Which is weird, since it was written in 1814, and I can’t think of any bombs that burst in the air back then other than fireworks. Were they shooting fireworks in a battle?
The British Navy fired mortars — whose projectiles can explode midair — from bomb ships to bombard Fort McHenry, along with using Congreve rockets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baltimore
Which is weird, since it was written in 1814, and I can’t think of any bombs that burst in the air back then other than fireworks. Were they shooting fireworks in a battle?
The British Navy fired mortars — whose projectiles can explode midair — from bomb ships to bombard Fort McHenry, along with using Congreve rockets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baltimore
Lobbing fused rounds has been a thing as long as we’ve been lobbing things that explode.