General Montecuccoli -from 'My peace plan for an Israeli victory"

Submitted by Francesca G.K. (Portugal), May 9, 2010 at 13:51

Count Raimondo Montecuccoli was not an Austrian, but a (famous) Italian general ! You may call him an 'european' condottiere, in a way. See quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimondo_Montecuccoli,

(a long excerpt taken from Enciclopedia Britannica)

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