in 1795 France won a naval warfare against Netherland and UK with... Horsemen...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/only-time-history-when-bunch-men-horseback-captured-naval-fleet-180961824/

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verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The Smithsonian as a source! Golf clap, that's setting the bar higher. Now we'll start arguments about Chicago vs AP citation...it might destroy us.

erin@lemmy.sidh.bzh · 5 pts · 3y

in fact my source was a french ex-History teacher who does youtube video that are all NCD quality label:

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=VmG5FZN5cHQ

I searched for more info like I always do after laughting at his videos to know more about the event. From a french point of view the Smithsonian museum seems to have a good reputation so I chose that article to share but the 1795's Battle of Texel seems to be very well documented.

And after all let be honest: France military history is full of NCD materials since it seems that we loved doing things the wrong way and makes it work nonetheless 🤣