The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 páginas |
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... weight attached to artil- lery in the last campaigns of the great Conqueror was a sign of decadence rather than improvement — a poor substitute for the juster proportion of arms which he had no time to create anew after the disasters of ...
... weight attached to artil- lery in the last campaigns of the great Conqueror was a sign of decadence rather than improvement — a poor substitute for the juster proportion of arms which he had no time to create anew after the disasters of ...
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... weight of a mighty name opposed to all reform or change crushed out the active life of every portion of the service . Even the mild and colourless régime of Lord Hardinge revived the military spirit in some degree . Then came our bitter ...
... weight of a mighty name opposed to all reform or change crushed out the active life of every portion of the service . Even the mild and colourless régime of Lord Hardinge revived the military spirit in some degree . Then came our bitter ...
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... against the ambition of Austria , to give increased political weight to his kingdom . The Kaiser was loth , therefore , to push his late success ; and his mother , seeing plainly the dangers The Military Growth of Prussia . 71.
... against the ambition of Austria , to give increased political weight to his kingdom . The Kaiser was loth , therefore , to push his late success ; and his mother , seeing plainly the dangers The Military Growth of Prussia . 71.
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... weight of his influence in Europe , and of asserting that prin- ciple of divine right , to him no less dear than to the first monarch of the line , or to their present suc- cessor . A more material gain was that achieved under the ...
... weight of his influence in Europe , and of asserting that prin- ciple of divine right , to him no less dear than to the first monarch of the line , or to their present suc- cessor . A more material gain was that achieved under the ...
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... weights , and men used to horses , to abolish the heavy troopers , with the helmets and cuirasses , to provide each squadron with light carts to carry a portion of its baggage , to relinquish the musquetoon for the revolver , are the ...
... weights , and men used to horses , to abolish the heavy troopers , with the helmets and cuirasses , to provide each squadron with light carts to carry a portion of its baggage , to relinquish the musquetoon for the revolver , are the ...
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