This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...work assigned to them, and also to counterbatter the curtains and inner face of the collateral bastions, batteries are constructed on the flanks of the second parallel similar to those on the flank of the first. These batteries should be so placed as not to mask the fire of the batteries of the first parallel. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...work assigned to them, and also to counterbatter the curtains and inner face of the collateral bastions, batteries are constructed on the flanks of the second parallel similar to those on the flank of the first. These batteries should be so placed as not to mask the fire of the batteries of the first parallel. The batteries of the second parallel may be armed with guns and mortars of smaller caliber than those of the first. Breaching The Demilune.--Before the introduction of rifled cannon it was necessary to drive forward the approaches to the very crest of the glacis and there establish batteries to breach the scarp. But this is no longer necessary. Indeed, a breach can be made at one mile range with greater facility than at shorter ranges, and the work might be done at still greater distances. If, therefore, the first parallel has been established within 2,000 yards of the works, the batteries of that parallel will be favorably situated for breaching batteries. If, however, the first parallel was established at a greater distance, say 3,000 yards, then the breaching batteries would be on the second parallel. The batteries on the first parallel are within easy breaching distance. When the guns on the faces of the attacked bastions and those on the inner faces of the adjacent demilunes have all been silenced, and the fire from other parts of the works is well under control, the two demilunes are subjected to a steady shower of shell from the mortars in the first and second parallels. This fire is intended to drive the enemy out of the demilune and its covered way and places of arms, and should be kept up night and day. Meantime the batteries of the second parallel are assigned the duty of keeping down the fire of the work and preventing repairs, and the bat...
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St. Augustine 1902 7th Author. Octavo, 184pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. Final 60 pages list all Florida soldiers who died in uniform, and the place and nature of their demise. Good.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. This book is comprised of two parts: 1) a history of Florida from Ponce de Leon's landing in St. Augustine in 1512, and 2) an account of the Florida War with the Osceola and Seminole Indians which lasted from 1835-1841. The final 62 pages (the War Record) lists the names of those soldiers who died in the Florida War, their rank, unit and cause of death--while some were killed in action, the vast majority seem to have died of some sort of disease. The author fought in the Civil War. Original light brown wrappers with red printing. The book is clean and tight with no internal or external markings. This may have been self-published; the Record Co. is listed on the front cover with a date of 1910 beneath (the copyright date on the verso of the title page is 1902).; Frontis Photograph; 8vo, 8"-9" tall; 184 pages.
