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Author:

Kiley, Kevin F.

Title:

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815 / Kevin F. Kiley.

Publisher:

Stackpole Books,
Stackpole Books,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

318 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

France.--Armée--History--History--19th century.
Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815--Artillery operations.
Artillery--France--History--19th century.
Artillery--Europe--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue. The ravine -- pt. 1. Beginnings. Ultima ratio regum -- Scholars -- "At the trial of the piece, fall in!" -- Boots and saddles -- Tête de l'Armée -- Coalitions -- pt. 2. Cannonade. Senarmont -- Smola -- Ramsay -- Eble -- Drouot -- Auld Lang Syne -- Epilogue. "La garde à feu!" -- Appendices. 1. The Strasbourg experiments -- 2. Construction of French brass guns -- 3. Maneuvering à la prolonge -- 4. Trunnions -- 5. Memoir extracted from a treatise on military fireworks -- 6. Casting of cannon balls -- 7. List of artillery units in the British Army in the Peninsula, 1809-1813 -- 8. List of artillery units not with the Army -- 9. Examples of French firing tables -- 10. Weights and measures -- 11. The Congreve rocket system, 1814 -- 12. Vents -- 13. Pontoons I -- 14. Pontoons II -- 15. General rules for artillery in a field battle.

ISBN:

9781853675836
1853675830

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56659341

LCCN:

2004303093

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)