Climbing the hill - Movie (5 MB)
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Ascent of Mt. Defiance
I would propose, that instead of two Six Pounders, every Regiment should have four Three Pounders, which should be drawn and worked by a Detachment of the Regiment, appointed for that Purpose. ... These light Pieces might be drawn with great Ease over the highest Mountain in America, and with as much Expedition as any Body of Troops could march.1
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1. Lieutenant Thomas Webb, 48th Regiment of Foot, A Military Treatise on the Appointments of the Army, Containing Many Useful Hints, not touched upon before by any Author: And Proposing some New Regulations in the Army, which will be particularly useful in carrying on the War in North America (Philadelphia: W. Dunlap, 1759, pp. 38-41).