"1806 Battle of Blaauwberg: Musket ball analysis..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Feb 2018 12:57 p.m. PST |
…. Introduction and Objective. "The 1806 Battle of Blaauwberg marks the capture of the Cape of Good Hope from the Batavian Republic by British forces and forms part of strategicinternational positioning of Britain to counter the advances made by France under Napoleon.The main infantry weapon of the Napoleonic era was thesmooth bore flintlock muzzle loading musket, with the British troops making use of the India Pattern musket, or so-called Brown Bess musket and theBaker rifle.The Batavian force, consisting of, among others, French, German and Dutch troops, mostly used the Charleville musket and the HesseCassel Jaeger rifle…"
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| goragrad | 26 Feb 2018 12:51 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 26 Feb 2018 10:46 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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