24mo (5 x 3.5 ins); pp xxiii + 320. Eleven plates depicting firing positions, column formations, saluting, bugle sounds, etc. Publisher's deep red buckram with gilt title lettering and crest to upper board, spine sun faded, page edges dyed red. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and moderate foxing to the endpapers and titlepage. Part I deals with recruit or squad drill, part II company drill, part III formation and evolutions of a battalion, part IV guard mounting and guards, part V rifle exercises, part VI firing exercises, etc., Part VII Musketry instruction, part VIII advanced and rear guards, part IX inspections or reviews. A VG copy. Seller Inventory # 18030

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Title: FIELD EXERCISES AND EVOLUTION OF INFANTRY: ...

Publisher: John Ferres government printer by authority, Melbourne

Publication Date: 1885

Binding: Hardcover

Book Type: Book

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