Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, Parte2H. Colburn, 1831 |
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... proved successful ; for war , like all other lotteries , has its prizes , whose glit- tering rewards offer tempting inducement to the leaders , though unfor- tunately the poor soldiers invariably pay the forfeiture of the TACTICS .
... proved successful ; for war , like all other lotteries , has its prizes , whose glit- tering rewards offer tempting inducement to the leaders , though unfor- tunately the poor soldiers invariably pay the forfeiture of the TACTICS .
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... proved soldiers of England forced to lay down their arms ! Totally unskilled in any mode of individual contest , they sought shelter only in a square , and thus presented an almost infallible mark to the aim of their unskilful enemies ...
... proved soldiers of England forced to lay down their arms ! Totally unskilled in any mode of individual contest , they sought shelter only in a square , and thus presented an almost infallible mark to the aim of their unskilful enemies ...
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... proved superior to our own . On the contrary , we are con- vinced that an army trained on European principles and conducted with ordinary talent will always , in the end , prove victorious over enemies possessing merely the wild energy ...
... proved superior to our own . On the contrary , we are con- vinced that an army trained on European principles and conducted with ordinary talent will always , in the end , prove victorious over enemies possessing merely the wild energy ...
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... proved superior to our own . On the contrary , we are con- vinced that an army trained on European principles and conducted with ordinary talent will always , in the end , prove victorious over enemies possessing merely the wild energy ...
... proved superior to our own . On the contrary , we are con- vinced that an army trained on European principles and conducted with ordinary talent will always , in the end , prove victorious over enemies possessing merely the wild energy ...
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... proved to be a spiritless bragadocio ; and his insolence originated in the ill- defined extent of power which can be exercised in trading - vessels . It is but just that the situation of master , on board merchant - men , should be so ...
... proved to be a spiritless bragadocio ; and his insolence originated in the ill- defined extent of power which can be exercised in trading - vessels . It is but just that the situation of master , on board merchant - men , should be so ...
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