Poland
Moltke, Helmuth Von![Poland](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/185/18526004/CHSBZCOP0318526004.jpg)
Excerpt from Poland: An Historical Sketch
The present essay was written by Count Helmuth von Moltke upwards of half a century ago, when he was engaged in the Topographical Department of the Prussian Generalstab (1828-1831). Moltke, at that time a young lieutenant, was entrusted with the task of surveying and levelling in Silesia and the province of Posen, and he occupied his spare time with studying the history of Poland and the manners and c...