Author : William Napier
Release : 2017-05-22
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 930/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G. C. B, Vol. 2 of 4 (Classic Reprint) by : William Napier
Download or read book The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G. C. B, Vol. 2 of 4 (Classic Reprint) written by William Napier. This book was released on 2017-05-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G. C. B, Vol. 2 of 4 I expect to have very few soldiers and many enemies hence. If we deal with pikemen my intent is to put cavalry on their flanks, making my infantry redress the pikemen advance. If they halt to face the cavalry, the infantry shall resume fire, for if cavalry charge pikemen in order the cavalry will be defeated; the pike must be opposed by the musquet and bayonet, in which the soldiers must be taught to have confidence: it is the master weapon. I am inclined to use buckshot, which would seldom kill or wound danger onely; yet with mobs it would hurt so many that flight would cause dispersion. The great point is to defeat with out killing. With a foreign foe, who recovers to fight you again, we must kill but insurgents we should seek to save. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
