Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 54; Volume 117Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1891 |
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... war . There is no pursuit now after victory won , and the vanquished draws off shaken but not broken ; in the smooth ... Franco - German war is generally re- garded as an exceptionally effective per- formance on the part of the Germans ...
... war . There is no pursuit now after victory won , and the vanquished draws off shaken but not broken ; in the smooth ... Franco - German war is generally re- garded as an exceptionally effective per- formance on the part of the Germans ...
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... Franco - German war lasted six and a half months ; reckoning from the crossing of the Rhine to the evening of Austerlitz , Napoleon subjugated Austria in two and a quarter months . Perhaps , however , his campaign of 1809 against ...
... Franco - German war lasted six and a half months ; reckoning from the crossing of the Rhine to the evening of Austerlitz , Napoleon subjugated Austria in two and a quarter months . Perhaps , however , his campaign of 1809 against ...
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... Franco - German war , the frequency of announcements of the fall of French fortresses used to be the subject of casual jeers . The jeers were misplaced . The French fortresses , labor- ing under every conceivable disadvantage , did not ...
... Franco - German war , the frequency of announcements of the fall of French fortresses used to be the subject of casual jeers . The jeers were misplaced . The French fortresses , labor- ing under every conceivable disadvantage , did not ...
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... Franco - German war . Bazaine had to be on the offensive , because he wanted to get away toward Verdun ; Alvensleben took it because it was the only means whereby he could hinder Bazaine from accomplish- ing his purpose . But for the ...
... Franco - German war . Bazaine had to be on the offensive , because he wanted to get away toward Verdun ; Alvensleben took it because it was the only means whereby he could hinder Bazaine from accomplish- ing his purpose . But for the ...
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... Franco - German War days . will have to break into loose order at a greater distance , because of the longer range of sinall arms , and the further scope , the greater accuracy , and the quicker fire He of the new artillery . He too ...
... Franco - German War days . will have to break into loose order at a greater distance , because of the longer range of sinall arms , and the further scope , the greater accuracy , and the quicker fire He of the new artillery . He too ...
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