Written only three years after Waterloo brought an end to the Napoleonic Wars, these official instructions for firearms use by the cavalry, takes military horsemanship from the era of the sword and lance into that of guns. Details carbine firing on foot; as well as the priming, loading and firing of the pistol on horseback.
Written only three years after Waterloo brought an end to the Napoleonic Wars, these official instructions for firearms use by the cavalry, takes mili...
Published in 1857, at the time of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, this is the official manual on musketry training and tactics used in British infantry units. The book includes sections on the duties of musketry instructors; drill; and the manufacture of cartridges (this latter section is particularly interesting in that it specifies that the paper cartridges should be greased in a mixture of tallow candle wax and bees' wax; rather than the animal fats, rumours of which offended Hindu and Muslim sepoys alike, and were a major contributing cause of the Mutiny). There are chapters on...
Published in 1857, at the time of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, this is the official manual on musketry training and tactics used in British ...
Illustrated with diagrams and fine line drawings, this is the revised training booklet for officially approved infantry sword exercises issued by the Horse Guards in January 1845. 'The quickest and surest mode for forming swordsmen'.
Illustrated with diagrams and fine line drawings, this is the revised training booklet for officially approved infantry sword exercises issued by the ...
