12. For King and Country

They were to become heroes. Brave fighters who would bleed for their country. But the Groningen student Tjalling Pieter Tresling soon discovered that war against the ‘vile looters and murderers’ in Belgium was very different from what he had imagined.‘For King and Country’ is the fourth episode of the second season of the UKrant podcast Echoes. Christien Boomsma takes you back to 1831, the year in which half of all Groningen students volunteered to take part in the Ten Days’ Campaign.**Writ and research for this episode was done by Christien Boomsma. Sound and editing by Christien Boomsma.Want to know more? Check out: Kossmann, E.H. e.a., De Groninger Vrijwillige Flankeurs en de Belgische opstand. (Groningen 1982)Berkel, Klaas van, Universiteit van het Noorden. Vier eeuwen academisch leven in Groningen (I). De oude universiteit 1614-1876 (Hilversum 2014)Gedenkboek der vrijwillige Flankeur-Compagnie Groninger en Franeker studenten in de jaren 1830 en 1831 en d Academie van Franeker (Groningen, 1832) Tjalling, Petrus Tresling, Krijgsliederen voor de Groningsche studenten, uitmakende eene kompagnie (Groningen, 1830)https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/verzameling/Vrijwillige-flankeur-compagnie-der-Groninger-en-Franeker-stu--8c784e0c-86a4-4710-e522-08dd08aac51b