A sensible Versailles Treaty

[dummnutzer]

Napoleon was defeated by the mostly conventional armys of the Coalition and not by national movements.

The Prussian Landwehr at Waterloo might disagree.

Neither the French nor the Russian Forces during the Cabinet Wars were small or predominantly mercenaries.

There were e.g. about 100.000 combatants at Blenheim, more than 500.000 at Leipzig. Armies had grown in size.

Both happened in the listed Cabinet Wars.

The British income tax registers were a novelty and burned after the war was concluded IIRC. The Brits took financing continental armies to a new level.

 

[Grand Prince Paul II.]

The Prussian Landwehr at Waterloo might disagree.

I claimed mostly, not entirely.

There were e.g. about 100.000 combatants at Blenheim,

Another battle of the Spanish Succession, the Battle of Denain was "fought" by the double number of combatants.

more than 500.000 at Leipzig. Armies had grown in size.

Indeed, but it is hardly surprising if you take into account the long wartimes during this era and the population increase of the great powers since 1700.

The British income tax registers were a novelty and burned after the war was concluded IIRC.

New, more radical taxes in wartimes were not unusual.

The Brits took financing continental armies to a new level.

The peak of this british policy in this era.