"Drums or bugles?" Topic
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| Cerdic | 22 May 2012 7:09 a.m. PST |
Am I right in thinking that British Light Infantry Battalions in the Peninsula had no drummers, only buglers? And would that be one per company? |
| Rod MacArthur | 22 May 2012 8:11 a.m. PST |
Their establishments show drummers but inspection reports mention them having bugles. They had 2 per company. Rod |
| Jemima Fawr | 22 May 2012 8:51 a.m. PST |
It's certainly been the case for the last century or so that drummers also often carry bugles or fifes as a 'secondary weapon'. Might this also have been the case 200 years ago? |
Frederick  | 22 May 2012 6:08 p.m. PST |
The Rifle Corps certainly had buglers, not drummers I believe that the Light Infantry regiments also had bugles – and had then since the 1770's based on the experience of Hanovarian jaegers |
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