The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... superior wealth of town and country , giving facilities , hitherto unknown , for the feeding and moving of great hosts , that in Europe , at all events , there is an inevitable tendency to accelerate events in time of war . Such ...
... superior wealth of town and country , giving facilities , hitherto unknown , for the feeding and moving of great hosts , that in Europe , at all events , there is an inevitable tendency to accelerate events in time of war . Such ...
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... superior to his own in all material respects , the one secret of his success being ( as it has been happily summarised ) to turn every position , and beat the enemy in detail , before they were able to unite their forces . But all this ...
... superior to his own in all material respects , the one secret of his success being ( as it has been happily summarised ) to turn every position , and beat the enemy in detail , before they were able to unite their forces . But all this ...
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... superior accuracy and range of the rifle will destroy the value of Napoleon's repeated advice to his marshals , Carry your troops well on , and attack the enemy vigorously , ' this practical observer declares ( p . 7 . ) - 6 ' One cause ...
... superior accuracy and range of the rifle will destroy the value of Napoleon's repeated advice to his marshals , Carry your troops well on , and attack the enemy vigorously , ' this practical observer declares ( p . 7 . ) - 6 ' One cause ...
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... superior range now attained permits the front of the army to be swept effectually , and the enemy's columns to be taken in flank - the most formidable direction which can be used - without that subdivision of the batteries heretofore in ...
... superior range now attained permits the front of the army to be swept effectually , and the enemy's columns to be taken in flank - the most formidable direction which can be used - without that subdivision of the batteries heretofore in ...
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... superior numbers , 1 long training , and accumulated victory ; led by a chief whose bold strategy had not yet degenerated into limitless waste of men's lives , the French rushed on to the flank ex- ' French historians ( repeated too ...
... superior numbers , 1 long training , and accumulated victory ; led by a chief whose bold strategy had not yet degenerated into limitless waste of men's lives , the French rushed on to the flank ex- ' French historians ( repeated too ...
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