20185 - 24th Foot standing loading No.2 A soldier performing this action

A soldier performing this action would follow a strict sequence:

Space for ranks behind to continue firing or loading

such as the Napoleonic era and subsequent colonial wars

" to a German ultimatum to surrender on December 22

including the Anglo-Zulu War

20185 - 24th Foot standing loading No.2 A soldier performing this actionA British line infantry soldier of the 24th Regiment of Foot (later the South Wales Borderers) performing a standard musket loading drill in the standing position, likely as part of a numbered sequence of infantry firing steps used in training or battlefield re enactment. The 24th Regiment of Foot was a historic line infantry unit that served across the British Empire, including major colonial campaigns in southern Africa. In the era of smoothbore and