The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... arms , and to collect at a short notice armies of extraordinary magnitude in the field . The resources of science , and the appliances of art were introduced in military operations . Rail- roads , electric telegraphs , and new modes of ...
... arms , and to collect at a short notice armies of extraordinary magnitude in the field . The resources of science , and the appliances of art were introduced in military operations . Rail- roads , electric telegraphs , and new modes of ...
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... arms have been rapidly exchanged from the old smooth - bore musket to the rifle , and from the rifle to the breech - loader ; and , in short , the armies which have just taken the field differ from the armies commanded by the first Napo ...
... arms have been rapidly exchanged from the old smooth - bore musket to the rifle , and from the rifle to the breech - loader ; and , in short , the armies which have just taken the field differ from the armies commanded by the first Napo ...
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... arms ; and it is probable that this number will be exceeded by the large number of voluntary enlistments which are taking place . Some indulgence might not unreasonably be asked for the work of a civilian , practically unacquainted with ...
... arms ; and it is probable that this number will be exceeded by the large number of voluntary enlistments which are taking place . Some indulgence might not unreasonably be asked for the work of a civilian , practically unacquainted with ...
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... arms , and it was revised by competent military authorities in this country . The writer therefore lays no claim at all to any merits it may possess . Its deficiencies may with greater fairness be laid to his charge . The important ...
... arms , and it was revised by competent military authorities in this country . The writer therefore lays no claim at all to any merits it may possess . Its deficiencies may with greater fairness be laid to his charge . The important ...
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... arms , was held by many thoughtful politicians to be the future condition of the civilised world , -when even in the military profession men of the highest education and intelli- gence were heard to declare that Europe would never again ...
... arms , was held by many thoughtful politicians to be the future condition of the civilised world , -when even in the military profession men of the highest education and intelli- gence were heard to declare that Europe would never again ...
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