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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The cannon recovered include a 12-pounder featuring the royal arms of George II and a 4 ton, 42-pounder bearing the crest of George I.
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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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A man in Brooklyn was arrested after allegedly trying to steal a turkey from a grocer by stuffing the 12-pounder down his pants, according to this report:
Turkey-in-pants charges for N.Y. man Washington Post Editors 2010
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The plan is to paint two more Prussian infantry units, a 12-pounder battery of four guns and crew, and maybe a couple of squadrons of dragoons by August 8th.
Archive 2009-05-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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The cannon recovered include a 12-pounder featuring the royal arms of George II and a 4 ton, 42-pounder bearing the crest of George I. The huge 42-pounder recovered is the only known example of a gun of this type and size currently in existence on dry land.
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The plan is to paint two more Prussian infantry units, a 12-pounder battery of four guns and crew, and maybe a couple of squadrons of dragoons by August 8th.
The Hundred Days of the 1806 Project Der Alte Fritz 2009
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I currently have one 12-pounder and four 6-pounders plus the full complement of crew and limbers.
Austrian Update Der Alte Fritz 2008
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