undred feet. Soon after a largearea of the wood was seen to be ablaze. The shell was charged with a powderthe C(5inposition of which is the secret of the German Government. In additionthe splinters of a shell burst by the new powder covered a circle of nearly900 feet. A shell fired at an enormous… … Imagine, dear Reader, any Insurrection, Anarchy,or Revolution, any conceivable body of Rioters, resistingfor five minutes, modern Military Developments,—Gat-lings, Nordenfelts, — and Troops armed with modernRepeating Rifles ! It does appear amazing that thesereflections do not force themselves upon…
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