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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Frank_138, post: 4391178, member: 16300&quot;]Ein Stük samt seiner Zugehörd ins Feld zustellen</p><p><br /></p><p>todays German:</p><p>Ein Stück (eine Kanone) mit seinem Zubehör ins Feld zu stellen</p><p><br /></p><p>Google translation:</p><p>To field a piece (a cannon) with its accessories</p><p><br /></p><p>To translate that is quite a task. That is very old fashioned German.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically it is an instruction to prepare and operate the gun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shoes are mentioned in the context of the length of the stick where you attach the fuse/burning rope to fire the gun (fig. 6). The ignition stick should be 3 to 4 shoes (Schuhe) long.They are using shoes (Schuhe) as measurement like foot/feet are used in the imperial system.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, a full translation would take at least one or two hours - if a full readable original is provided.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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