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Offline Don Krag

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Moroccan cannons?
« on: July 18, 2009, 06:37:49 PM »
I will most likely be in Morocco next March. Any "don't miss" cannons anyone knows of in Casablanca or Marakech? Seems to be some large fort ruins there, but I didn't see much on artillery.
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Re: Moroccan cannons?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2009, 08:32:47 PM »
I've almost positive I've seen some travel shows or something on TV that showed quite a few nice bronze cannons in Morocco.  Bob Smith, one of our occasional posters from UK, would know for sure.

Meanwhile, here's a pic of a Morrocan powder monkey.

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Re: Moroccan cannons?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2009, 10:46:35 PM »
Never been there myself, but there is a military museum at Fez- Borj-Nord Musuem
And a large number of mainly 17th-18th Portuguese and Spanish cannons at Essaouria- lots of picturtes of them online

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Re: Moroccan cannons?
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2009, 12:24:47 AM »
Hi Bob,

 Did you already make your planned trip to the St. Petersburg Museum, or is it still in the future?
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Re: Moroccan cannons?
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2009, 01:17:56 AM »
Annoyingly the conference was cancelled at the last minute, but before I had parted with any money and we met in Paris instead. The conference has been replaced with another in Leeds later in the year, not quite in the same league. I am beginging to think that I am never fated to see St Petersburg...
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Re: Moroccan cannons?
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2009, 01:52:05 AM »
Thanks Bob. Think positive, you may still get there someday, and if you do, make sure you check in here first, because I'll have a list of questions for you to take with.

Here's one you may already know the answer to: There are differing numbers given in books about the French artillery pieces capture by the Russians in Napoleon's ill fated invasion of 1812, but most say 1000 or better, and I've seen photos of some of them stacked ouside of the museum; do you know if most of this captured ordnance still exists, or was the majority of it melted down?
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Re: Moroccan cannons?
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2009, 02:23:12 AM »
Quote from: Don Krag on July 18, 2009, 06:37:49 PM
I will most likely be in Morocco next March. Any "don't miss" cannons anyone knows of in Casablanca or Marakech? Seems to be some large fort ruins there, but I didn't see much on artillery.

 Whadda you say Sam, know of any cannons around this gin joint?

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Re: Moroccan cannons?
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 09:16:03 PM »
So do you patch a monkey...or does the fur seal pretty well? :)

Those brass cannons sound pretty cool. As of now we are planning on going out a week early just to mess around a bit. My wife will be with me then, but I'm sure I could talk her into a bit of cannon watching!
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