A thought occurred to me last night, Panos. I hope that the Grand Admiral and his staff will not wear those leather boots in battle. If a leather boot is struck by a musket ball, the leather will tend to shatter and be driven by the ball in to the person's leg. This makes it difficult to remove the musket ball, and there are also the bits of leather to remove. In battle, they should wear knee breeches with knee length silk stockings. Then if they are hit by a musket ball, it will drive the silk stocking into the leg but the silk won't break and the ball can easily be removed simply by pulling on the stocking.
