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18 April 1847

The Battle of Cerro Gordo was fought during the Mexican-American War. American troops under Winfield Scott attacked the numerically superior Mexican army under Santa Anna on the flank and drove it from a strong defensive position.

18 April 1847

The Americans won the Battle of Cerro Gordo
The Battle of Cerro Gordo was fought during the Mexican-American War. American troops under Winfield Scott attacked the numerically superior Mexican army under Santa Anna on the flank and drove it from a strong defensive position.


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Øyvind Flatnes Svartkrutt.net is owned and maintained me whose name is Øyvind Flatnes. I'm a Norwegian black powder shooter and I started this web site in February 2000. The ambition was to provide Norwegians with a black powder site in our native language, but since then most of the content is also translated to English. I'm also the author of a black powder book, which was published in March 2005. This book is currently available in Norwegian only.

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About Øyvind Flatnes

Born: 1978 in Norway.
Location: Bergen.
Education:
  • 1994-1997: Skeisvang upper secondary school.
  • 1997-1998: Infantry squad leader in the Royal Navy's coast artillery.
  • 2000-2003: BA from the University of Bergen (UiB) with history and media science as subjects.
  • 2003-2005: MA in history from UiB. Specialised in medieval military history.
Work: Employed as a writer in It's Learning.

Publications by Øyvind Flatnes

Vakre våpen svart krutt Leidang Våpenjournalen

From left to right: The book "Vakre våpen - svart krutt", the MA thesis about the peasant levies in operational service and various articles for magazines such as Våpenjournalen, Muskedunderen, Krudtslam and Krutkorn.

Muskedunderen

From July 2003 to July 2007 I was the editor of Muskedunderen ("The Blunderbuss"), the publication of the Norwegian Black Powder Union. Below you see some of the covers I was responsible for.

MD nr. 4 2006 MD nr. 3 2005 MD nr. 2 2005 MD nr. 1 2005 MD nr. 4 2005 MD nr. 3 2005