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... ditch at a pre - concerted signal , so as to leave the assailants exposed to the fire of the place . The Russian Engineers , favoured by the in- equalities of the ground and by the great superiority of their Artillery fire , turned this ...
... ditch at a pre - concerted signal , so as to leave the assailants exposed to the fire of the place . The Russian Engineers , favoured by the in- equalities of the ground and by the great superiority of their Artillery fire , turned this ...
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... ditch , supported at intervals by flanking batteries , and covered by a row of abatis . These obstacles seemed to us easy to overcome . Nearly our whole strength , about 1,500 men , was massed during the night in rear of the intrenched ...
... ditch , supported at intervals by flanking batteries , and covered by a row of abatis . These obstacles seemed to us easy to overcome . Nearly our whole strength , about 1,500 men , was massed during the night in rear of the intrenched ...
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... ditch before he can think of resistance ; we are favoured besides by a thick mist which almost nullifies the action of his Artillery ; and we gain our object , only with immense loss , and only because the effective strength of the ...
... ditch before he can think of resistance ; we are favoured besides by a thick mist which almost nullifies the action of his Artillery ; and we gain our object , only with immense loss , and only because the effective strength of the ...
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... ditch of the length of two shovels placed end to end , and of a width at the top equal to the length of one shovel , that is , a ditch 8'6 " long , by 4 ′ 3 ′′ wide . ' The officers and non - commissioned officers of the two com- panies ...
... ditch of the length of two shovels placed end to end , and of a width at the top equal to the length of one shovel , that is , a ditch 8'6 " long , by 4 ′ 3 ′′ wide . ' The officers and non - commissioned officers of the two com- panies ...
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... ditch by a berm . The profile in Fig . 5 , Pl . 1 , is that of the intrenchments constructed by the Austrians at Chlum - Nedelist , in July 1866 . It allows of two ranks of riflemen being placed under cover . Colonel Baron de Pidoll ...
... ditch by a berm . The profile in Fig . 5 , Pl . 1 , is that of the intrenchments constructed by the Austrians at Chlum - Nedelist , in July 1866 . It allows of two ranks of riflemen being placed under cover . Colonel Baron de Pidoll ...
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18th Royal Irish 65 Cornhill advanced posts advantage armed Army Artillery attack Austrians banquette barricades bastions battalions batteries berm BRIALMONT Brigade Caldiero camp Cavalry centre château chevaux de frise Colonel de Pidoll columns command corps d'armée covering mass cubic feet Demy 8vo detachments ditch earth enceinte enemy enemy's enfilade Engineers epaulments excavation exposed exterior reserve favour field of battle fire flanks flèches foot force formed German ground guns Hasty Intrenchments Horse Artillery important Infantry knapsack La Rothière line of abatis line of battle line of defence little wood merlons mètre military minutes musketry Napoleon occupied offensive front operations parapet pickaxes placed points position profile in Fig protected Prussian rank rear redoubts réduit regiments require riflemen road Rogniat Sadowa second line shelter shelter-trenches shovels skirmishers slope soldiers superior slope TACTICAL DEDUCTIONS toise trench troops trous de loup wing workmen yards
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Сторінка 92 - One of the best-known and coolest-headed of the metropolitan regiments, whose adjutant moreover has lately published an admirable collection of lectures addressed by him to the men of his corps.
Сторінка 91 - The work of Major von Blume in its English dress forms the most valuable addition to our stock of works upon the war that our press has put forth. Major Blume writes with a clear conciseness much wanting in many of his country's historians. Our space forbids our doing more than commending it earnestly as the most authentic and instructive narrative of the second section of the war that has yet appeared.
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Сторінка 91 - The work of translation has been well done ; the expressive German idioms have been rendered into clear, nervous English without losing any of their original force ; and in notes, prefaces, and introductions, much additional information has been given.
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