Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 124; Volume 1870, Issue 3H. Colburn, 1870 - Military art and science |
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... hope . Their histories , up to a certain point , would be all equally well worth writing . In the time of boyhood , great as the differences often are between one youth and another , it will be difficult to foretell who will win the ...
... hope . Their histories , up to a certain point , would be all equally well worth writing . In the time of boyhood , great as the differences often are between one youth and another , it will be difficult to foretell who will win the ...
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... hope . A Palliser projectile actually tore through the target and came out on the other side . On examination , however , it was found that the projectile had struck a spot already weakened by a blow from another bullet . It was not ...
... hope . A Palliser projectile actually tore through the target and came out on the other side . On examination , however , it was found that the projectile had struck a spot already weakened by a blow from another bullet . It was not ...
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... hope , that when these troublous days are over , some other of the " Anciens Algeriens " may be found willing to undertake the task , and to complete the story of the Army of Africa . Should even the literary execution fall far short of ...
... hope , that when these troublous days are over , some other of the " Anciens Algeriens " may be found willing to undertake the task , and to complete the story of the Army of Africa . Should even the literary execution fall far short of ...
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... hope to show a thoroughly efficient army . This is what has taken place in every war we have waged for the last century and a half , and up to the present time events have marched with sufficient slowness to enable us to learn the art ...
... hope to show a thoroughly efficient army . This is what has taken place in every war we have waged for the last century and a half , and up to the present time events have marched with sufficient slowness to enable us to learn the art ...
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... hope when next I write , it will be with a fairer and more distinct prospect of matters . Since writing the foregoing , I regret to find that I cannot withhold this letter any longer , as the packet to head - quarters is to be made up ...
... hope when next I write , it will be with a fairer and more distinct prospect of matters . Since writing the foregoing , I regret to find that I cannot withhold this letter any longer , as the packet to head - quarters is to be made up ...
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Page 91 - By the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French...
Page 41 - The invention all admired, and each how he To be the inventor missed ; so easy it seemed Once found, which yet unfound most would have thought Impossible.
Page 402 - The consequence, therefore, of the conquest of India by the British arms would be, in place of raising, to debase the whole people. There is perhaps no example of any conquest in which the Natives have been so completely excluded from all share of the government of their country as in British India.
Page 383 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
Page 85 - Soldiers ! —I am about to place myself at your head to defend the honour and soil of the country. You go to fight against one of the best armies in Europe ; but others who were quite as worthy were unable to resist your bravery. It will be the same again at the present time. The war which is now commencing will be a long and severe one, since it will have for the scene of its operations places full of fortresses and obstacles ; but nothing is too difficult for the soldiers of Africa, the Crimea,...
Page 236 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 209 - The two corps at the distance of about one hundred yards fired reciprocally a few rounds, when, as if by mutual agreement, the firing was suspended, and in close compact order and awful silence, they advanced towards each other, until their bayonets began to cross. At this momentous crisis the enemy became appalled. They broke, and endeavoured to fly, but it was too late; they were overtaken with the most dreadful slaughter.
Page 583 - Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it. And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins : also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Page 382 - Linnet, and to see our gunboats seeking their safety in flight. This unlooked-for event deprived me of the cooperation of the fleet, without which the further prosecution of the service was become impracticable. I did not hesitate to arrest the course of the troops advancing to the attack, because the most complete success would have been unavailing, and the possession of the enemy's...
Page 402 - No elevation of character can be expected among men who, in the military line, cannot attain to any rank above that of subahdar, where they are as much below an ensign as an ensign is below the commander-in-chief, and who, in the civil line, can hope for nothing beyond some petty judicial or revenue office, in which they may, by corrupt means, make up their slender salary.