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The weekend was intended to marching and skirmishing using only authentic equipment and food stuffs - no tents etc, just what you could fit into your trotter pack. The 95th and a smaller group from other Napoleonic regts participated.

The weekend was a little disrupted by a total fire ban on one of the days (no muzzleloaders could be fired, and cooking fires were out). We took the opportunity to practise hand-to-hand combat (re-enacting). Once the fire ban was over, we had some skirmish practise and some live firing practise. So, all in all, we got a total experience - it was hot, wet, cold, sunny, stormy, sleeping on the ground in the rain without a fire etc all in 36 hours. What more could you ask for.

Thanks especially to Adrian for organising and Shane for his instructing and range supervision.

The Weekend
 

Group at the end of the weekend - not so well dressed	Shane calling the moves in a mock bayonet charge: Step 1 - approach the other guys cautiously (Rifleman Lon gets the prize for enthusiasm).
Step 2 - get bayonets safely out of harm's way	Step 3 - select an opponent smaller than you, and push.
Melee practise - orchestrated jostling.	Frenchman checking for needles in prospective bedding
Rifles live firing. Note the three styles of headress - shakos with and without oilskin cloth covers, and forage caps. And amazing how firing live ammunition rather than blanks results in attention to stance.	CPL Adrian

Photos owned and provided by:

David Sadler
Rifleman
2nd Battalion 95th (Rifle) Regiment