Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, Parte2H. Colburn, 1831 |
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... less faulty ; so that the weakness of that force has been owing less to its constitution than to the manner in which it has been understood and used ; whereas the strength of the infantry , such as it is , has resulted from causes over ...
... less faulty ; so that the weakness of that force has been owing less to its constitution than to the manner in which it has been understood and used ; whereas the strength of the infantry , such as it is , has resulted from causes over ...
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... less disgraceful than his triumph , whose brows victory crowned with asphodels instead of laurel , and whose name will be handed down to posterity as the ex- terminator of an erring and misguided race , distinguished for a degree of ...
... less disgraceful than his triumph , whose brows victory crowned with asphodels instead of laurel , and whose name will be handed down to posterity as the ex- terminator of an erring and misguided race , distinguished for a degree of ...
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... less to tactics and science , than to the speed of their ignominious flight , and the vicinity of the boats of their fleet consisting of seven sail of the line besides transports and other vessels . 66 The affair of Dubitza is still ...
... less to tactics and science , than to the speed of their ignominious flight , and the vicinity of the boats of their fleet consisting of seven sail of the line besides transports and other vessels . 66 The affair of Dubitza is still ...
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... idea of priming and loading out of the question ? * By some calculations no less than 200 shots are required . We take 100 as the lowest estimate we have seen . Their bayonets , perhaps , - " risum teneatis amici 8 TACTICS .
... idea of priming and loading out of the question ? * By some calculations no less than 200 shots are required . We take 100 as the lowest estimate we have seen . Their bayonets , perhaps , - " risum teneatis amici 8 TACTICS .
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... less odds in Port Baltic ; who escaladed Badajos , where not a stone of the fortifications had been injured , and where the most experienced soldiers , the conquerors of continental Europe , were waiting to receive them ; who stormed St ...
... less odds in Port Baltic ; who escaladed Badajos , where not a stone of the fortifications had been injured , and where the most experienced soldiers , the conquerors of continental Europe , were waiting to receive them ; who stormed St ...
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