A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 For contents, see Author Catalog. |
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... hand to take the life of the bravest gentleman , " but they centralized power in the hands of the monarchy . The cost of artillery and the expense entailed in equipping large numbers of arquebusiers soon became too great to be borne by ...
... hand to take the life of the bravest gentleman , " but they centralized power in the hands of the monarchy . The cost of artillery and the expense entailed in equipping large numbers of arquebusiers soon became too great to be borne by ...
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... hands . Cut off on all sides and with his army starving , Tilly invaded Saxony at the head of 40,000 men ... hand , his best course would have been to hold fast to Leipzig , to stand a siege , and to await reinforcements . But Pappenheim ...
... hands . Cut off on all sides and with his army starving , Tilly invaded Saxony at the head of 40,000 men ... hand , his best course would have been to hold fast to Leipzig , to stand a siege , and to await reinforcements . But Pappenheim ...
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... hand , and by one o'clock , except for Tauenzien's shattered division , every soldier he had stood in line awaiting ... hands , rapidly moved forward and pressed the enemy down the sloping ground into the valley of the Sulbach . At last ...
... hand , and by one o'clock , except for Tauenzien's shattered division , every soldier he had stood in line awaiting ... hands , rapidly moved forward and pressed the enemy down the sloping ground into the valley of the Sulbach . At last ...
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The rivalry between England and Spain I | 1 |
The defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588 | 8 |
The Armada Campaign 1588 | 33 |
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