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The practice of war : being a translation of a French military work entitled "Maxims, counsels and instructions on the art of war, or Handbook for the practice of war. For the use of military men of all arms and countries. From a manuscript written, in 1815, by a general of that time, and revised, in 1855, to be put in harmony with the knowledge and organization of the present day. 4th edition, pocket size, 15 plates. 1857: Paris" : To which the translator has added Marshal Bugeaud's letter of instruction to the fifty-sixth regiment of French infantry; also, the second appendix of Baron Jomini to "Prećis de l'art de la guerre"