"The Garibaldians were numerous about Monte-Rotondo. But the terrain like all that around Italian villages was covered with trees, hedges, etc. Under these conditions, I believe that the fire of sharpshooters would have been more effective than volleys, where the men estimate distances badly and do not aim."
NOTES
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[ General Daumas (Manners and Customs of Algeria). Nocturnal Surprise and Extermination of a Camp.]
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[ Among the Romans, mechanics and morale are so admirably united, that the one always comes to the aid of the other and never injures it.]
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[ The Romans did not make light of the influence of a poet like Tyrtaeus. They did not despise any effective means. But they knew the value of each.]