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... ground 165 guns , besides 20,000 killed and wounded , that is to say , half his strength . Towards the end of the eighteenth century , in 1792 , we find that the Austrians commanded by Duke Albert constructed in front of their position ...
... ground 165 guns , besides 20,000 killed and wounded , that is to say , half his strength . Towards the end of the eighteenth century , in 1792 , we find that the Austrians commanded by Duke Albert constructed in front of their position ...
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... ground and by the great superiority of their Artillery fire , turned this kind of defence very skilfully to ac- count . But if a soldier in one of the little ambuscades was wounded during the day , he had to wait a long time without ...
... ground and by the great superiority of their Artillery fire , turned this kind of defence very skilfully to ac- count . But if a soldier in one of the little ambuscades was wounded during the day , he had to wait a long time without ...
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... ground before it had a gentle slope , and was such as to be very advantageous for the assem- bling of troops . The extension of our lines in the direction of Five - Forks , which was made in the last few days of March and on April 1 ...
... ground before it had a gentle slope , and was such as to be very advantageous for the assem- bling of troops . The extension of our lines in the direction of Five - Forks , which was made in the last few days of March and on April 1 ...
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... ground which enables the range of modern arms to be profited by , is absolutely impregnable except by surprise . Such is my conviction , based not only on the particular example I have just cited , but on the whole experience of our war ...
... ground which enables the range of modern arms to be profited by , is absolutely impregnable except by surprise . Such is my conviction , based not only on the particular example I have just cited , but on the whole experience of our war ...
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... ground , especially if they are protected by obstacles or by cover , has always been a dangerous operation ; at the present day especially , with the new arms , the defence has the advantage . ' Troops having to cross 300 or 400 mètres ...
... ground , especially if they are protected by obstacles or by cover , has always been a dangerous operation ; at the present day especially , with the new arms , the defence has the advantage . ' Troops having to cross 300 or 400 mètres ...
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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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