’Hie arlillcry experiments made in Bussia point to the conclusion that in the present state of science the shrapnel is the only projectile that is truly efficacious against the troops sheltered behind a covering mass. e,g„ it; °u‘ A I 1 ® reader is probably aware that the shrapnel is a shell filled with bullets, and arranged to burst several yards short of its object.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5916, 11 February 1880, Page 6
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