As far as I know, it was not unheard of, and I am pretty sure it was very possible, as you might now from the stories about Thomas Plunket, making a 600 yard shot.
Plunkett's shot was realistically no greater than 300 yards. 600 is the absolute upper range of estimates. That's assuming he shot Colbert at all; at that distance and with so many people firing it's impossible to say for certain who shot who. That and the fact the French recorded his death as having been caused by artillery.
Even with his death, it still didn't cause any mass panic or retreat, and he was a bally general! there was a whole chain of command in place to keep everything running in the event of the death of an officer.
I have been told by Englishmen, that in this sense, English was used in place of British. Personally that sounds correct to me.
Of course an Englishman would tell you that, but tell a Welshman or a Scot that he's English and see how he feels about that.
British or English, the Irish get screwed either way, though.
Well, since Central America is just South of Mexico, you are North American at the very least. Like the Canadians!
I am the Canadians, and I am American in the sense that I'm from America, just not the US.
