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THE WEAPON OF CHOICE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN RICHARD COER DE LYON DEFEATING THE SARACENS AT THE BATTLE OF ARFUS IN THE THIRD CRUSADE. THIS IS THE STANDARD WORK ON THE CROSSBOW AND IS ESSENTIAL STUDY FOR HISTORIANS AND MILITARY BUFFS. AS A BONUS THE BOOK HAS AN ADDITIONAL SECTION ON CATAPULTS AND OTHER SIEGE ENGINES.

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Excerpt from The War: A CriticismOur Allies and our enemies have wives and children, they have shops and farms and lucrative situations just like ourselves, but they do their duty all the same, and their cry is Country first, all else as nought till victory is won.' Compulsory service is democratic in every way as it does not leave the responsibility of protecting the country to the patriotic few to the monetary advantage of those who do not c...

Excerpt from The War: A CriticismOur Allies and our enemies have wives and children, they have shops and farms and lucrative situations just like ourselves, but they do their duty all the same, and their cry is Country first, all else as nought till victory is won.' Compulsory service is democratic in every way as it does not leave the responsibility of protecting the country to the patriotic few to the monetary advantage of those who do not c...

Excerpt from Letters to Young Shooters (Third Series): Comprising a Short Natural History of British Wildfowl and Complete Directions in Shooting Wildfowl on the Coast and InlandThese drawings of sport with fowling-punt and stanchion-gun I have spread throughout the book rather than grouped them together in the few letters that treat of this subject. They can be easily referred to, each picture tells its own story, and is appropriate to the de...

Excerpt from Letters to Young Shooters (Third Series): Comprising a Short Natural History of British Wildfowl and Complete Directions in Shooting Wildfowl on the Coast and InlandThese drawings of sport with fowling-punt and stanchion-gun I have spread throughout the book rather than grouped them together in the few letters that treat of this subject. They can be easily referred to, each picture tells its own story, and is appropriate to the de...

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Excerpt from A History of the George Worn on the Scaffold by Charles IIntroduction The letters connected with Sir Ralph's suggested an endeavour on my part to this George of such sad associations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally...

Excerpt from Letters to Young Shooters: On the Choice and Use of a GunOn Killing Game, And Shooting Generally, In A Sportsmanlike Manner, On Correct Aiming - Practical, On Correct Aiming - Practical (continued), Correct Aiming (continued) - Theoretical (Intended To Be More Curious Than Instructive, Some Remarks On Correct Aiming, In Regard To The Eyes, On The Care And Cleaning Of Guns - (Their Liability To Damage, And General Supervision), The...