United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 110, Page 1H. Colburn, 1866 - Military art and science |
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... possible advantages from victory , it must be executed with the utmost rapidity . It must be inces- sant , tenacious , unrelenting . There are two kinds of pursuits : 1. The direct pursuit - when we follow the enemy , taking the same ...
... possible advantages from victory , it must be executed with the utmost rapidity . It must be inces- sant , tenacious , unrelenting . There are two kinds of pursuits : 1. The direct pursuit - when we follow the enemy , taking the same ...
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... possible injury , looking out particularly for his ordnance , ammu- nition and baggage . These , if we cannot carry them with us , are to be destroyed ; but if the enemy's reinforcements arrive too early , we must retire in order ...
... possible injury , looking out particularly for his ordnance , ammu- nition and baggage . These , if we cannot carry them with us , are to be destroyed ; but if the enemy's reinforcements arrive too early , we must retire in order ...
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... possible of the enemy in a situation where it was evident they would ere long become his prisoners . He therefore gave orders to leave the entrance to the place open ; and in order to expedite his plan , he dispersed his cavalry in all ...
... possible of the enemy in a situation where it was evident they would ere long become his prisoners . He therefore gave orders to leave the entrance to the place open ; and in order to expedite his plan , he dispersed his cavalry in all ...
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... possible in such a conjuncture . Whence came that child thus found in a pit beside the highway ? Who had left it there ? It was impossible to say or conjecture . Those who had deserted it had taken care to leave no token of recognition ...
... possible in such a conjuncture . Whence came that child thus found in a pit beside the highway ? Who had left it there ? It was impossible to say or conjecture . Those who had deserted it had taken care to leave no token of recognition ...
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... possible worlds . CHAPTER II . Presentiments . With a few rare examples , the childhood of the greatest heroes has given little or no promise of their future celebrity . Strange , if not wonderful , precocity of the martial stamp is ...
... possible worlds . CHAPTER II . Presentiments . With a few rare examples , the childhood of the greatest heroes has given little or no promise of their future celebrity . Strange , if not wonderful , precocity of the martial stamp is ...
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