United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 110, Page 1H. Colburn, 1866 - Military art and science |
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... appearing to fight a duel with Lord Reay , wore a coat of scarlet ( according to Sanderson's History of England ) , so ... appear , however , to have been clad in blue . Balfour , at this period , mentions on several occasions the " four ...
... appearing to fight a duel with Lord Reay , wore a coat of scarlet ( according to Sanderson's History of England ) , so ... appear , however , to have been clad in blue . Balfour , at this period , mentions on several occasions the " four ...
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... appear in the field at the decisive moment . The fact points emphatically to the very great error on the part of Napoleon in giving battle at all at Waterloo , with such masses of Prussians hovering in the vicinity . Even had Grouchy ...
... appear in the field at the decisive moment . The fact points emphatically to the very great error on the part of Napoleon in giving battle at all at Waterloo , with such masses of Prussians hovering in the vicinity . Even had Grouchy ...
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... appears that this illusion was purposely kept up by a kind of ruse de guerre on the part of the French generals . In several intercepted despatches from Berthier to the marshals of the army , which fell into the hands of the Russians ...
... appears that this illusion was purposely kept up by a kind of ruse de guerre on the part of the French generals . In several intercepted despatches from Berthier to the marshals of the army , which fell into the hands of the Russians ...
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... appears to have com- menced in the Cavalry , as in the Infantry , during the reign of William III . At the reduction of the army at the peace of 1712 , all Cavalry corps junior to the present 8th Hussars were disbanded . Again , in 1740 ...
... appears to have com- menced in the Cavalry , as in the Infantry , during the reign of William III . At the reduction of the army at the peace of 1712 , all Cavalry corps junior to the present 8th Hussars were disbanded . Again , in 1740 ...
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... appear , he insisted on it as sufficient to invalidate the in- quisition and to obtain his object in getting it quashed . " Therefore , the serjeant - at - sea - law submits to their lordships the technical objections to a ship being a ...
... appear , he insisted on it as sufficient to invalidate the in- quisition and to obtain his object in getting it quashed . " Therefore , the serjeant - at - sea - law submits to their lordships the technical objections to a ship being a ...
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