Generals and Admirals: The Story of Amphibious CommandLongmans, Green, 1952 - 192 sider |
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... soldiers remained at school till seventeen or eighteen before being commissioned as ensign or cornet . Because of ... soldier , had been killed in 1758 ) , was seventeen when commissioned as a cornet of light dragoons ; while Richard ...
... soldiers remained at school till seventeen or eighteen before being commissioned as ensign or cornet . Because of ... soldier , had been killed in 1758 ) , was seventeen when commissioned as a cornet of light dragoons ; while Richard ...
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... soldiers they were not landed there . Later they landed near Cape St. Vincent and stormed Sagres castle , Drake at their head - for here was a seaman with as much experience of the land side of small - scale amphibious operations as any ...
... soldiers they were not landed there . Later they landed near Cape St. Vincent and stormed Sagres castle , Drake at their head - for here was a seaman with as much experience of the land side of small - scale amphibious operations as any ...
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... soldier colleagues . The soldiers on their part , until in later years the Peninsular War restored to the army once more the prestige it had acquired in Marlborough's campaigns , were employed in operations that were often unsuccessful ...
... soldier colleagues . The soldiers on their part , until in later years the Peninsular War restored to the army once more the prestige it had acquired in Marlborough's campaigns , were employed in operations that were often unsuccessful ...
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HOWARD AND ESSEX AT CADIZ | 7 |
THE SPANISH CAMPAIGNS OF QUEEN ANNES WAR | 19 |
VERNON AND WENTWORTH IN THE WEST INDIES | 38 |
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Generals and Admirals: The Story of Amphibious Command John Creswell Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1977 |
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