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AFGHAN ARTILLERY.Brffrh-Lotdinf ArnNtt«nc Cinn*Hade by (’abnl MmithM.London Times.In the first place, the Afghans have always had the reputation of being good gunners. * They are a nation offighting men, and were accounted goodmarksmen, even with their old jhezaih. Moreover, the mutinoup troops of the Wall have been trained to the use of artillery by us, and doubtless many of these deserters have joined the forces of Ayoob. In the second place, Shere Ali was an artillerist by nature, and had for many years been engaged in perfecting his guns. Shortly after hisreturn from visiting Lord Mayo, in 1869, he assembled all the “cunning smiths” inCabul, and gave orders that rilled guns were to be produced. The members of Shere All’s ordnance select committee had never had the advantage of passing through an “advanced class,” but their intellects were sharpened by a tolerably shrewed notion of what would be the consequences of failure, and their unguid ed skill was thus assisted by the mother of invention. The president, or chief smith, was sent to Pesnaw ur w ith letters of introduction to our commissioner, and was there afforded opportunities of visiting the workshops in the arsenal, inspecting the breech-loading arm-strong gunshimself acquainted with the nature an methods of manufacture of modern weapons. He returned to Cabul withwooden models of various guns, including rifled breech-loading arm-strong, and with more or less complete working draw ings. A manufactory ofrifled guns and smalll arms was forthwith started in the Bala Hissar, forced
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Chippewa Falls Herald
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Sep 17, 1880
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