Biographies of Eminent Soldiers of the Last Four CenturiesW. Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - 355 páginas |
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... fought with infantry only , in forming a corps of cavalry , and in collecting , during some minor expeditions , as many bombards and culverins as he could lay his hands upon . Nor were these precautions needless . From every part of ...
... fought with infantry only , in forming a corps of cavalry , and in collecting , during some minor expeditions , as many bombards and culverins as he could lay his hands upon . Nor were these precautions needless . From every part of ...
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... fought in its defence , and with him the wild convulsive weight of religious enthusi- asm which scorns as naught every ordinary species of force . On the 14th July 1420 the great attack was made . The combat was long and sanguinary ...
... fought in its defence , and with him the wild convulsive weight of religious enthusi- asm which scorns as naught every ordinary species of force . On the 14th July 1420 the great attack was made . The combat was long and sanguinary ...
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... placed the crown upon his head , but never made the slightest attempt to do so . His military genius was evidently of the highest order . And He fought thirteen general actions and nearly a hundred 14 ZISCA THE HUSSITE .
... placed the crown upon his head , but never made the slightest attempt to do so . His military genius was evidently of the highest order . And He fought thirteen general actions and nearly a hundred 14 ZISCA THE HUSSITE .
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John Mitchell, Leonhard Schmitz. And He fought thirteen general actions and nearly a hundred . minor combats , and never sustained a single defeat . these triumphs were achieved with armies composed , not of warlike nobles and their well ...
John Mitchell, Leonhard Schmitz. And He fought thirteen general actions and nearly a hundred . minor combats , and never sustained a single defeat . these triumphs were achieved with armies composed , not of warlike nobles and their well ...
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... fought under the banner of the Crescent in Greece and Hungary , distinguished himself on every occasion , and always , if we believe historians , treated Christian captives with Christian lenity . Ordinary hu- manity may account for the ...
... fought under the banner of the Crescent in Greece and Hungary , distinguished himself on every occasion , and always , if we believe historians , treated Christian captives with Christian lenity . Ordinary hu- manity may account for the ...
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