The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... natural quickness soon overcame this defect , by instructing them in the art of using the advantages of cover more than had ever been done before . Placed behind ravines , hedges , or the long rows of trees which so often take the place ...
... natural quickness soon overcame this defect , by instructing them in the art of using the advantages of cover more than had ever been done before . Placed behind ravines , hedges , or the long rows of trees which so often take the place ...
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... natural features of the ground . The course of the rivers , with the character of the hills or mountains which determine their flow , and the extent of forest and marsh , would fix the decisive points to be won , few comparatively in ...
... natural features of the ground . The course of the rivers , with the character of the hills or mountains which determine their flow , and the extent of forest and marsh , would fix the decisive points to be won , few comparatively in ...
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... natural want of strategical power . Assuming from the general verdict of military writers that in Napo- leon is to be found the highest example of this latter gift , we have only to compare carefully his campaigns , the objects achieved ...
... natural want of strategical power . Assuming from the general verdict of military writers that in Napo- leon is to be found the highest example of this latter gift , we have only to compare carefully his campaigns , the objects achieved ...
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... natural pride the conqueror himself regarded this as his greatest victory . With natural enthusi- asm 30 Recent Changes in the Art of War .
... natural pride the conqueror himself regarded this as his greatest victory . With natural enthusi- asm 30 Recent Changes in the Art of War .
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... natural enthusi- asm do French historians spend their best pains in recounting the stirring tale . With natural instinct has Baron Ambert , the newest , but by no means the least important of the military writers of his nation , devoted ...
... natural enthusi- asm do French historians spend their best pains in recounting the stirring tale . With natural instinct has Baron Ambert , the newest , but by no means the least important of the military writers of his nation , devoted ...
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