No. Mercenaries have been used for centuries and are STILL used. When crusaders came back to Europe they often became mercenaries for various wars in Europe. It was better to be paid for fighting than to get killed for a king’s war for nothing.
which war are you asking about
mercenaries in the American revolution were commonly known as "hessians" they were German mercenaries hired by the british. the term mercenaries used now, was used differently in those days. most of the time, the hessians were prisoners, or simply poor peasants, and received either little pay, or just that days' food. However, it is said that they were well military trained.
Because he liked Pinga in his mouth
because he ate dodo
because he ate dodo
i think they had to lose and they lost everything.when they get helped then they were brave to fight with them.
Because they may run out of tea
i think they had to lose and they lost everything.when they get helped then they were brave to fight with them.
i think its get set go
This probably isn't what you think it is. A cock up in British slang means 'a mistake'. For example: 'I made a total cock up of that pie!'
When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862 as an urgent tactical measure to keep the British and French from helping the Confederates. Before that, Abolition was not the war aim, and it is a common mistake to think that the North leapt into uniform in order to fight slavery.
I think it was the "Hessians" [spelling?], who were Germans hired by the British to fight for them.