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l-TTTLE apology is riecesiary for givingto the public in an'English dress, the three fol-lowing treatises, written originally in Italian byM. D’Antoni; who, from his extensive know-ledge and voluminous publications, ranks highamong the military writers of the present age.

The object immediately proposed by the au-thor in these and his other works, is the in-struction of the young officers of artillery andengineers ; and the students in the militaryacademies, over which he presides. From thiscircumstance and from the particular subject ofthese treatises, it may at first sight be conceived,that their scope is too confined to merit generalattention; but this objection will instantly vanish

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