16(i) : The two categories of soldiers according to 'The Man' are the old one (those with experience in war) and the young ones (those who are new and are full of idealism, patriotism and romantic notions of being a soldier and of battle).
The Man belongs to the category of the older more experienced soldiers who thorugh their experience know that they will have to face difficult and challenging times and are realistic about what faces them in battle.
(ii) : By saying that "half of your soldiers never smelt powder before", "the Man' means to say that a large section of the present Bulgarian army were young, new recruits and were thus inexperienced in battle - they had never faced an enemy army in real combat and they didn't know the experience of being in a battle.
(iii) : The man is referring to the the Bulgarian army, through a cavalry regiment, which had just beaten a Serbian artillery position in the battle at Slivnitza.
There are two versions of the battle (not of the outcome of it). In the account Catherine had given Raina about the battle, the Bulgarians had won the war thanks to the daring, patriotism and courage of Sergius who personally led his cavalry regiment in an attack on the Serbian artillery position when the Russian officers who were leading the Bulgarian army were not willing to risk their forces in such an attack. Sergius' daring action had the desired the result and the Serbian artillery regiment were routed and and those who survived were sent fleeing. According tot he Man, he considers the leader of the Bulgarian cavalry regiment the maddest man who ever was on a battle field and he compares him to Don Quixote as he had led his unit on a suicidal attack. Had the artillery regiment had the right ammunition the cavalry regiment would have been completely destroyed when they were still a along distance from the guns. However, the Serbian artillery regiment had the wrong ammunition and thus could not fire and thus the Bulgarian cavalry regiment was soon upon them and defeated them, The an considers the Bulgarian attack as unprofessional and suicidal.
(iv) : The leader of the Bulgarian cavalry regiment which attacked the Serbian artillery regiment at the battle of Slivnitza, whom we know is Sergius Saranoff , the fiance of Raina, is described in the extract of being ignorant of the art of war.
According to Shaw, and as expressed by the Man in this extract, the art of war involves a soldier taking into account the possible impact of an engagement with the enemy on his regiment. The art of war requires strategy and not just foolhardy daring and patriotism which may lead to the useless death of good fighting men.
(v) : The Man finds Sergius leading his cavalry regiment in an attack against the enemy artillery regiment extremely unprofessional because the decision to do so was suicidal. The Man knows and Sergius should have known that if the guns had fired his entire regiment would have been killed before they could get even within fifty yards of the enemy. Sergius by embarking on such an attack was putting his whole regiment into unreasonable danger. He thus felt that for doing so Sergius should be courtmartialled.
(vi); Sergius, Raina's fiance, and the leader of one of the the Bulgarian Cavalry regiments was responsible for this unprofessional act.
The Man belongs to the category of the older more experienced soldiers who thorugh their experience know that they will have to face difficult and challenging times and are realistic about what faces them in battle.
(ii) : By saying that "half of your soldiers never smelt powder before", "the Man' means to say that a large section of the present Bulgarian army were young, new recruits and were thus inexperienced in battle - they had never faced an enemy army in real combat and they didn't know the experience of being in a battle.
(iii) : The man is referring to the the Bulgarian army, through a cavalry regiment, which had just beaten a Serbian artillery position in the battle at Slivnitza.
There are two versions of the battle (not of the outcome of it). In the account Catherine had given Raina about the battle, the Bulgarians had won the war thanks to the daring, patriotism and courage of Sergius who personally led his cavalry regiment in an attack on the Serbian artillery position when the Russian officers who were leading the Bulgarian army were not willing to risk their forces in such an attack. Sergius' daring action had the desired the result and the Serbian artillery regiment were routed and and those who survived were sent fleeing. According tot he Man, he considers the leader of the Bulgarian cavalry regiment the maddest man who ever was on a battle field and he compares him to Don Quixote as he had led his unit on a suicidal attack. Had the artillery regiment had the right ammunition the cavalry regiment would have been completely destroyed when they were still a along distance from the guns. However, the Serbian artillery regiment had the wrong ammunition and thus could not fire and thus the Bulgarian cavalry regiment was soon upon them and defeated them, The an considers the Bulgarian attack as unprofessional and suicidal.
(iv) : The leader of the Bulgarian cavalry regiment which attacked the Serbian artillery regiment at the battle of Slivnitza, whom we know is Sergius Saranoff , the fiance of Raina, is described in the extract of being ignorant of the art of war.
According to Shaw, and as expressed by the Man in this extract, the art of war involves a soldier taking into account the possible impact of an engagement with the enemy on his regiment. The art of war requires strategy and not just foolhardy daring and patriotism which may lead to the useless death of good fighting men.
(v) : The Man finds Sergius leading his cavalry regiment in an attack against the enemy artillery regiment extremely unprofessional because the decision to do so was suicidal. The Man knows and Sergius should have known that if the guns had fired his entire regiment would have been killed before they could get even within fifty yards of the enemy. Sergius by embarking on such an attack was putting his whole regiment into unreasonable danger. He thus felt that for doing so Sergius should be courtmartialled.
(vi); Sergius, Raina's fiance, and the leader of one of the the Bulgarian Cavalry regiments was responsible for this unprofessional act.
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