The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10;Volume 83;Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... enemy to insult ; many instances had occurred where the occupation of a capital had occa- sioned the conclusion of a war . For myself , ' he added , I never was so firmly established as to be able to attempt it at Paris ; I owed my ...
... enemy to insult ; many instances had occurred where the occupation of a capital had occa- sioned the conclusion of a war . For myself , ' he added , I never was so firmly established as to be able to attempt it at Paris ; I owed my ...
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... enemy having retaken the central redoubt as of the splendid devotion of our troops and of the fine cavalry charge which rendered us masters of the position . He held in his hands a portrait of the King of Rome which the Empress had sent ...
... enemy having retaken the central redoubt as of the splendid devotion of our troops and of the fine cavalry charge which rendered us masters of the position . He held in his hands a portrait of the King of Rome which the Empress had sent ...
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... enemy only needs a clear waterway to come across . Both the French and the German merchant fleets have increased to an extent which would enable them to find transport at very short notice for a large army . The three chief continental ...
... enemy only needs a clear waterway to come across . Both the French and the German merchant fleets have increased to an extent which would enable them to find transport at very short notice for a large army . The three chief continental ...
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... enemy had command of the sea they could starve us out , and no system of land defence would be of any avail . I do not think that this argument is sound . To blockade the ports of Great Britain many hundred of ships would be necessary ...
... enemy had command of the sea they could starve us out , and no system of land defence would be of any avail . I do not think that this argument is sound . To blockade the ports of Great Britain many hundred of ships would be necessary ...
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... enemy's fire becomes unaimed , and your attack may then be made as safely in column as any other way . Under those circumstances he says that no arrangement of men in lines , groups , or columns can have any effect on the individual's ...
... enemy's fire becomes unaimed , and your attack may then be made as safely in column as any other way . Under those circumstances he says that no arrangement of men in lines , groups , or columns can have any effect on the individual's ...
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