The Army and Navy of America: Containing a View of the Heroic Adventures, Battles, Naval Engagements, Remarkable Incidents, and Glorious Achievements in the Cause of Freedom, from the Period of the French and Indian Wars to the Close of the Florida War : Independent of an Account of Warlike Operations on Land and Sea : Enlivened by a Variety of the Most Interesting Anecdotes, and Splendidly Embellished with Numerous EngravingsJohn S. Gable, 1845 - 624 страница |
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... officers of light troops have not always the requisite ex- perience to conduct their detachments . XVI . The most appropriate disposition for leading troops into action , the Order of Battle , should possess the inherent quali- ties of ...
... officers of light troops have not always the requisite ex- perience to conduct their detachments . XVI . The most appropriate disposition for leading troops into action , the Order of Battle , should possess the inherent quali- ties of ...
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... officers , officers and men , should be selected for their respective capabilities and knowledge . A corps deficient in instruction , is only an embarrassment to an advanced guard . It was the opinion of Frederick , that an advanced ...
... officers , officers and men , should be selected for their respective capabilities and knowledge . A corps deficient in instruction , is only an embarrassment to an advanced guard . It was the opinion of Frederick , that an advanced ...
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... Officers who have adopted this line of conduct , have often brought off three - fourths of their garrison . In 1705 the French , who were besieged in Haguenau by Count Thungen , found themselves incapable of sustaining an assault . Peri ...
... Officers who have adopted this line of conduct , have often brought off three - fourths of their garrison . In 1705 the French , who were besieged in Haguenau by Count Thungen , found themselves incapable of sustaining an assault . Peri ...
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... officers and the spirit of the soldiers are among the pri- mary considerations . LVIII . The keys of a fortress are well worth the retirement of the garrison , when it is resolved to yield only on those condi- tions . On this principle ...
... officers and the spirit of the soldiers are among the pri- mary considerations . LVIII . The keys of a fortress are well worth the retirement of the garrison , when it is resolved to yield only on those condi- tions . On this principle ...
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... officers of the staff were frequently entrusted with the command of a column of attack , or of large detachments , when the general - in - chief feared to disclose the secret of his plans by the transmission of orders or instructions ...
... officers of the staff were frequently entrusted with the command of a column of attack , or of large detachments , when the general - in - chief feared to disclose the secret of his plans by the transmission of orders or instructions ...
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