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... latter village . Napoleon was able to prove the utility of intrenchments and fortified posts under a large number of circumstances . A simple redoubt , constructed on the road of Montenotte , and defended by Colonel Rampon , resisted ...
... latter village . Napoleon was able to prove the utility of intrenchments and fortified posts under a large number of circumstances . A simple redoubt , constructed on the road of Montenotte , and defended by Colonel Rampon , resisted ...
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... latter , forming a second line of defence . We may , then , affirm that Napoleon was a decided partisan of hasty intrenchments . He used to complain , while at St. Helena , that more frequent use had not been made of them during his ...
... latter , forming a second line of defence . We may , then , affirm that Napoleon was a decided partisan of hasty intrenchments . He used to complain , while at St. Helena , that more frequent use had not been made of them during his ...
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... latter drawback would also occur if the level of the berm were lowered by 8 inches , which , however , is preferable to the other method , and soldiers will instinctively have recourse to it when they are obliged to remain seated in ...
... latter drawback would also occur if the level of the berm were lowered by 8 inches , which , however , is preferable to the other method , and soldiers will instinctively have recourse to it when they are obliged to remain seated in ...
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... latter should exercise must be given up , and that no movement on the part of the men is possible ; so that they consequently could not conveniently handle their arms for loading and firing . ' It was , however , found in these same ...
... latter should exercise must be given up , and that no movement on the part of the men is possible ; so that they consequently could not conveniently handle their arms for loading and firing . ' It was , however , found in these same ...
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... latter requires an excavation of 365 cubic feet for each mètre in length , it may still be success- fully employed in the construction of redoubts and other works of passive defence . In this case , the time of working may be reduced in ...
... latter requires an excavation of 365 cubic feet for each mètre in length , it may still be success- fully employed in the construction of redoubts and other works of passive defence . In this case , the time of working may be reduced in ...
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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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