The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... advantage in war of a ready use of every im- provement in mechanical art . And more striking still as an example , the brief campaign of 1859 showed the astonished world the practical results of the diligent improvement by France of her ...
... advantage in war of a ready use of every im- provement in mechanical art . And more striking still as an example , the brief campaign of 1859 showed the astonished world the practical results of the diligent improvement by France of her ...
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... advantages of cover more than had ever been done before . Placed behind ravines , hedges , or the long rows of trees ... advantage by inducing a care- lessness on the part of the enemy's horse which often Recent Changes in the Art of War ...
... advantages of cover more than had ever been done before . Placed behind ravines , hedges , or the long rows of trees ... advantage by inducing a care- lessness on the part of the enemy's horse which often Recent Changes in the Art of War ...
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... skirmishers into broken ground , thus throwing away all the advantages of speed ; and he attributes this vice to their former easy successes . lessons , was finely illustrated on this very ground twenty 12 Recent Changes in the Art of War .
... skirmishers into broken ground , thus throwing away all the advantages of speed ; and he attributes this vice to their former easy successes . lessons , was finely illustrated on this very ground twenty 12 Recent Changes in the Art of War .
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... advantages gained by Bonaparte's bold diplomacy ) not inferior to that of his rival . The year 1796 was , as before said , a true era in war ; and something more than the genius of a single man must be found to account fully for the ...
... advantages gained by Bonaparte's bold diplomacy ) not inferior to that of his rival . The year 1796 was , as before said , a true era in war ; and something more than the genius of a single man must be found to account fully for the ...
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... advantage , or of securing in any event the superiority of communi- cations , depend upon his choice of the lines of operation , and of the value he may attach to certain decisive points to be gained and held ; whilst the variety of ...
... advantage , or of securing in any event the superiority of communi- cations , depend upon his choice of the lines of operation , and of the value he may attach to certain decisive points to be gained and held ; whilst the variety of ...
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