Jiří Olivier Wallis a uherské bojiště v letech 1716 a 1717
Georg Olivier Wallis and the Hungarian theatre of war in the years 1716 and 1717

Summary/Abstract: The imperial officer Georg Olivier Wallis took part in the battles of Petrovaradin, Temešvárand Belgrade under the leadership of Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1716 and 1717. Heconfided his experiences there to his younger brother František de Paul Wallis in hispersonal correspondence. In addition to describing individual battles, he also recorded hisfeelings, anxieties, and fears. Although Jiří Olivier tried to present himself as a hard-bittensoldier in the above-mentioned conflicts and stylized himself as a brave and fearlesswarrior, letters addressed to his younger brother revealed another – „unidealized“ – aspectof the writer’s personality. At the same time, they also approached the everyday life of anindividual nobleman during a military campaign. In addition to his experiences on theHungarian battlefields, he also took an interest in his younger sibling. He was mainlyconcerned about his brother’s state of health, and did not hesitate to advise him on someof the medical treatments known to him

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