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General >> Project Goliath - The History of The Sling >> Slings used against the Scots, 1303 https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1360080496 Message started by David Morningstar on Feb 5th, 2013 at 11:08am |
Title: Slings used against the Scots, 1303 Post by David Morningstar on Feb 5th, 2013 at 11:08am
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BL5rimk3KbQC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=sling&source=bl&ots=ykKlAD-JNm&sig=5Ki7EHLFfm-piB-qAYvyFLjclME&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RSsRUcTdEoSU0QWT2YDIBg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=sling&f=false
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http://www.brechin-angus.co.uk/brechin/history/h_sir.htm Quote:
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Title: Re: Slings used against the Scots, 1303 Post by timu on Feb 5th, 2013 at 11:41am
Hmmm, I just googled Sir Thomas Maule, different sources say he was hit by the siege engine rather than a sling. I prefer to believe he was hopefully killed by a slinger. I am biased though.
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Title: Re: Slings used against the Scots, 1303 Post by David Morningstar on Feb 5th, 2013 at 2:56pm He could easily have seen and dodged a shot from a large siege engine. |
Title: Re: Slings used against the Scots, 1303 Post by curious_aardvark on Feb 6th, 2013 at 6:51am
hee hee - oh yeah what's that line in the national anthem:
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These days the internecine wars between the british peoples are mainly conducted on the rugby pitch. Where we still stuff the scots on a regular basis :-) Last saturday being just the latest six nations defeat for the scots :thumb: |
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