From: nick royall, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pete Bloom may be able to help you on this one he knows more about the history of sniping in WW1 than most. I think they were a sniper school set up by some landed gent who was fed up of the Germans sniping his men. it consisted of gamekeepers ghillies and landed gents who enjoyed game hunting etc. They were disbanded but the army took the hint and set up a specialist section to train sniping and the use of optically sighted rifles. It had nothing to do with the Artists Rifles who were formed in 1859. The 6th Northamptonshire regiment were known as the "poachers" and acquitted themselves well in the 1918 German spring offensive. Nick Why me? Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
