During the 15 th and 16th centuries they were widely used in naval battles to set fire on enemy ships. Around this time they also started being used for more peaceful purposes again. In the 16th and 17th century Europe fireworks displays using rockets became a very popular form of public entertainment. In the late 18th century the British army suffered two serious defeats at battles in Seringapatam, in India. The main reason for these defeats was that the Indian prince, Haidar Ali's army included a corps of rocket throwers. They used very large bamboo rockets which had a range of hundreds of metres. The British were determined to learn from their mistakes and a British officer, William Congrieve, began work on developing even bigger and better rockets. Within a few years Congrieve had developed 14 kg iron rockets that could be fired over 3200 m. These rockets were successfully used against Napoleon in the battle of Waterloo and during the US War of Independence.
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time they also startedbeing used for more peaceful popularform of publicentertainment' of metres. Europefirework displaysusingrocketsbecamea very defeatsat battlesin Seringapatam' C with the helPof an In the late 18thcenturythe British armysufferedtwo serious the Indian prince,Haidar Ali's armyincluded 2n prince,HaidarAli. in India.The main reasonfor thesedefeatswasthat rocketswhichhad a rangeof hundredsof @ which was usedin lag a corpsof rocketthrowers.Theyusedverylargebamboo mistakesand a British officer' william militarycamPalgns- metres.The British were determinedto learn from their
time they also startedbeing used for more peaceful popularform of publicentertainment' of metres. Europefirework displaysusingrocketsbecamea very defeatsat battlesin Seringapatam' C with the helPof an In the late 18thcenturythe British armysufferedtwo serious the Indian prince,Haidar Ali's armyincluded 2n prince,HaidarAli. in India.The main reasonfor thesedefeatswasthat rocketswhichhad a rangeof hundredsof @ which was usedin lag a corpsof rocketthrowers.Theyusedverylargebamboo mistakesand a British officer' william militarycamPalgns- metres.The British were determinedto learn from their
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