The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... he learnt that Hannibal had quitted it three days before and had marched northwards . up the Rhone . To have followed him through an unknown country , whose inhabitants , as Gauls , probably 30 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
... he learnt that Hannibal had quitted it three days before and had marched northwards . up the Rhone . To have followed him through an unknown country , whose inhabitants , as Gauls , probably 30 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
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sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. unknown country , whose inhabitants , as Gauls , probably hated the Roman name , would have been madness ; for it must be remembered that the tribes which opposed him on the Rhone were in the neighbourhood ...
sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. unknown country , whose inhabitants , as Gauls , probably hated the Roman name , would have been madness ; for it must be remembered that the tribes which opposed him on the Rhone were in the neighbourhood ...
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... probably be effected in four . Sempronius effected his junction with Scipio unim- peded by Hannibal , and the army of the consuls then moving westward crossed to the left bank of the Trebbia , where it encamped . This movement was probably ...
... probably be effected in four . Sempronius effected his junction with Scipio unim- peded by Hannibal , and the army of the consuls then moving westward crossed to the left bank of the Trebbia , where it encamped . This movement was probably ...
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... Probably one about midway between the sea and the Isara would have been best chosen . When it is required to defend a long line , suppose the line of a river , and the point at which an enemy may approach it is uncertain , the general ...
... Probably one about midway between the sea and the Isara would have been best chosen . When it is required to defend a long line , suppose the line of a river , and the point at which an enemy may approach it is uncertain , the general ...
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... probably one of the rarest qualities of a general , the power of classifying in his own mind the various events and cir- cumstances which may influence the fate of a campaign , and giving to each no more than its due weight . It is to ...
... probably one of the rarest qualities of a general , the power of classifying in his own mind the various events and cir- cumstances which may influence the fate of a campaign , and giving to each no more than its due weight . It is to ...
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African allies Apulia Ariminum arms attack battle Beneventum besieging Bruttium camp campaign Campania Cannæ Canusium Capua Carthage Carthaginian Carthaginian army Casilinum cavalry Cisalpine Gaul command consuls defeat defended DICTIONARY encamped enemy engaged English Etruria Fabius favour Flaminius flank force formed front Fulvius garrison Gaulish Gracchus Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal Hastati heavy infantry History hope horse hostile Illustrations Italy legions light infantry light troops Lucania maniples Maps Marcellus MAUNDER'S miles military Minucius neighbourhood Nero nibal Nola Numidians Observation occupied officers operations oppose organise Perusia Placentia plain Plates Post 8vo prætor present Punic R. A. PROCTOR rear reinforce revised Rhone river Roman army Roman cavalry Roman infantry Rome Samnium Scipio Second Edition second Punic war Sempronius senate sent Servilius Sicily siege soldiers Spain Spaniards Square crown 8vo Suessula Tarentum Tifata tion town TREASURY Triarii Varro victorious vols Vulturnus winter Woodcuts
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