Consequences of putting soldiers on the drums succeeded (13)

I believe the answer is:

repercussions

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'consequences of putting' is the definition.
'repercussions' can be an answer for 'consequences' (repercussion is a kind of consequence). I'm unsure of the 'of putting' bit.

'soldiers on the drums succeeded' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the drums' becomes 'percussion'.
'succeeded' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation).
're'+'percussion'+'s'='REPERCUSSIONS'

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