Organized marauders, a serious thorn in the back of regular armies

[atiff]

Agreed with all the above. Also, the definition of 'marauder' (or not) is not black-and-white, especially somewhere like Poland. I see many groups of armed people raiding each other for supplies, etc. (think the neighboring town that tries to invade Jericho in the TV series of the same name). And then some bands that were 'marauders' may settle into a village or town and become more 'legitimate' after a winter of coexistence. One man's marauder is another man's patriot/hungry villager/wronged man seeking revenge/etc.

Andrew