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Episode 86: Six Hours

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The Royal Navy - Episode 81

This episode is brought t you by directt v stream. Get the best of live t v and on demand, which means you can get all your favorites s movies and shows together. The equivalent to day would be going to war with biplanes or bolt action rifles. However enthusiastic these volunteer pikemen might have been, it's hard to im gine them doing much more than slowing down these seasoned veterans of napoleon's army. In late 18 o four, the royal navy tried to disrupt the french fleet at boulogne using somewhat eccentric new weapons created by the american inventor robert fulton. To make a long story short, fulton's devices did not work as

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