"Fops under Fire: British Drum-Majors in Action ...." Topic

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Tango01	19 Mar 2018 11:38 a.m. PST
…during the Napoleonic Wars. "In the performance theatre of the early nineteenth-century British military spectacle, drum-majors took centre stage. Sporting cocked hats and silver-tipped canes, these princes of pomp and circumstance uncased and lodged the regimental colours for parade and marched at the head of the battalion during reviews and inspections. "It should never be objected", wrote Captain Bennet Cuthbertson, that a drum-major was "too great a coxcomb", using a contemporary synonym for a dandy. On the contrary, a drum-major's dress should promote vanity and self-importance, for it was "absolutely necessary for him to strut, and think himself a man of consequence" when leading his drummers on parade…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
42flanker	19 Mar 2018 12:14 p.m. PST
Duplicate from last year, I think Armand
Tango01	20 Mar 2018 10:41 a.m. PST
Are you sure?…. why the system allow me to duplicate the tittle?… Amicalement Armand
42flanker	20 Mar 2018 1:47 p.m. PST
Ah, well, there was a link to this on Napoleon Series Discussion Forum in 2016, but I thought it popped up here soon after. My apologies for the mistake
Tango01	21 Mar 2018 10:10 a.m. PST
No harm here my friend… (smile) Amicalement Armand
Cuirassier	21 Mar 2018 9:23 p.m. PST
You are absolutely correct, 42flanker. Tango posted this in 2016 and, at the time, the thread developed into a lively discussion. See here: TMP link
deadhead	22 Mar 2018 6:55 a.m. PST
Well done. How could we forget? Centuries ago they argued about how many angels could dance on the head of a pin. TMP went on for ages about the five years training needed to beat a drum…..or not.
42flanker	22 Mar 2018 8:16 a.m. PST
Ah, well now.

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