Scottish soldiers (captioned as Irishmen) fighting for Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus during the Thi
Scottish soldiers (captioned as Irishmen) fighting for Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus during the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648. This war, a horrific cataclysm that devastated much of central Europe, led to larger and larger armies being put into the field – Gustavus Adolphus led 150,000 men, many of them mercenaries like those pictured above. -- source link
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