United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 110, Page 1H. Colburn, 1866 - Military art and science |
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... March , 1689 , after which the present Oxford Blues got that appellation permanently . + Royal Orders , & c . Browne's " History of the Highlands . " men to be added to the Holland regiment , under 1866. ] 5 THE RED COAT .
... March , 1689 , after which the present Oxford Blues got that appellation permanently . + Royal Orders , & c . Browne's " History of the Highlands . " men to be added to the Holland regiment , under 1866. ] 5 THE RED COAT .
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... march on Wavre , and to watch the Prussian General closely . Moreover , he was nearly matched by the Prussians under Thielman , whom he fought at Wavre . It could have been of no avail to the French if he had come up to their succour ...
... march on Wavre , and to watch the Prussian General closely . Moreover , he was nearly matched by the Prussians under Thielman , whom he fought at Wavre . It could have been of no avail to the French if he had come up to their succour ...
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... march . " The loss in the battle was just 5,000 ; and 7,500 had straggled , from the effects of the plunder . Such cases are , however , exceptional , and the ordinary difficul- ties of pursuits are only those necessarily incidental to ...
... march . " The loss in the battle was just 5,000 ; and 7,500 had straggled , from the effects of the plunder . Such cases are , however , exceptional , and the ordinary difficul- ties of pursuits are only those necessarily incidental to ...
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... march of the pursuing army will be only slightly slackened , and it will be very difficult for the enemy to re - organize his forces . Kutusoff availed himself of the advantages of a parallel pursuit in the disastrous campaign of 1812 ...
... march of the pursuing army will be only slightly slackened , and it will be very difficult for the enemy to re - organize his forces . Kutusoff availed himself of the advantages of a parallel pursuit in the disastrous campaign of 1812 ...
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... march he passed the field of Rosbach , that famous field where a handful of Prussians in former times had defeated an entire French army , and which Napoleon called " a burning shame . " Auerstadt and Jena had now avenged the horrible ...
... march he passed the field of Rosbach , that famous field where a handful of Prussians in former times had defeated an entire French army , and which Napoleon called " a burning shame . " Auerstadt and Jena had now avenged the horrible ...
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