1:02:04
The life of a Private Soldier
was frightful.
1:02:10
Punishment was incessant.
Every Officer had the right to inflict it.
1:02:16
The gauntlet was a common penalty
for minor offences.
1:02:21
More serious ones were punishable
by mutilation or death.
1:02:34
At the close of the Seven Years' War
the army...
1:02:38
...renowned for its disciplined valour,
was officered by native Prussians.
1:02:43
But it was mostly composed...
1:02:46
...of men from the lowest levels
of humanity...
1:02:49
...hired or stolen
from every nation in Europe.
1:02:54
Thus, Barry fell
into the worst company...
1:03:00
...and was soon far advanced in
the science of every kind of misconduct.