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BROWN BESS

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 663 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BROWN BESS , a name given in the See also:British See also:army to the See also:flint-See also:lock See also:musket with which the See also:infantry were formerly armed. The See also:term is applied generally to the weapon of the ,8th and See also:early 19th centuries, and became obsolete on the introduction of the See also:rifle.

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