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... trenches, relying solely on cannons cannot fully solve the problem. Moreover, in an era without synthetic ammonia, both propellants and explosives derived from saltpeter or nitrate, whose production was quite limited. Even with the Panama Railway operational, allowing for the import of large quantities of saltpeter from Chile, the consumption of saltpeter was significant, and not mainly for military purposes, but for agriculture.
Indeed, the primary use of these nitrate mines was as fert ...
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