A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 |
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... cover of the smoke of the artillery bom- bardment , and once they had driven back the enemy skirmishers , they retired to allow the infantry to advance . Next , under cover of another bombardment , they charged again , this time on the ...
... cover of the smoke of the artillery bom- bardment , and once they had driven back the enemy skirmishers , they retired to allow the infantry to advance . Next , under cover of another bombardment , they charged again , this time on the ...
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... cover of a friendly Anglo - Dutch naval demonstration , Charles had slipped across the narrow channel and invaded Zeeland . Since this bold move directly threatened Copenhagen , the Danish War collapsed , and on August 18 it was brought ...
... cover of a friendly Anglo - Dutch naval demonstration , Charles had slipped across the narrow channel and invaded Zeeland . Since this bold move directly threatened Copenhagen , the Danish War collapsed , and on August 18 it was brought ...
Side 493
... cover by ground . Because of this , at Vimiero , Junôt was completely deceived , and at Busaco , Masséna mistook the British centre for its right . At Salamanca it was the same , and also at Waterloo . In the main his grand tactics were ...
... cover by ground . Because of this , at Vimiero , Junôt was completely deceived , and at Busaco , Masséna mistook the British centre for its right . At Salamanca it was the same , and also at Waterloo . In the main his grand tactics were ...
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