At that range the wadding material could penetrate the top and bottom of a combat boot and the intervening biological material.

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The frock coat full of wadding, cut close to pull the figure into shape, gradually gave way to a looser but still precise jacket.

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Workers cleaning a cannon, last fired more than 200 years ago, were shocked to find Friday that it was still loaded with gunpowder, wadding and a cannonball.

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