The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c13.41
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c13.41
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Lastly, Fitzclarence, “Journey”, 255, holds that “Rockets were early brought into use and are far from being an ineffectual weapon. They have an iron cylinder fastened with untanned leather thongs and transported on horses or animals, and on being lighted an additional impetus is given to them from the foot of the thrower. They will pass through the body of a horse or man”. Opposite p. 35 of his book he gives a plate showing a private in the Camel Rocket Corps then (1817) forming part of the Bengal Army.