The Prussians were impressed with the French Chassepot and issued numbers of captured carbines to their mounted troops as the Chassepot-Karabiner. |
Here and there a rifleman stood, his chassepot resting on the iron railing, his face turned towards the woods. |
Chassepot armed infantry easily checked their opponents, but were pounded by artillery and forced to retreat as the Germans found their flanks. |
The Prussians suffered over 4,400 casualties, which, allowing for their superiority in artillery, still demonstrates the effectiveness of the French chassepot. |
He was collecting chassepots, and received five sous for every chassepot he brought in. |
Your big-bore carbine is a French Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle-fire captured during the Franco-Prussian War. |