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Breech-Loaders and European Armies

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California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Mar 25, 1875

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 1, No. 20.

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Breech-Loaders and European Armies

Count Moltke believes that the introduction of breech-loaders has demoralized all the armies in Europe except the German and English. His view of the case seems to have relation to the fact that the rapid consumption of ammunition soon leaves the cartridge-boxes empty, and the troops of the two nations named are the only ones that can be kept quiet in such circumstances.