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Search complete. 5 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Royal Horse Artillery".
Oct 11, 2026
Rosie WildGUEST
That's only in 2016, so you're thinking things have moved on pretty quickly.
Rosie WildGUEST
When I went on my young officers course and we were choosing where we would go for our first post, The idea of going to Seven, which is Seventh Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, which is the artillery's airborne, if anyone doesn't know.
Rosie WildGUEST
I wasn't offended by it.
Rosie WildGUEST
I didn't think of anything of it.
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Wellesley advised his cavalry crew to take shelter within the squares as the cavalry approached and then returned to their guns when they retreated, though at least one officer disobeyed this direction.
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General Alexander Mercer of the Royal Horse Artillery opted to keep his unit's weapons in action throughout, later recalling, quote, I thus allowed them to advance unmolested until the head of the column might have been about 50 or 60 yards from us, and then gave the word, fire.
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The effect was terrible.
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Nearly the whole leading rank fell at once, and the round shot penetrating the column carried confusion throughout its extent." The discharge of every gun was followed by a fall of men and horses like that of grass before the mower's scythe." Though such formations were vulnerable to artillery attack, the French cavalry did not seem to cooperate well with their artillery crews, and thus such crews were unable to get close enough in big enough numbers to do sufficient damage.
Gary BainHOST
Well, in true British style, the most ludicrous makeshift measures were taken to stem the gap, including raiding museums to secure weapons from a bygone age.
Peter HartHOST
Now you're going to be Second Lieutenant Julian Tyndale Biscoe of Sea Battery Royal Horse Artillery.
Gary BainHOST
Things are actually beginning to get a bit hot.
Gary BainHOST
We had nothing to compete with the Bosch in the way of trench mortars and had to use any old thing we could lay our hands on.
Gary BainHOST
Lieutenant Julian Tyndale Bosco...
Gary BainHOST
Again, Lieutenant Julian Tyndale Bosco of Sea Battery Royal Horse Artillery says.
Peter HartHOST
One day, a shell hit the officer's latrine, sending a scream flying.
Peter HartHOST
I was shocked to see a man still sitting there on the throne.