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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Documents found on one of Napoleon's young heavy cavalrymen who fell at the Battle of Waterloo reveal the history behind the mangled armor.
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.
It shows the brutality of warfare.
"Cuirasse du carabinier Fauveau" Musée de L'Armée: Invalides
https://basedescollections.musee-armee.fr/ark:/66008/5077I?posInSet=2&queryId=faa8f313-2c16-49ca-b0ee-99424f14d9fc
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