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14 July 1789
The Bastille outside Paris was stormed, triggering the French Revolution. The small garrison surrendered after a few hours of fighting, and the crowd stormed inside and killed the commandant and his officers. Demolition of the prison began the... Read more ...
Parisians stormed the Bastille
The Bastille outside Paris was stormed, triggering the French Revolution. The small garrison surrendered after a few hours of fighting, and the crowd stormed inside and killed the commandant and his officers. Demolition of the prison began the following day.
The Bastille also contained weapons and ammunition that the revolutionaries of Paris wanted. When it was stormed, only seven prisoners were inside. The date later became the national day of France.
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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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