Handlanger Corps

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Etymology

From Dutch handlanger

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Noun

Handlanger Corps

  1. Specialist Austrian troops of the Napoleonic Wars.
    • T1990 Austrian Specialist Troops of the Napoleonic Wars Philip J Haythornthwaite: Publisher Osprey Publishing:ISBN 0850459508 P11. "After the defeat of 1809, the four artillery regiments were kept in existence, but the Handlanger-Corps was reduced to a cadre.
    • 2002 The Austro-Hungarian Army of the Napoleonic Wars Albert Seaton: Publisher Osprey Publishing: ISBN 0850451477: P40. "The Handlanger soldier was not a gunner or a bombardier, since he merely acted as labour on gun-sites..."
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