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The Details of the Rocket System - Sir William Congreve
William Sir Congreve
The Details of the Rocket System
Published by Good Press, 2022
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EAN 4057664573100
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.
General Instructions for the Use of Rockets , both in the Field and in Bombardment , shewing the Spirit of the System, and its comparative Powers and Facilities.
CONSTITUTION AND STRENGTH OF A TROOP OF ROCKET HORSE ARTILLERY.
THE EQUIPMENT OF ROCKET CAVALRY.
OF THE EQUIPMENT OF THE AMMUNITION HORSE.
ROCKET CAVALRY IN LINE OF MARCH, AND IN ACTION.
ROCKET CARS.
ROCKET INFANTRY IN LINE OF MARCH, AND IN ACTION.
THE MODE OF USING ROCKETS IN BOMBARDMENT.
THE MODE OF USING ROCKETS IN BOMBARDMENT, FROM EARTH WORKS, WITHOUT APPARATUS.
A ROCKET AMBUSCADE.
THE USE OF ROCKETS IN THE ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF FORTIFIED PLACES.
OF THE USE OF ROCKETS BY INFANTRY AGAINST CAVALRY, AND IN COVERING THE STORMING OF A FORTRESS.
THE USE OF ROCKETS FROM BOATS.
THE USE OF ROCKETS IN FIRE SHIPS, AND THE MODE OF FITTING ANY OTHER SHIP FOR THE DISCHARGE OF ROCKETS.
ROCKET AMMUNITION.
CONCLUSION.
INTRODUCTION.
Table of Contents
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent
, to whose gracious patronage the Rocket System owes its existence, having been pleased to command the formation of a Rocket Corps, on the 1st of January, 1814, by augmentation to the Regiment of Artillery, as proposed by his Lordship, the
Earl of Mulgrave
, Master General of the Ordnance; I have thought it my duty to draw up the following details of the System, for the Instruction of the Officers of the Corps, for the information of the General Officers of the British Army, and that of such departments as it is important for the good of the service, to make acquainted with the principles of this new branch of our naval and military means of offence and defence.
I have, indeed, conceived it the more incumbent upon me to prepare such a document for the use of the Rocket Corps, with as much expedition as possible, that nothing might be wanting on my part towards its completion, having been induced to decline the offer graciously made me of commanding it, with rank in the Regiment of Artillery; a decision, in which I trust I have sufficiently proved myself to have been actuated by the most sincere desire of manifesting my attachment to that Regiment; as, however flattering the offer, it was sufficient gratification to me to have brought my labours to a consummation, which enabled me to leave the undivided benefit of this new Corps in their possession: and to have succeeded in putting into their hands a weapon, which it is my greatest pride to have already seen adding to their laurels, in the Plains of Leipsic, and on the Banks of the Adour; a weapon, which has so early given them pledges of future and greater successes, and which I hope the following pages will evince to have already been brought to a state of organization and perfection, at least commensurate with its age. I will hope, also, that the further progress and extension of the powers of the Rocket System will be such as not to discredit the discernment of the enlightened Prince, who first patronized it, or that of his Lordship, the Master General, by whose protection it is now placed on a permanent establishment. It is almost needless to add, that this volume is intended only for the use and instruction of such as it may concern, and not in any way for publication.
WILLIAM CONGREVE.
General Instructions
for the Use of
Rockets
, both in the
Field
and in
Bombardment
, shewing the Spirit of the System, and its comparative Powers and Facilities.
Table of Contents
It
must be laid down as a maxim, that the very essence and spirit of the Rocket System is the facility of firing a great number of rounds in a short time, or even instantaneously, with small means,
arising from this circumstance, that the Rocket is a species of fixed ammunition which does not require ordnance to project it; and which, where apparatus is required, admits of that apparatus being of the most simple and portable kind.
An officer, therefore, having the use of this weapon under his direction, must ever bear this maxim in mind—and his first consideration must be—to make his discharges against the enemy in as powerful vollies as he possibly can.
Thus—if the defence of a post be entrusted to him, and the ground be at all favourable, he will, independent of the regular apparatus he may have at his disposal, prepare what may be called Rocket Batteries, consisting of as many embrasures as his ground will admit; these embrasures being formed by turning up the sod,