Personal Reminiscences of General SkobeleffW. H. Allen & Company, 1884 - 346 páginas |
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... battle of Plevna , however , that his talents as a military leader had full play . He inspired his men with a devo- tion hardly equalled by Napoleon's grenadiers . The b His enthusiasm with which his troops charged the enemy was ...
... battle of Plevna , however , that his talents as a military leader had full play . He inspired his men with a devo- tion hardly equalled by Napoleon's grenadiers . The b His enthusiasm with which his troops charged the enemy was ...
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... battle clad in white , decked with orders , scented and curled , like a bridegroom to a wedding , his eyes gleaming with wild delight , his voice tre- mulous with joyous excitement . The Turks called him Akh - Pasha , the White General ...
... battle clad in white , decked with orders , scented and curled , like a bridegroom to a wedding , his eyes gleaming with wild delight , his voice tre- mulous with joyous excitement . The Turks called him Akh - Pasha , the White General ...
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... battle of Shipka , and the capture of Adrianople showed him to be a strategist and tacti- cian as well . That march across the Balkans was a truly grand and heroic feature in the campaign of 1877-78 . Skobeleff's subsequent career is so ...
... battle of Shipka , and the capture of Adrianople showed him to be a strategist and tacti- cian as well . That march across the Balkans was a truly grand and heroic feature in the campaign of 1877-78 . Skobeleff's subsequent career is so ...
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... battle - fields , over which the Russian standard would have floated triumphantly , were lost to him for ever ! It seemed as though his thoughts , like bees , were still flying round that head . And what thoughts those were , with what ...
... battle - fields , over which the Russian standard would have floated triumphantly , were lost to him for ever ! It seemed as though his thoughts , like bees , were still flying round that head . And what thoughts those were , with what ...
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... battle the soldier's ball ? " he asked some one . Now , at last , I feel happy ! " 66 " Can the idea of battle make you happy ? " " What other effect could it produce ? Is a soldier to cry at the prospect of a fight ? War is our element ...
... battle the soldier's ball ? " he asked some one . Now , at last , I feel happy ! " 66 " Can the idea of battle make you happy ? " " What other effect could it produce ? Is a soldier to cry at the prospect of a fight ? War is our element ...
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Personal Reminiscences of General Skobeleff Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko Vista completa - 1884 |
Personal Reminiscences of General Skobeleff Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko Vista completa - 1884 |
Personal Reminiscences of General Skobeleff Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko Vista completa - 1884 |
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