In From Flintlock to Rifle, Professor Ross traces the development of infantry tactics from the mid-eighteenth century, when infantry fought in rigid linear formations, until the second half of the nineteenth century, by which time infantrymen with rifled weapons were learning to advance in open order and use aimed fire. The author demonstrates that this transition in tactics involved social and technological change as well as military innovation.

Originally published: Cranbury, N.J. : Associated University Presses, 1979. Includes bibliography and index. Includes maps of: Austerlitz, 2 December 1805; Jena, 14 October 1806; Eylau, 8 February 1807; Friedland, 14 June 1807; Waterloo - Last Phases, 18 June 1815; Battle of Koniggratz, 3 July 1886.

1.The Old Regime Army -- 2. The Impact of Revolution -- 3. Napoleonic Warfare -- 4. Napoleon's Enemies -- 5. Tactical Innovation after 1815 -- 6. Conclusion.