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... position which should afford full scope to the power of their new weapons . As these delays were exerting a most unfavourable effect on public opinion not only in France but throughout Europe , the emperor decided on the 1st of August ...
... position which should afford full scope to the power of their new weapons . As these delays were exerting a most unfavourable effect on public opinion not only in France but throughout Europe , the emperor decided on the 1st of August ...
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... position , called on his neighbours for support , and determined to hold his ground . Victory seemed certain . There were sufficient troops within easy reach to have ensured a crushing numerical superiority . But the other generals had ...
... position , called on his neighbours for support , and determined to hold his ground . Victory seemed certain . There were sufficient troops within easy reach to have ensured a crushing numerical superiority . But the other generals had ...
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... position 5 m . to the east of Metz , where they were located by the cavalry and the advanced guards of the I. army . informing him that MacMahon's beaten army was retreating | right and concentrate for a great battle to the east of Metz ...
... position 5 m . to the east of Metz , where they were located by the cavalry and the advanced guards of the I. army . informing him that MacMahon's beaten army was retreating | right and concentrate for a great battle to the east of Metz ...
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... position no less than five All day long , therefore , the Brandenburgers of the III . corps , army corps for the final attack . The sudden collapse of French supported ultimately by the X. corps and part of the IX . , resistance , due ...
... position no less than five All day long , therefore , the Brandenburgers of the III . corps , army corps for the final attack . The sudden collapse of French supported ultimately by the X. corps and part of the IX . , resistance , due ...
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... position as one of the leading commercial centres of the German empire . Its situation in the broad and fertile valley of the Main , the northern horizon formed by the soft outlines of the Taunus range , is one of great natural beauty ...
... position as one of the leading commercial centres of the German empire . Its situation in the broad and fertile valley of the Main , the northern horizon formed by the soft outlines of the Taunus range , is one of great natural beauty ...
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