James Wolfe, Man and SoldierL. Carrier & Company, 1928 - 333 sider "It has recently been stated, on high authority, that 'there is scarcely a place for another life' of Wolfe; and I am fully aware of my rashness in writing this book. But, if we except Mrs. Wolfe-Aylward's Pictorial life of James Wolfe, which did not claim to be more than a commentary on its admirable illustrations, no biography of Wolfe has appeared for eighteen years. Meanwhile, newly-discovered evidence of great interest has shed fresh light on his character and exploits, and has been summarised and discussed in scattered articles or in books which are primarily concerned with other subjects. It seemed to me therefore that I was warranted in making an attempt to set down what scholarship now permits us to say and think about him"--Preface. |
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... battle in a few minutes . But before well - drilled infantry , whose ranks remained un- broken , cavalry were impotent ; and in the last resort victory went to the side whose foot had been most efficiently trained on the parade ground ...
... battle in a few minutes . But before well - drilled infantry , whose ranks remained un- broken , cavalry were impotent ; and in the last resort victory went to the side whose foot had been most efficiently trained on the parade ground ...
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... battle seems to have cooled . Five years later he revisited the scene of the conflict , and writing to his father immediately afterwards , he says : " I have surveyed the field of battle of Cul- loden with great exactness , and find ...
... battle seems to have cooled . Five years later he revisited the scene of the conflict , and writing to his father immediately afterwards , he says : " I have surveyed the field of battle of Cul- loden with great exactness , and find ...
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... battle had to cover a front of half a mile with only about 1800. Wolfe could not even have afforded to draw them up three deep , though such a formation . was thought rather daring . So for the first time in a battle be- tween armies of ...
... battle had to cover a front of half a mile with only about 1800. Wolfe could not even have afforded to draw them up three deep , though such a formation . was thought rather daring . So for the first time in a battle be- tween armies of ...
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