Larry
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:17:54 -0000, bethexton_at_y... wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure about in battle directly, but I vaguely recall some
> >general type from the first world war remarking that when you'd
> >marched the men to exhaustion, if you got the pipes going you
could
> >be sure to get at least another few miles out of them. Sounds
like a
> >clear example of AP lending to me!
>
> In reenactment, whenever there were pipers around (quite frequently
at
> Highland Games and the like in Scotland), we had to be reminded NOT
to
> march in step (not done by 10th century Vikings!), and the
seriousness
> & determination of facial expressions deepened...
>
> At one English Civil War do, they banned the pipes again, after we
(as
> highlanders this time) got a bit overheated...
>
> Wulf
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