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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... reached Narva on October 4 , 1700 , and when the siege artillery came up the city was invested . The besiegers , we are told , marched around the fortress " even as a cat might march around a basin of hot soup . " 1 While thus occupied ...
... reached Narva on October 4 , 1700 , and when the siege artillery came up the city was invested . The besiegers , we are told , marched around the fortress " even as a cat might march around a basin of hot soup . " 1 While thus occupied ...
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... reached him so late that he was unable to set out before July , and when he did he was not informed that Charles had decided to march south and join Mazeppa.2 At Shklov , which he reached on September 28 , to his consternation he learnt ...
... reached him so late that he was unable to set out before July , and when he did he was not informed that Charles had decided to march south and join Mazeppa.2 At Shklov , which he reached on September 28 , to his consternation he learnt ...
Side 507
... reached Fleurus by 3.30 p.m .; in which case there would have been no need to send the " pencil note " to Ney . Should it be suggested that , at 10 a.m. , Napoleon could not tell where he might need to employ Lobau , then he should have ...
... reached Fleurus by 3.30 p.m .; in which case there would have been no need to send the " pencil note " to Ney . Should it be suggested that , at 10 a.m. , Napoleon could not tell where he might need to employ Lobau , then he should have ...
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