The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... means of war . Very different are these days , it would seem , from those of the preceding generation , when a millennium of trade , unbroken by the clang of arms , was held by many thoughtful politicians to be the future condition of ...
... means of war . Very different are these days , it would seem , from those of the preceding generation , when a millennium of trade , unbroken by the clang of arms , was held by many thoughtful politicians to be the future condition of ...
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... means of doing these things are so greatly enlarged by the improved communications prepared in time of peace , and by the superior wealth of town and country , giving facilities , hitherto unknown , for the feeding and moving of great ...
... means of doing these things are so greatly enlarged by the improved communications prepared in time of peace , and by the superior wealth of town and country , giving facilities , hitherto unknown , for the feeding and moving of great ...
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... means of attack . Add to them the high average intelligence of the French soldier , and the instrument was prepared wherewith Napo- leon was destined to overthrow successive combina- tions of the most formidable armies of Europe . Let ...
... means of attack . Add to them the high average intelligence of the French soldier , and the instrument was prepared wherewith Napo- leon was destined to overthrow successive combina- tions of the most formidable armies of Europe . Let ...
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... means of transit , the greater the difficulty of selecting that course which is the best for the ends in view . Given a country of semi - barbarous nature where the hand of man feeds him but from day to day and does nothing for laying ...
... means of transit , the greater the difficulty of selecting that course which is the best for the ends in view . Given a country of semi - barbarous nature where the hand of man feeds him but from day to day and does nothing for laying ...
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... means , it remains to trace the development of the tactical part of warfare under the most modern conditions - in other words , to see what improvements have been made during the past sixty years in the use of the various arms in face ...
... means , it remains to trace the development of the tactical part of warfare under the most modern conditions - in other words , to see what improvements have been made during the past sixty years in the use of the various arms in face ...
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