Godfather to a Great Gun
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology, Patronage |
Discusses a Pall Mall Gazette announcement that the Swiss government has adopted the 'Peabody gun', suggesting that this decision was based on the capacity of the weapon for 'shelling out'. | |
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