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So unexpected was this move and so uncertain the information | the troops of the active army , they ignored the potentialities which ... we " Defense shall not cede an inch of our territory or a stone of our Nation ale . " fortresses .
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| Title | The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 11 The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Hugh Chisholm |
| Editor | Hugh Chisholm |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910 |
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