"Waterloo Weapons and Tactics" Topic

"It is necessary to understand the weaponry available to the Napoleonic soldier and the tactics enforced on them by the limitations of these weapons before one can fully understand the options available to a general, fighting a battle in the era of Waterloo. The branches of service in an army of this period would not be unknown to a modern soldier in many respects, the three main arms available being the foot soldier, the horseman or cavalryman whose modern equivalent drives a tank and the artillery; with specialist units attached in support roles, such as Staff troops for communication and clerical duties, supplies, engineers and medical personnel. Clearly the capabilities of each branch were in their infancy in relation to the technical abilities of modern army units.

However, the basic organisational tree of the modern army is also quite similar, indeed the idea of a corps being a semi autonomous all arms unit that can function independently in all respects as a mini army was developed during the Napoleonic wars. The rank structure of individuals within the modern army and the company/battalion/regiment/brigade/division/corps structure is little different from that utilised during these wars. The difference only becomes marked when one considers the uniforms, the limitations of the weapons and the battlefield tactics imposed upon the troops by their weaponry…"
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Armand

You know when you've been Tangoed.

Which I think is present perfect passive tense of the verb to Tango. The act might be Tangation?

Having been Tangoed is reasonable I think when he leads us to sites we may have missed. It is even better when the various Boards do get a bit quiet.

OK. The annoyance might come when one's own posting is then repeated a few days later, as something new. But by then one's original work is sliding down the table anyway. I used to say he produced a 60/40 split of rubbish and wonders. I have progressively altered my score to about 30/70 now.

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Armand

Glad you like them boys! (smile)

Nice one. I like that……….

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