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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 19 Jul 2019

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Seth Mandel

    Takes your breath away sometimes to review the conditions under which men have fought wars. Was just reading about an 1866 battle in which the Paraguayan infantry couldn't even turn side to side because they were up to their knees in thorny jungle vines. (And they won!)https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1152265999099584512 …

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    Seth MandelVerified account @SethAMandel
    Here's a historian's explanation. These are the conditions in which they fought a war. Utter nightmare: pic.twitter.com/ArkTHwdhsW
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    • Alexander M. Jason Broander C. J. Molloy Dr. J.J. by the Bay Frank Altschuler JDS montanalil Jacob Martin Alex Cush
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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 19 Jul 2019

        In 1775, the Americans laid siege to Quebec in a driving blizzard on New Year's Eve. I would not recommend this, if you're ever considering invading Canada in 18th century clothing with no electricity.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 19 Jul 2019

        The shock troops who led the British counteroffensive to break the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857-58 were the Scottish Highlanders. Scotsmen get sunburned in snow. Imagine urban combat in India's weather, dressed like this.pic.twitter.com/1mBHI7282u

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      4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 19 Jul 2019

        Those guys are, in addition to the fur hats, wearing jackets *over their wool uniforms*

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      1. Lou Garrulous‏ @lougarrulous 19 Jul 2019
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        "One day it started raining, & it didn't quit for 4 months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain, & big ol' fat rain, rain that flew in sideways, & sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night."

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      1. Rene Lessard‏ @ren_lessard 19 Jul 2019
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        I have read about the meat grinder that was the Osfront in WWII. Just horrific

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