A classic study of the evolving use of infanty and artillery weapons from Gustavus Adolphus to Britain's conquest of India.
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"General Hughes' work remains the standard analysis of the effectiveness of smoothbore weapons." -- Medals
"Gives the reader a very good idea of what it was like to fight a battle with muskets during the period from Marlborough through Napoleon." -- Wisconsin Bookwatch
"Gives the reader a very good idea of what it was like to fight a battle with muskets during the period from Marlborough through Napoleon." -- Wisconsin Bookwatch
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B.P. Hughes was a British army general.
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A Forensic approach,
This review is from: Firepower: Weapons Effectiveness On The Battlefield, 1630- 1750 (Hardcover)
A truely unusual work similar to John Keegan's classic, "The Face of Battle." The author sets out to look at the battlefield weaponry, and it's effectiveness, on the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century fields of battle with the eye of the forensic scientist. It is a sucsessful endeavor.The book is lavishly illustrated with drawings from various military training manuals from the time as well as modern photos illustrating the difficulty of accurately using a smoothbore cannon against advancing troops. This is not a general history of the armies of this time. It dosen't concern itself with the social aspects of the armies or their respective societies. An excellent book for that would be Christopher Duffy's work; "The Military Experience in the Age of Reason". This book concerns itself with the physical effects of the weaponry on the battlefield proper, both strengths and weaknesses. While a trifle dry in parts, for the most, it keeps one's interest and is an intelligently written work. Though a specialist work it is a great contribution to the study of military history during the Age of Reason as well as the Napoleonic Wars. It even has a place as an addendum in an American Civil War collection since so many of the weapons and tactics examined were still being used in the 1860's. A good addition to one's collection.
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1. Muskets: By the middle of the seventeenth century the musket was well on its way to becoming the primary weapon of the infantry. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
musket power, defending artillery, tangent sight, tangent elevation, first graze, allied guns, double companies, allied artillery, battalion guns, elevating screw, ballistic performance, common shell, case shot, maximum effective range, theoretical performance, preliminary bombardment, round shot, shrapnel shell, field howitzers, enfilade fire, gun detachments, nine battalions, gun positions, yards range, fire plan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Army, Cerro de Medellin, Cerro de Cascajal, Gustavus Adolphus, National Army Museum, British Records, Imperial Army, King's German Legion, Royal Artillery, Sir Arthur, Bengal Horse Artillery, Rotunda Museum, Brown Bess, One French, The Department of the Environment, Tower of London Collection, War of the Spanish Succession New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
1. Muskets: By the middle of the seventeenth century the musket was well on its way to becoming the primary weapon of the infantry. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
musket power, defending artillery, tangent sight, tangent elevation, first graze, allied guns, double companies, allied artillery, battalion guns, elevating screw, ballistic performance, common shell, case shot, maximum effective range, theoretical performance, preliminary bombardment, round shot, shrapnel shell, field howitzers, enfilade fire, gun detachments, nine battalions, gun positions, yards range, fire plan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Army, Cerro de Medellin, Cerro de Cascajal, Gustavus Adolphus, National Army Museum, British Records, Imperial Army, King's German Legion, Royal Artillery, Sir Arthur, Bengal Horse Artillery, Rotunda Museum, Brown Bess, One French, The Department of the Environment, Tower of London Collection, War of the Spanish Succession New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Tower of London: Official Handbook (Official handbook / Department of the Environment) by Dept.of Environment on page 21, and page 23
- Wellington In India-Softbound (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) by Jac Weller in Back Matter
- A Treatise Of Artillery by John Muller in Front Matter
- The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars: The Rise ,Conquest and Annexation of the Punjab State by Charles Gough in Back Matter
- Battlefields of England by Alfred H. Burne in Front Matter
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