"18th Century drill is not dead" Topic
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| McSorley | 06 Jul 2012 7:00 p.m. PST |
You've got to see this: link |
historygamer  | 06 Jul 2012 7:04 p.m. PST |
Wow. Very pretty Colonel, but can they fight? :-) |
 John the OFM | 06 Jul 2012 7:28 p.m. PST |
Meh. They're just standing in line.
Try this one.
YouTube link |
| Crazyfrenchteacher | 06 Jul 2012 8:20 p.m. PST |
Impressive -I would hate to think of how many months of parade square bashing it took to achieve that! It took me two and a half months of constant drill in the CGG to get ready for the summer changing of the guard ceremonies in Ottawa. I almost went nuts! |
 R Mark Davies | 07 Jul 2012 4:08 a.m. PST |
Heh, when we drilled in front of the Parliament in Ottawa, the tourists thought we were better than the CGG… ;o) |
 Jeremy Sutcliffe | 07 Jul 2012 9:42 a.m. PST |
For 18th century tradition handed down I doubt that you can beat this YouTube link It is my understanding that the drill has never been written down but has been passed from generation of Colour Sergeants to generation of Colour Sergeants |
| spontoon | 07 Jul 2012 3:31 p.m. PST |
The drill has been written down, but the evolutions for cavorting about Horse Guards Parade are a matter of oral tradition. |
 Lentulus | 08 Jul 2012 7:03 a.m. PST |
Of course, the Belorussian drill you show is pretty and all, but not at all 18th century in an important respect – 18th century drill was designed to deliver concentrated firepower under effective control -- it was as directly and immediately useful as marksmanship is today. |
| Thomas Mante | 08 Jul 2012 3:49 p.m. PST |
I'm with Lentulus, very pretty and indeed impressive but C18th drill? |
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