Punch,  52 (1867), 7.

Safety for Soldiers

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Military Technology, Steamships, War


    Noting the widespread interest in weapons of war in newspapers, discusses an extract from a report of a new aluminium cuirass, an invention that Punch thinks will make soldiers as 'shot proof' as 'floating turrets'.



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