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Title: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: FierceKitty on 30 December 2014, 12:31:30 AM

http://campaignsingermania.blogspot.com/2014/12/british-heavy-cavalry-wearing-cuirass.html

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 30 December 2014, 08:06:52 AM

Ohh...
Free cooking pots!

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: Leman on 30 December 2014, 08:53:31 AM

One supposes they were used once received, although I'm not sure that the rules I use make provision, merely referring to 'heavy cavalry'.

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: FierceKitty on 30 December 2014, 08:59:37 AM

In common with most, I've always assumed they had been abandoned by the SYW English; one reason for preferring the continental versions.

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: Westmarcher on 30 December 2014, 11:36:11 AM

English?

Don't you mean British?

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: FierceKitty on 30 December 2014, 11:48:01 AM

If I had meant British, sir, I should have said British. Look at a few contemporary accounts and see what the lobsters were always called.

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: FierceKitty on 30 December 2014, 11:49:11 AM

Hmmm, this could turn into a TMP-style flame war. But my choice of words was not an oversight.

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: Westmarcher on 30 December 2014, 12:36:21 PM

Fierce Kitty. :)

Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: FierceKitty on 01 January 2015, 09:39:37 PM

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Title: Re: This might make English SYW armies a bit more interesting.
Post by: Leman on 01 January 2015, 09:47:35 PM

Isn't there an old queen who reputedly has been purring?

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