Punitive Expeditions

in the campaign “War with Napoleon: Forced Mobilization and Deception (1812)”

The use of regular troops to brutally suppress the unrest of the deceived population: the 1817 uprising of the Buh Cossacks against being turned into military settlers was crushed by four regiments - over 10,000 soldiers with artillery; the rebels were cut down with sabres, drowned in the Southern Buh, and flogged with whips[1].

ID: C0040.T0077
Technique:  Punitive Expeditions
Start: January 1812
End: December 1812
Contributors: decolonial.ist project

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