Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Mark,

Here is a picture of the fur coat, but Anton did forget to mention you have to take it from its current owner yourself.

Oh Al we might as while take 5 "ok said his Prince Oh purple rain said the Prince formally know as (Run away Child)

Actually general Knox and Colonel Kling do come close to explaining the situation. The photo does in fact represent what the French High command saw as the ultimate secret weapon....unfortunately for the French it wasn't until the battle of Sedan in 1870 that it became apparent that horse crap with the available delivery system as seen in the photo lacked sufficient muzzle velocity to be of any real battlefield use.So dispirited was the French army after the failure of the weapon (that they all hoped would lead to the domination of Europe bye France) that 474,414 Frenchmen threw down there guns and surrendered to the Prussians. In all fairness it must be noted that some historians feel that the mass surrender was brought on bye the baggy red clown pants the French army had adopted for field use,but thats a discussion for a different thread here on the NWC forums.

On an historical side note, in the dead of night on January 27th 1871 an unidentified force ( believed to be a Wurttenberg Jaeger unit) Shoveled up an estimated 308 bags of the expended French horse poop ammunition and set fire to it at the main gate to Paris. Paris surrendered the following day.

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Generallieutenant Walt GroßHerzog Moehle von Neuhardenberg
Kommandeur der Korps Artillerie-Brigade
Kommandeur der Gardegrenadier
Königlich Preußische Korps

After years of desire the immortal Knox's reappears as a French Zouave who no doubt was responsible for the surrender

Thanks Al for generating such a wonderful series of posts. I love your sense of humor.

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Bill,

You're welcome. I apologize for it turning in a pile of merde. I wish it hadn't. I had such hopes *sigh* but such is life.