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Chaaarge!
When all hell has broken loose and a rapid response is required, a familiar cry has echoed down through the millennia, “Send in the cavalry!” Mounted fighting forces sprang into being almost from the moment man learned to harness the power of the hor
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When Cossacks Ruled Ukraine
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Flash In The Pan
The origin of that phrase lies in the function of flintlocks like the musket in the hands of this Battle of Waterloo re-enactor in Belgium. As the flint in the jaws of the cock (hammer) strikes the upright frizzen, sparks drop into the flashpan. That

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