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--Thomas
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:16 PM Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net> wrote:
Isn't that a reenactment?
At 04:12 AM 8/2/2018, Thomas Fulmer wrote:
I've watched it a dozen timessince this discussion started. It fades at an =
inopportune time, but mybest narrative is that the lancers charged and took=
shell shot from thebig guns. The artillery troops then took skirmish forma=
tion and fired atthe oncoming cavalry formation. There is a fade as the cav=
alry reachestheir position, but you can then see the foot troops charge for=
ward intothe approaching cavalry where after a very short time they are dea=
d. Thelancers begin waving hats, etc in celebration.
--Thomas
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 06:54 Robert Ward<rob@dolwen.com> wrote:
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<html><head></head><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; f=
ont-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font=
-size:13px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59797"><span id=3D"y=
ui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59798">The Polish conducted cavalry charges =
during the Polish campaign in 1939. Similarly, the Soviets did so dur=
ing at least the first two years of the war in the East, and may have after=
wards as well.</span></div><div class=3D"qtdSeparateBR" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym=
19_1_1533190973868_59824"><br><br></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" id=3D"y=
ui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59828" style=3D"display: block;"> <div styl=
e=3D"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 13px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59827"> <div st=
yle=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida=
Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153319097386=
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<hr id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59829" size=3D"1"> <b><span styl=
e=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Thomas Fulmer <tfulmer1@gmail.c=
om><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tft@brainia=
c.com <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday,=
August 2, 2018 10:07 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:=
</span></b> Re: Pole Weaps versus Cav Charge<br> </font> </div> <div class=
=3D"y_msg_container" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59848"><br><div =
id=3D"yiv1461703321"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59851"><div=
dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59850"><div id=3D"yui_3_=
16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59849">From the quality, I have no idea. There ar=
e very few examples of videos of cavalry charges that are even period that =
I'm seeing. The Last cavalry charge I'm aware of was WWI and that's already=
only the early days of video. Getting video from before that period is dif=
ficult. So I'll take what I can get. Like with the rough riders video, that=
was staged for the video, but at least a good example of how closely and q=
uickly a real cavalry unit moved at the time.<br clear=3D"none"></div><div =
id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59852"><br clear=3D"none"></div><div =
id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59853">--Thomas<br clear=3D"none"></d=
iv></div><br clear=3D"none"><div class=3D"yiv1461703321gmail_quote" id=3D"y=
ui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59855"><div class=3D"yiv1461703321yqt6532641=
745" id=3D"yiv1461703321yqt97928"><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_=
1533190973868_59854">On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:16 PM Peter von Kleinsmid <=
;<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:pvk@oz.net"; target=3D=
"_blank" href=3D"mailto:pvk@oz.net";>pvk@oz.net</a>> wrote:<br clear=3D"n=
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19_1_1533190973868_59857">
<div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59856">
Isn't that a reenactment?</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_5=
9858"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
At 04:12 AM 8/2/2018, Thomas Fulmer wrote:<br clear=3D"none">
</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533190973868_59860"><blockquote class=
=3D"yiv1461703321m_8592754987374118867cite" type=3D"cite" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_=
ym19_1_1533190973868_59859">I've watched it a dozen times
since this discussion started. It fades at an inopportune time, but my
best narrative is that the lancers charged and took shell shot from the
big guns. The artillery troops then took skirmish formation and fired at
the oncoming cavalry formation. There is a fade as the cavalry reaches
their position, but you can then see the foot troops charge forward into
the approaching cavalry where after a very short time they are dead. The
lancers begin waving hats, etc in celebration.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=
=3D"none">
--Thomas<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
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On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 06:54 Robert Ward
<<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:rob@dolwen.com"; ta=
rget=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:rob@dolwen.com";>rob@dolwen.com</a>> wrote=
:<br clear=3D"none">
</blockquote></div><div><blockquote class=3D"yiv1461703321m_859275498737411=
8867cite" type=3D"cite"><dl><dd>That last one is amazing! Can anyone make o=
ut what has happened?=C3=82
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21m_8592754987374118867cite" type=3D"cite"><dl><dd></dd><dd>On Thu, 2 Aug 2=
018, at 11:35, Thomas Fulmer wrote:<br clear=3D"none">
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54987374118867cite" type=3D"cite"><dl><dd></dd><dd><blockquote class=3D"yiv=
1461703321m_8592754987374118867cite" type=3D"cite"><br clear=3D"none">
</blockquote></dd><dd>This video:=C3=82
<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://youtu.=
be/smXCBdgbMfI">https://youtu.be/smXCBdgbMfI</a>
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dl><dd></dd><dd><blockquote class=3D"yiv1461703321m_8592754987374118867cite=
" type=3D"cite"></blockquote></dd><dd>
</dd><dd>From 1900, also from Thomas Edison's collection, speed an actual
cavalry charge during the boer war, but it was against artillery and guns
and not against lances<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
</dd><dd>--Thomas<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
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