Forum: European Armoury
8th October 2022, 09:56 PM
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It has been a bit confusing sorting through...
It has been a bit confusing sorting through accounts of the charge in quite a few books etc. as I wanted to understand just how many guns were the Light Brigade charging into. The numbers and...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2022, 08:29 PM
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The Reason Why
In writing this thread, I just wanted to express its purpose (paraphrasing words from Tennyson in his famed poem). I wanted to illustrate how much more vivid and dimensional the weaponry in...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2022, 08:05 PM
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Heavy Brigade and swords
In previous post I was describing the sword disciplines of the British, but in one line it was suggested that the British swords were as 'blunt as the Russians swords'. In further reading, this does...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2022, 09:08 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2022, 08:59 AM
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I had missed commenting on this Will,
This is...
I had missed commenting on this Will,
This is amazing to see one of these with these markings! which certainly suggests one of the swords at Balaclava. The 4th Dragoon Guards were of course part of...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2022, 04:51 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2022, 04:29 PM
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Guns and Glory
In the warfare in the times of the Crimean War (1853-56), the capture of cannons as trophies even more than their obvious importance as weapons to be reused in battle, was a well established...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2022, 06:16 AM
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Thank you Will! excellent example, especially...
Thank you Will! excellent example, especially with regiment markings.
These heavy cavalry versions of the 1821 swords are one of the tougher patterns to find, as I recall when I was collecting...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th October 2022, 06:03 AM
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Robert and Will, thank you very much. After...
Robert and Will, thank you very much. After checking further in copies of "The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912" (Richard Dellar, 2013) and "Swords of the British Army" (Brian Robson, 1985) I can...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2022, 09:50 PM
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Thank you Wayne! It does seem there was a...
Thank you Wayne! It does seem there was a variance in the equipment of the different units of course, though the M1821 light cavalry saber was prevalent (along with the M1822 for officers) both three...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2022, 09:05 PM
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Richard thank you for responding! and this is a...
Richard thank you for responding! and this is a great illustration of the allegory with this phrase, which is of course also Biblical. It most definitely brought forth the impact Tennyson intended...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2022, 10:20 PM
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The Charge
The fateful charge into the 'Valley of Death' resulted from an unfortunate misinterpretation of a written order from the commanding officer of the British cavalry which was carried to the ranking...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2022, 09:08 PM
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Valley of the Shadow of Death
This epithet used by Lord Tennyson in his immortal poem of December 1854 evokes Psalm 23 and the phrase used by British soldiers in the Crimea telling of the 'Charge of the Light Brigade' October 25,...
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