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U sklopu austrijskih oružanih snaga krajišnici su uživali višestoljetnu reputaciju kao kvalitetni i odani vojnici. Taj ugled trebali su još jednom potvrditi 1859. godine kada je izbio Austrijsko-sardinijski rat ili Drugi rat za talijansko ujedinjenje. Pažnja ovoga rada usredotočena je upravo na ulogu jedne konkretne skupine krajišnika – pripadnika Otočke krajiške pukovnije br. 2 – u ovome sukobu. Na temelju raznovrsne izvorne građe rekonstruirao se ratni put otočkih krajišnika kako bi se dočaralo njihovo ratno iskustvo, kao i pobliže razmotrilo pitanje njihove pouzdanosti i učinkovitosti kao vojnika u službi habsburškog vladara., As part of the Austrian armed forces, the frontier soldiers enjoyed a centuries-old reputation as good quality and loyal soldiers. They were to confirm this reputation once again in 1859, when the Austro-Sardinian War or the Second Italian War of Independence broke out. The attention of this paper is focused precisely on the role of one specific group of Frontier soldiers – members of the Otočac 2nd Frontier Regiment – in this conflict. On the basis of a variety of source materials, the military path of the Otočac frontier soldiers was reconstructed in order to depict their wartime experience, as well as to examine more closely the question of their reliability and efficiency as soldiers in the service of the Habsburg ruler.