The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... proved itself as fit for combined and ready action in the shock of battle as for the rapid march and quick concentration which had already placed Napoleon's enemies at such disadvantage in the general campaign . Henceforth the tactics ...
... proved itself as fit for combined and ready action in the shock of battle as for the rapid march and quick concentration which had already placed Napoleon's enemies at such disadvantage in the general campaign . Henceforth the tactics ...
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... proved of small avail , and the trifling losses reported among the French gunners showed that the French Emperor owed his first victory to other means ; yet in Solferino's open ground the rifled cannon answered their projector's expecta ...
... proved of small avail , and the trifling losses reported among the French gunners showed that the French Emperor owed his first victory to other means ; yet in Solferino's open ground the rifled cannon answered their projector's expecta ...
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... proved not only to do more proportionate damage to the enemy , but to have the effect of protecting the batteries themselves . Colonel Fremantle has taken pains to show that a similar process to the French Emperor's was forced by ...
... proved not only to do more proportionate damage to the enemy , but to have the effect of protecting the batteries themselves . Colonel Fremantle has taken pains to show that a similar process to the French Emperor's was forced by ...
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... proved lightness of modern carriages gives marked facilities for such combination , as the superior range now attained permits the front of the army to be swept effectually , and the enemy's columns to be taken in flank - the most ...
... proved lightness of modern carriages gives marked facilities for such combination , as the superior range now attained permits the front of the army to be swept effectually , and the enemy's columns to be taken in flank - the most ...
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... proved for all time the utter uselessness of attempting to crush any part of the line of battle of a firm enemy with cavalry alone . It is not likely that his mistake will be repeated , now that the fire of a square of infantry has ...
... proved for all time the utter uselessness of attempting to crush any part of the line of battle of a firm enemy with cavalry alone . It is not likely that his mistake will be repeated , now that the fire of a square of infantry has ...
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