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23 July 1677
The siege of the Swedish harbor town of Marstrand lasted from 6 to 23 July 1677 during the Scanian War. In June 1677 an army under Løvenhjelm marched down through Bohuslän, while a galley flotilla under Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve was ordered to... Read more ...
Denmark-Norway captured Marstrand from Sweden
The siege of the Swedish harbor town of Marstrand lasted from 6 to 23 July 1677 during the Scanian War. In June 1677 an army under Løvenhjelm marched down through Bohuslän, while a galley flotilla under Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve was ordered to take Marstrand. After initial setbacks, batteries were brought up and the town and outworks were captured. Only the Karlsten citadel remained, and when Norwegian guns opened holes in its tower, the commander offered to surrender in return for free withdrawal.
This was accepted.
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Today most shooters load their smoothbore muskets with patched roundballs. The soldiers that faced each other during, for example, the Napoleonic Wars loaded their muskets with paper cartridges. The cartridges contained both powder and ball. Read more about hpw you can load a smoothbore musket with roundballs in this article.
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