Well, I thought I'd open up a thread covering some epic troll stories written down in history.
Spanish army trolling themselves.... and their allies!
This one happened on the evening before the battle of Talavera in 1809.
A true troll gun:
Spanish army trolling themselves.... and their allies!
This one happened on the evening before the battle of Talavera in 1809.
During the evening of 27th, French Dragoon squadrons were trotting close to the Spanish position firing their pistols at Spanish skirmishers. Suddenly, without orders, Cuesta's entire Spanish line fired a thunderous volley at the French Dragoons. The French were outside the range of the Spanish muskets, and little harm was done to them. Four Spanish battalions threw down their weapons and fled in panic. "Nearly 2,000 ran off on the evening of the 27th...(not 100 yards from where I was standing) who were neither attacked, nor threatened with an attack, and who were frightened by the noise of their own fire; they left their arms and accoutrements on the ground, their officers went with them, and they... plundered the baggage of the British army which had been sent to the rear"
A true troll gun:
Puckle demonstrated two versions of the basic design: one, intended for use against Christian enemies, fired conventional round bullets, while the second variant, designed to be used against the Muslim Turks, fired square bullets, which were considered to be more damaging and would, according to the patent, convince the Turks of the "benefits of Christian civilization."
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