The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... shot - small arms have been rapidly exchanged from the old smooth - bore musket to the rifle , and from the rifle to the breech - loader ; and , in short , the armies which have just taken the field differ from the armies commanded by ...
... shot - small arms have been rapidly exchanged from the old smooth - bore musket to the rifle , and from the rifle to the breech - loader ; and , in short , the armies which have just taken the field differ from the armies commanded by ...
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... shot . The officers shared the penury and the destitution of the men . All led the same frugal life - all were bound to the same lot . ' ( Duc d'Aumale , p . 67. ) Such were the troops who followed Jourdan and Moreau to the frontiers of ...
... shot . The officers shared the penury and the destitution of the men . All led the same frugal life - all were bound to the same lot . ' ( Duc d'Aumale , p . 67. ) Such were the troops who followed Jourdan and Moreau to the frontiers of ...
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... shots is an essential condition of modern infantry manoeuvres . The Americans in the late war carried this art to a high pitch , even by scooping out patches of earth in the ground , and by their great dexterity in woodcraft . General ...
... shots is an essential condition of modern infantry manoeuvres . The Americans in the late war carried this art to a high pitch , even by scooping out patches of earth in the ground , and by their great dexterity in woodcraft . General ...
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... shot . But in addition to this ad- vantage of the rifleman over the artilleryman , the fire of the rifle is beyond ... shots against an unseen enemy ; whilst its own position , the horses , the caissons , and all the picturesque ...
... shot . But in addition to this ad- vantage of the rifleman over the artilleryman , the fire of the rifle is beyond ... shots against an unseen enemy ; whilst its own position , the horses , the caissons , and all the picturesque ...
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... shot or canister at short distances are still no doubt to the advantage of artillery , but the range of hollow shot from the old field - guns was extremely limited and its direction uncertain . To this it must be added that artillery is ...
... shot or canister at short distances are still no doubt to the advantage of artillery , but the range of hollow shot from the old field - guns was extremely limited and its direction uncertain . To this it must be added that artillery is ...
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