Given the close-quarters combat and lack of armor typical in the 1700s & early 1800s warfare, were there any cases of modern Western armies reverting to bow & arrow (from musket)?

by papabigfingers

I’ve read that highly-trained units of the Napoleonic period could manage just 3-4 rounds per minute via musket, and fire was only effective within a 100 yard range. It strikes me that bowmen would enjoy similar range, with much higher rates of fire.

WARitter

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