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... principal is that of fortification . ' The Austrians and the Russians , at the time of the Seven Years ' War , made several successful applications of hasty in- trenchments . In 1757 , 20,000 Austrians under the orders of the Count of ...
... principal is that of fortification . ' The Austrians and the Russians , at the time of the Seven Years ' War , made several successful applications of hasty in- trenchments . In 1757 , 20,000 Austrians under the orders of the Count of ...
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... principal line of defence . We took possession of the line of advanced posts after a desperate en- counter . I hastened to have such works executed as were necessary to enable me to defend it by turning its front against the rebels ...
... principal line of defence . We took possession of the line of advanced posts after a desperate en- counter . I hastened to have such works executed as were necessary to enable me to defend it by turning its front against the rebels ...
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... principal line of defence , as seen from the position we were occupying , had the appearance of a continuous parapet with a ditch , supported at intervals by flanking batteries , and covered by a row of abatis . These obstacles seemed ...
... principal line of defence , as seen from the position we were occupying , had the appearance of a continuous parapet with a ditch , supported at intervals by flanking batteries , and covered by a row of abatis . These obstacles seemed ...
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... principal depôt ( grand parc ) of the army , the control of which is in the hands of the commander - in - chief alone , comprises 4,700 shovels and 2,200 pickaxes . 2 Conférence sur le rôle de la fortification passagère dans les combats ...
... principal depôt ( grand parc ) of the army , the control of which is in the hands of the commander - in - chief alone , comprises 4,700 shovels and 2,200 pickaxes . 2 Conférence sur le rôle de la fortification passagère dans les combats ...
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... principal point is , that they should afford shelter against grape , bullets , the sword , and the bayonet , which are all a hundred times more destructive agents than shot . Let us take into consideration that the gun is much less ...
... principal point is , that they should afford shelter against grape , bullets , the sword , and the bayonet , which are all a hundred times more destructive agents than shot . Let us take into consideration that the gun is much less ...
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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 91 - Vera." 2 vols. Fifth Edition. Cloth, gilt tops, I2j. *„* Also a Cheaper Edition in i vol. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 6s. BLU ME (Major W.). The Operations of the German Armies in France, from Sedan to the end of the war of 187071. With Map. From the Journals of the Head-quarters Staff. Translated by the late EM Jones, Maj.
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 - WARTENSLEBEN (Count H. von.)— THE OPERATIONS OF THE SOUTH ARMY IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1871. Compiled from the Official War Documents of the Head-quarters of the Southern Army. Translated by Colonel CH von Wright. With Maps. Demy 8vo.
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.
Сторінка 92 - ... precision. . . . We must, without delay, impress brain and forethought into the British Service ; and we cannot commence the good work too soon, or better, than by placing the two books (* The Operations of the German Armies' and 'Tactical Deductions') we have here criticised, in every military library, and introducing them as class-books in every tactical school.