A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 |
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... fire ; but as the Canadian militiamen would throw themselves on the ground in order to reload , their line became ... fire , with pieces carefully loaded , is much more de- structive and formidable than the quickest fire in confusion ...
... fire ; but as the Canadian militiamen would throw themselves on the ground in order to reload , their line became ... fire , with pieces carefully loaded , is much more de- structive and formidable than the quickest fire in confusion ...
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... fire to bear against an enemy approaching in line ahead formation , that it was suicidal for him to attempt to do so . But Nelson saw the flaw in this theory , he saw that because of the restricted range and inaccuracy of the guns of ...
... fire to bear against an enemy approaching in line ahead formation , that it was suicidal for him to attempt to do so . But Nelson saw the flaw in this theory , he saw that because of the restricted range and inaccuracy of the guns of ...
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... fire ; ( 3 ) next , under cover of the cavalry , the columns deployed in order to bring to bear on the squares a heavier fire than the squares themselves could deliver , which was supplemented by case shot fire from the regimental guns ...
... fire ; ( 3 ) next , under cover of the cavalry , the columns deployed in order to bring to bear on the squares a heavier fire than the squares themselves could deliver , which was supplemented by case shot fire from the regimental guns ...
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