The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10;Volume 83;Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... reason for sporting his oak ' in this peculiar manner , and he did not vouchsafe any explanation . The CORNHILL was edited by Thackeray from January 1860 to May 1862. I cannot truly say that he was , in a business sense , a good editor ...
... reason for sporting his oak ' in this peculiar manner , and he did not vouchsafe any explanation . The CORNHILL was edited by Thackeray from January 1860 to May 1862. I cannot truly say that he was , in a business sense , a good editor ...
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... reason why it should not work now , and because dragoons became cavalry is no conclusive proof that mounted infantry have not a definite function in modern warfare . Not only has the change in weapons altered all conditions , but the ...
... reason why it should not work now , and because dragoons became cavalry is no conclusive proof that mounted infantry have not a definite function in modern warfare . Not only has the change in weapons altered all conditions , but the ...
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... reason- able precautions appears to have diminished to an extent which should make it a very desperate enterprise . The Boer War has shown how great are the advantages of the defence , and it is no answer to point out , as some of my ...
... reason- able precautions appears to have diminished to an extent which should make it a very desperate enterprise . The Boer War has shown how great are the advantages of the defence , and it is no answer to point out , as some of my ...
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... reason being that I look upon the magazine rifle as the master weapon . It is said frequently that the lesson of this campaign will not apply to other campaigns . But when the fighting was among the hills of Natal we said that cavalry ...
... reason being that I look upon the magazine rifle as the master weapon . It is said frequently that the lesson of this campaign will not apply to other campaigns . But when the fighting was among the hills of Natal we said that cavalry ...
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... reason at all why they should be left to the professionals . We left the infantry shooting to professionals , and they served out two hundred cartridges a year . We left the choice of guns to professionals . They rejected the ' pom ...
... reason at all why they should be left to the professionals . We left the infantry shooting to professionals , and they served out two hundred cartridges a year . We left the choice of guns to professionals . They rejected the ' pom ...
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