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The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendiumGriffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

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The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium

Name: The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium
Author: Griffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

Griffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

Artillery drill and tactics; Great Britain. Army -- Artillery -- Drill and tactics; Great Britain. Army -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

9.  Do.        do.        (Profile)                              242

  10.  Modern system of Fortification                              243

  11.  Field Fortification                                         246

      { Mechanics                                }
  12. {                                          }                 294
      { Heights, and Distances                   }

  13. Surveying, and Reconnoitring                                 307

      { Heights, and Distances                   }
  14. {                                          }                 310
      { Practical Geometry                       }

  15. Practical Geometry                                           324

  16. Do.                                                          325

  17. Do.                                                          327

INDEX TO THE SUBJECTS, ETC.

PART I.

INFANTRY EXERCISE, MOVEMENTS, &c.

  SWORD EXERCISE.
  PITCHING, AND STRIKING, TENTS.

                                                                  PAGE
  Musket, Flint lock                                                 1

  Percussion Small arms, length, weight, bore, charge, &c.           1

  Blank cartridges                                                   3

  Manufacture of cartridges                                          3

  Small arm ammunition, boxes, and barrels                           5

  Instructions for browning Gun barrels                              5

  Percussion firelocks, Instructions relative thereto                6

INFANTRY EXERCISE, AND MOVEMENTS;

  _Extracted from_
  “FIELD EXERCISE, AND EVOLUTIONS OF THE ARMY.”

  Paces, Length of, &c.                                              6

  _Flint firelocks_, Manual, and Platoon exercise                    7

  Inspection, and Dismissal of a Company                             8

  _Percussion firelocks_, Manual, and Platoon exercise               8

  Fusil exercise                                                     9

  The Manual, and Platoon exercise of Riflemen                      10

  Instructions for aiming with the Rifle musket                     10

  Words of command, for Funeral parties                             11

COMPANY DRILL.

  SECT.                                                           PAGE

  1. Formation of the Company                                       11

  2. Marching to the front                                          12

  3. The Side, or closing step                                      12

  4. The Back step                                                  12

  5. To form four deep                                              12

  6. File marching                                                  12

  7. Wheeling from a halt                                           12

  8. Wheeling forward by sub-divisions                              12

  9. Wheeling backward by sub-divisions                             13

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