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Tango01

13 May 2023 8:45 p.m. PST

… Medieval Russians for Giggles

"The French Commander, Junot, for the battle of Vimeiro in the fall of 1808, combined the Grenadier companies of his various battalions to form a reserve. General Francois Kellermann commanded the reserve and was to go on to be a famed cavalry commander at the battle of Waterloo. Junot eventually threw his reserve at the British regiments defending Vimeiro in a desperate last ditch attempt, without success…"