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... woods , on a hill , in a valley , or in a corn - field , the soldiers began by intrenching ; then , settled down behind the cover they had erected , they took their coffee , or prepared their dinner , and afterwards rested in safety ...
... woods , on a hill , in a valley , or in a corn - field , the soldiers began by intrenching ; then , settled down behind the cover they had erected , they took their coffee , or prepared their dinner , and afterwards rested in safety ...
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... woods , enclosures , deep roads , & c . ) must be utilised , or else artificial shelter must be constructed . When the ground is undulating or woody , the troops may easily be shielded from the enemy's sight and fire , but it is quite ...
... woods , enclosures , deep roads , & c . ) must be utilised , or else artificial shelter must be constructed . When the ground is undulating or woody , the troops may easily be shielded from the enemy's sight and fire , but it is quite ...
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... wood or travel in a railway - carriage . The tools of the troops would then have to be loaded in waggons or on requisitioned carriages , which would follow the columns a short distance off , a method of transport allowed by the French ...
... wood or travel in a railway - carriage . The tools of the troops would then have to be loaded in waggons or on requisitioned carriages , which would follow the columns a short distance off , a method of transport allowed by the French ...
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... woods , defiles , isolated buildings ) in a state of defence . 2. The construction of either open or closed works , intended to strengthen the important points of a field of battle . 3. The opening up of roads for the columns . 4. The ...
... woods , defiles , isolated buildings ) in a state of defence . 2. The construction of either open or closed works , intended to strengthen the important points of a field of battle . 3. The opening up of roads for the columns . 4. The ...
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... wood to the river , the troops and bat- teries in the first line can see the ground in front of the position , and command the plain , in the centre of which is the village T. The roads leaving this village cross the left of the ...
... wood to the river , the troops and bat- teries in the first line can see the ground in front of the position , and command the plain , in the centre of which is the village T. The roads leaving this village cross the left of the ...
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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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