Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . MINIE woodsmen, trained in Indian fighting, and expert in the useof the rifle, hurled back, with frightful carnage, experi-enced British soldiers who had habitually triumphed overthe best veterans of the French empire. The battle of New Orleans marked the introduction ofthe rifle as a form
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . MINIE woodsmen, trained in Indian fighting, and expert in the useof the rifle, hurled back, with frightful carnage, experi-enced British soldiers who had habitually triumphed overthe best veterans of the French empire. The battle of New Orleans marked the introduction ofthe rifle as a formidable arm for infantry. It was by nomeans a new weapon, for it had been invented in Germanvin 1498 ; but it had not been used to any extent in mili-tary service, mainly because of the slownessof loading. The capabilities of the rifle inthe hands of an army of expert marksmenwere, however, made so manifest by Jacksonsgreat victory that the attention of militarymen was turned towards the weapon whichhad enabled a crude army to overwhelm thechoicest troops of Europe. Yet it was not until 1850 that a practicallyefficient military rifle appeared. This was the invention ofCaptain Minie, of the French army, and was the well-known Minie rifle, long familiar to troops on both weapon was a muzzle-loa
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