Victories and Defeats: An Attempt to Explain the Causes which Have Led to ThemH.S. King, 1873 - 353 páginas |
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... and Tarvarik - i - Ahamed Shah Doorranee ' and Author of the ' Essay on the Administration of Lord Mornington ' HENRY S. KING & Co. 65 CORNHILL & 12 PATERNOSTER Row , LONDON 864542-190 ' DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION THE HIS ROYAL ΤΟ ...
... and Tarvarik - i - Ahamed Shah Doorranee ' and Author of the ' Essay on the Administration of Lord Mornington ' HENRY S. KING & Co. 65 CORNHILL & 12 PATERNOSTER Row , LONDON 864542-190 ' DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION THE HIS ROYAL ΤΟ ...
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... Author's Remarks to save the Nation from Disgrace - The actual Horrors of War again enu- merated - Imagine an Enemy in London ! -How such Times of Trial are the true Test of Men - Our Course is clearly to progress in Knowledge , taking ...
... Author's Remarks to save the Nation from Disgrace - The actual Horrors of War again enu- merated - Imagine an Enemy in London ! -How such Times of Trial are the true Test of Men - Our Course is clearly to progress in Knowledge , taking ...
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... re- gard to the well - being of our country is heroic virtue , ' and every soldier should remember these words . As there is a tide in the affairs of men words . ( B " Author's remarks . Author's re- marks as to facts from.
... re- gard to the well - being of our country is heroic virtue , ' and every soldier should remember these words . As there is a tide in the affairs of men words . ( B " Author's remarks . Author's re- marks as to facts from.
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An Attempt to Explain the Causes which Have Led to Them Robert Patrick Anderson. Author's remarks . Author's re- marks as to facts from history . that leads to fortune ' so also there is a moment in the din and uproar of battle which ...
An Attempt to Explain the Causes which Have Led to Them Robert Patrick Anderson. Author's remarks . Author's re- marks as to facts from history . that leads to fortune ' so also there is a moment in the din and uproar of battle which ...
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... The Prussians at Sadowa beat the Austrians mainly by the rapidity of fire of their needle - gun , but their aim too must have been C " versus courage . must tell . Prussians at Sadowa , The Author writing of artillery before the war of ...
... The Prussians at Sadowa beat the Austrians mainly by the rapidity of fire of their needle - gun , but their aim too must have been C " versus courage . must tell . Prussians at Sadowa , The Author writing of artillery before the war of ...
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