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Página v
... organization - Waste and want in Britain's war expeditions - Our disasters with the African Boers— Volunteer force the country's true insurance - Foreign estimate of England's naval and military strength- Austrian officers ' view of our ...
... organization - Waste and want in Britain's war expeditions - Our disasters with the African Boers— Volunteer force the country's true insurance - Foreign estimate of England's naval and military strength- Austrian officers ' view of our ...
Página vi
... organization in Crimean war - Insignificance of European armies in former ages - Enormous existing dis- proportions - God's dealings forgotten - St . Augustin's rejoicings at the birth of Christ as harbinger of peace- Britain the land ...
... organization in Crimean war - Insignificance of European armies in former ages - Enormous existing dis- proportions - God's dealings forgotten - St . Augustin's rejoicings at the birth of Christ as harbinger of peace- Britain the land ...
Página vii
... organizations were limited - Need of wider military organization in these days vii PAGE 67 CHAPTER IV . The pressing duties and cares of the Queen's Executive power -Her Majesty's conscientious discharge of same evidenced by her letters ...
... organizations were limited - Need of wider military organization in these days vii PAGE 67 CHAPTER IV . The pressing duties and cares of the Queen's Executive power -Her Majesty's conscientious discharge of same evidenced by her letters ...
Página ix
... organization con- trasted with that of modern times - The power of the rifle -Colonel Loyd Lindsay's description of the force , and what under wise Government help it may become ― The Hon . Artillery Company of London , history ...
... organization con- trasted with that of modern times - The power of the rifle -Colonel Loyd Lindsay's description of the force , and what under wise Government help it may become ― The Hon . Artillery Company of London , history ...
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... organizations - Cavalry properly availed of none the less important and necessary - Volun- teer artillery practice at Shoeburyness meetings admirable -Colonel's Keate's testimony to its excellence - The Marquis of Londonderry's 2nd ...
... organizations - Cavalry properly availed of none the less important and necessary - Volun- teer artillery practice at Shoeburyness meetings admirable -Colonel's Keate's testimony to its excellence - The Marquis of Londonderry's 2nd ...
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