A treatise on the military art; in four parts. Containing: I. A comprehensive system of discipline, for the cavalry of the United States; adapted to the principles of Baron Steuben's regulations for the infantry, and the latest Prussian and English treatises on cavalry. II. Regulations concerning the duty of cavalry in camp in time of war. III. Directions for the conduct of partizan corps, whether cavalry or infantry, in carrying on the petite guerre. IV. Maxims relating to the marching, encamping, and other general operations of an army in the field: compiled principally from the observations of experienced officers, and the most approved writers on the art of war. Illustrated with plates. By E. Hoyt, an officer in the cavalry of Massachusetts. Vol. I. Part I. & II. [Two lines from Vattel] Published according to act of Congress.
- Hoyt, E. (Epaphras), 1765-1850.
- Date:
- 1798
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Printed at Brattleborough [Vt.] : by Benjamin Smead, for the author. Sold by him, and by Russell & Ripley, Greenfield, 1798.
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[2],v,[2],8-212,2p., 10folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 120.
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ESTC W29572
Evans, 33907
McCorison, M.A. Vermont, 490
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