant Sergeant-Majoor Sergeant der 1e klasse Sergeant Korporaal der 1e klasse Korporaal Soldaat der 1ste klasse Soldaat der 2de klasse Soldaat der 3e klasse Rekruut
EVENTS & TRAININGS:
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Training (7 PM CEST ) Saturday - Training (8 PM CEST) Sunday -
TEAMSPEAK:
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History
The Dutch States Army — (Dutch: Staatse leger) was the army of the Dutch Republic. It was usually called this, because it was formally the army of the States-General of the Netherlands, the sovereign power of that federal republic. This mercenary army was brought to such a size and state of readiness that it was able to hold its own against the armies of the major European powers of the extended 17th century, Habsburg Spain and the France of Louis XIV, despite the fact that these powers possessed far larger military resources than the Republic. It played a major role in the Eighty Years' War (opposite the Spanish Army of Flanders) and in the wars of the Grand Alliance with France after 1672. The States Army was instrumental in keeping the armed forces of far larger European powers, like Spain and France, at bay in a series of armed conflicts during the extended 17th century (1590–1715). Despite the attention that the Nassauvian tactical reforms attracted, both in their own time, and in the recent debates by historians of the Military Revolution, these were in practice less important than the less spectacular, but equally effective, siege-warfare methods that Maurice, William Louis, and their successor Frederick Henry employed to such devastating effect. Of course, their methods in this respect were not as revolutionary as the organisational and tactical reforms, but they made the States Army a formidable offensive force nevertheless in the Eighty Years' War. They same applies in a defensive sense for the engineers who built the new trace italienne-type fortresses in strategic belts that frustrated would-be invaders for centuries to come.
Nevertheless, military-technical constraints of the day prevented the States Army to achieve a strategic breakthrough in the war in the Spanish Netherlands, even when the Dutch Republic entered into an offensive alliance with France in 1635. the logistical limitations to the size of field armies that kept the optimum size around 30,000 men till Louvois invented his system of forward bases around 1665, prevented the Dutch, even in combination with the French (as they tried in the ill-fated invasion of 1635), to gain a sufficient numerical superiority over the Army of Flanders to defeat that army in the field if an invasion from the east was attempted. An invasion from the north would require the patience destruction of the line of fortifications and water obstacles that the Spaniards had constructed opposite the equivalent Dutch defensive belt. And this proved again too much for the offensive capabilities of the States Army that never was able to overcome the defenses of Antwerp, the main strategic obstacle to an invasion of the Southern Netherlands from the north. the war therefore ended in a strategic stalemate between the Dutch and the Spaniards in the 1640s, though for their part the French (faced with easier terrain) made large conquests in that period.
The Dutch States Army
We are a clan/army for the Mount & Blade: warband mod: The Deluge. We offer a active clan, you don't have to be a good player to join we have regular melee, shooting, orders and formation practice to ensure everyone is playing at their best. English is used for orders during events, but we are very friendly but we ask back for our friendliness respect and discipline. Inactive players are kicked out within a month, so the Roster always reflects our true numbers.
the clan is currently recruiting, and if you are interested in joining a mature, well disciplined, elite clan you've entered the right place!
We only expect a few things of you when you apply.
- Be able to attend our trainings.
- Be mature, and disciplined. Focus when needed.
- A form of common sense is required.
- Be willing to learn. Dont think you are better than anyone else.
- Never, ever surrender!
Clan Information
Clan Tag: DSA_Rank_Name Steam Group: Not made yet Factions: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth / Ottoman Empire Banner:
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