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| − | '''Artillery''' are military units which function as the modern equivalents of [[siege]] engines by attacking enemy formations from far-off, safe, immobile positions. Artillery was a key element of [[Napoleon|Napoleonic warfare]], used to "shell" (attack) enemy [[infantry]] line-of-battle formations. Artillery pieces were also a key element in the [[Civil War]], leading to many bloody battles, such as [[Antietam]]. | + | '''Artillery''' are military units which function as the modern equivalents of [[siege]] engines by attacking enemy formations from far-off, safe, immobile positions. Artillery in the form of [[cannon]]s was a key element of [[Napoleon|Napoleonic warfare]], used to "shell" (attack) enemy [[infantry]] line-of-battle formations. Artillery pieces were also a key element in the [[Civil War]], leading to many bloody battles, such as [[Antietam]]. |
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Revision as of 11:26, May 14, 2009
Artillery are military units which function as the modern equivalents of siege engines by attacking enemy formations from far-off, safe, immobile positions. Artillery in the form of cannons was a key element of Napoleonic warfare, used to "shell" (attack) enemy infantry line-of-battle formations. Artillery pieces were also a key element in the Civil War, leading to many bloody battles, such as Antietam.