On Nov 26, 4:52*am, Gunner Asch wrote:
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Gunner

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."
Maj. Gen. John Sedgewick, killed by a sniper in 1864 at the battle of Spotsylvania

I've been reading this eBook on French military victories by an author
with the same misplaced contempt for Prussian field artillery;
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7294