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The Story Behind The Napoleonic Armor Smashed Through By A Cannonball


Documents found on one of Napoleon's young heavy cavalrymen who fell at the Battle of Waterloo reveal the history behind the mangled armor.



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john fortune
john fortune
2022-01-09

Or more specifically the brutality of men on horseback facing early modern artillery (Not any better for men on foot; but a relic like this would not be left to record the fact.

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