The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... iron discipline maintained in every detail made thoroughly distasteful in time of peace . Composed thus of indifferent material , brought together by a system of corruption , the companies were as ill commanded as formed . The captains ...
... iron discipline maintained in every detail made thoroughly distasteful in time of peace . Composed thus of indifferent material , brought together by a system of corruption , the companies were as ill commanded as formed . The captains ...
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... iron ramrod , which was the needle - gun of the last century . The minuteness and complexity of these details ex- ceeds , we are informed , all belief : - They were invented at the time when troops could advance in procession to take up ...
... iron ramrod , which was the needle - gun of the last century . The minuteness and complexity of these details ex- ceeds , we are informed , all belief : - They were invented at the time when troops could advance in procession to take up ...
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... iron - clad ships , must still be classed in this experi- mental category . The hooped and rifled guns with which several of the vessels now in commission in the French navy are at this time armed , can only be considered as an ...
... iron - clad ships , must still be classed in this experi- mental category . The hooped and rifled guns with which several of the vessels now in commission in the French navy are at this time armed , can only be considered as an ...
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... iron guns with steel with considerable success : England has pursued a most costly series of experiments with the heavy guns of Sir W. Armstrong and others , but at the time when these remarks were written the old smooth - bore 68 ...
... iron guns with steel with considerable success : England has pursued a most costly series of experiments with the heavy guns of Sir W. Armstrong and others , but at the time when these remarks were written the old smooth - bore 68 ...
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... ' and he quoted an experiment between a leaden shot with no windage and an iron shot with windage , showing that the latter had the advantage . the world . It is an error to suppose ( 182 Rifled Ordnance in England and France .
... ' and he quoted an experiment between a leaden shot with no windage and an iron shot with windage , showing that the latter had the advantage . the world . It is an error to suppose ( 182 Rifled Ordnance in England and France .
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