The United Service Magazine, Volume 81H. Colburn, 1856 - Military art and science |
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... Honour - 341 Our School of Musketry Organization of the Royal Artillery . By a Field Officer of the Corps 354 , 495 The Advance Guard . A Reminiscence What Acquits a Marine ought to Acquit a Sailor . By Tristram The Court of Prussia ...
... Honour - 341 Our School of Musketry Organization of the Royal Artillery . By a Field Officer of the Corps 354 , 495 The Advance Guard . A Reminiscence What Acquits a Marine ought to Acquit a Sailor . By Tristram The Court of Prussia ...
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... honour to be , sir , your most obedient humble servant , ( Signed ) C. YORKE . P.S. - I beg to observe that in the event of your passing the examination at Sandhurst , no hope can be given you of an appointment to a Commission unless ...
... honour to be , sir , your most obedient humble servant , ( Signed ) C. YORKE . P.S. - I beg to observe that in the event of your passing the examination at Sandhurst , no hope can be given you of an appointment to a Commission unless ...
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... honour to her zeal , her courage , her intre- pidity , and her devotion . She was the head , and by all means , let her have the most prominent place . Let the proposed new hospital be handed over to her , and bear her name . But the ...
... honour to her zeal , her courage , her intre- pidity , and her devotion . She was the head , and by all means , let her have the most prominent place . Let the proposed new hospital be handed over to her , and bear her name . But the ...
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... honour conferred upon a Rayah prince of being admitted into the number of the Sultan's subjects , an annual tax of five thou- sand silver piastres was to be paid by the Hospodar . In about seventy years after , a new treaty was signed ...
... honour conferred upon a Rayah prince of being admitted into the number of the Sultan's subjects , an annual tax of five thou- sand silver piastres was to be paid by the Hospodar . In about seventy years after , a new treaty was signed ...
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... honour , the Macedonian monarch was no laggard ; for he , too , with his gallant horsemen , dashed through the ranks of the enemy , and , combining with the victorious followers of Conus , drove their discom- fited opponents to the ...
... honour , the Macedonian monarch was no laggard ; for he , too , with his gallant horsemen , dashed through the ranks of the enemy , and , combining with the victorious followers of Conus , drove their discom- fited opponents to the ...
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Page 279 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. " 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Page 284 - Presents will and ordain that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, Our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment : AND...
Page 274 - Dardanelles, has been revised by common consent. The Act concluded for that purpose, and in conformity with that principle, between the High Contracting Parties, is and remains annexed to the present Treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed an integral part thereof.
Page 275 - In order to cover the expenses of such works, as well as of the establishments intended to secure and to facilitate the navigation at the mouths of the Danube, fixed duties, of a suitable rate, settled by the Commission by a majority of votes, may be levied, on the express condition that, in this respect as in every other, the flags of all nations shall be treated on the footing of perfect equality.
Page 274 - The Black Sea is neutralized : its waters and its ports, thrown open to the mercantile marine of every nation, are formally and in perpetuity interdicted to the flag of war, either of the Powers possessing its coasts, or of any other Power, with the exceptions mentioned in Arts.
Page 276 - The Sublime Porte engages to preserve to the said Principalities an independent and national administration, as well as full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerce, and of navigation.
Page 172 - ... as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque or privateer, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding three years...
Page 273 - His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of...
Page 271 - Majesties named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable...
Page 279 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag ^ 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.