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... minute ; but in converting the French into English measures , unless the exact figures had been given , the various calculations would not have worked out correctly . Translator . HASTY INTRENCHMENTS . ' Les principes de la fortification ...
... minute ; but in converting the French into English measures , unless the exact figures had been given , the various calculations would not have worked out correctly . Translator . HASTY INTRENCHMENTS . ' Les principes de la fortification ...
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... minutes to open a passage for us , and in that time we lost 1,100 men . We then carried the parapet , and found that it was de- fended by less than one rank of Infantry . ' What conclusion must we draw from this remarkable ex- General ...
... minutes to open a passage for us , and in that time we lost 1,100 men . We then carried the parapet , and found that it was de- fended by less than one rank of Infantry . ' What conclusion must we draw from this remarkable ex- General ...
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... minute the rifleman would form a mound of earth which would offer greater resistance to projectiles than the knapsack placed at an angle on the ground , or propped up by the bayonet . On the other hand , a soldier will never be induced ...
... minute the rifleman would form a mound of earth which would offer greater resistance to projectiles than the knapsack placed at an angle on the ground , or propped up by the bayonet . On the other hand , a soldier will never be induced ...
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... , about 3 ft . 3 in . high and 9 ft . 10 in . wide at the bottom , formed out of two cuttings . This intrenchment , which sappers construct in 35 or 40 C · minutes , is difficult to cross , and its construction Shelter - Trenches . 17.
... , about 3 ft . 3 in . high and 9 ft . 10 in . wide at the bottom , formed out of two cuttings . This intrenchment , which sappers construct in 35 or 40 C · minutes , is difficult to cross , and its construction Shelter - Trenches . 17.
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Alexis Henri Brialmont. minutes , is difficult to cross , and its construction takes too long when Infantry are detailed ... minutes are available , no other kind must be constructed ; We shall see further on that this statement of French ...
Alexis Henri Brialmont. minutes , is difficult to cross , and its construction takes too long when Infantry are detailed ... minutes are available , no other kind must be constructed ; We shall see further on that this statement of French ...
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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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