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Foreign News
August 26, 1855
The Weekly Comet
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
Satirical description of the Peruvian Navy as a small force with three captains, eleven boys, two flat-boats, and a small cannon. Contrasts modern warfare with a predicted shift to non-lethal Mongolian-style fighting using bamboo sticks.
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The Peruvian Navy.—This is represented as a very considerable naval institution. It consists of three captains, eleven boys, two flat-boats and a piece of "ordnance" of eleven ounce capacity. The day is fast coming, when, instead of gourd-headed men blowing one others heads off with villainous salt petre, in order to settle the quarrels of diplomats; they will abandon this species of barbarism and come over to Mongolian civilization.
Their form of fighting, is to knock their enemies on the heads with bamboo sticks and up trip them. When a man is down, he considers himself dead, and lies where he is, until the noise of battle is over.
Their form of fighting, is to knock their enemies on the heads with bamboo sticks and up trip them. When a man is down, he considers himself dead, and lies where he is, until the noise of battle is over.
What sub-type of article is it?
Naval Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Peruvian Navy
Small Fleet
Mongolian Fighting
Bamboo Sticks
Non Lethal Combat
Where did it happen?
Peru
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Peru
Event Details
The Peruvian Navy is described as consisting of three captains, eleven boys, two flat-boats, and a piece of ordnance with eleven ounce capacity. Commentary predicts abandonment of gunpowder warfare for Mongolian-style combat with bamboo sticks, where downed fighters feign death.