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from a _single horseman_. With his bayonet fixed, he would usually be able to defend himself successfully against the trooper, whose sabre is the shorter weapon of the two; more especially, if he will take care to keep on the trooper's left, which is his exposed side. 9. Never lose your calmness. Your power consists, not in rapid firing, but in the _accuracy of your aim_. Avoid all hurried and violent movements; and never raise your gun till sure of a shot. 10. The aim, according to the Tactics, is made by bringing the gun down, instead of raising it up. However little the soldier may be excited, he will be apt to pull the trigger more or less too soon; that is, while the muzzle is yet too elevated. This is the reason why infantry missiles usually _fly too high_. The difficulty would not be obviated by causing the aim to be made by raising the piece; for then the same disturbing cause already mentioned, the soldier's excitement, would make the shots fly as much too low, as they now fly too high. Rapid firing is another cause of this incompleteness of aim. Infantry firing is already too rapid to be effective; so that what is claimed for the new breech-loading weapons as an advantage, that they increase the rapidity of fire, furnishes, on the contrary, a strong objection to them. The effectiveness of the fire of a sharp-shooter, especially, will be usually in inverse, instead of direct proportion to the number of shots he delivers in a given time. In view of this, and of the tendency to pull the trigger before the muzzle is sufficiently depressed, it has become an established maxim, to "Aim low, Fire slow" TACTICAL USE OF ARTILLERY. The subject will be treated under the following heads:-- I.--HOW POSTED WITH RESPECT TO THE GROUND. II.--HOW POSTED WITH RESPECT TO OUR OWN TROOPS. III.--HOW POSTED WITH RESPECT TO THE ENEMY. IV.--POSTING OF BATTERIES AND PIECES AS BETWEEN THEMSELVES. V.--HOW USED. VI.--ITS FIRE. VII.--ITS SUPPORTS. I.--How posted with respect to the Ground. 1. Artillery has a much longer range than musketry. In order to avail ourselves of this advantage, we must so post it as to overlook all the ground to which its utmost range extends. It therefore requires _an elevated position_. 2. It has been considered an additional advantage of a commanding position for artillery, that it enables our guns to cover our infantry, attacking or attacked, by _f
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