The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10; Volume 83; Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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Page 43
... soldiers , ' says Mr. Fortescue , and the comment might appear reasonable . Let us , however , examine the matter a little more closely . Is the science of war really an abstruse and highly specialised branch of learning like the ...
... soldiers , ' says Mr. Fortescue , and the comment might appear reasonable . Let us , however , examine the matter a little more closely . Is the science of war really an abstruse and highly specialised branch of learning like the ...
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... soldier . Only the other day one Bloch wrote a book on the warfare of the future which foreshadowed with great accuracy the experiences of our recent campaign . His book was read with profit and admira- tion by soldiers , but he himself ...
... soldier . Only the other day one Bloch wrote a book on the warfare of the future which foreshadowed with great accuracy the experiences of our recent campaign . His book was read with profit and admira- tion by soldiers , but he himself ...
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... soldiers . The general effect of the War has been to greatly increase our respect for and our con- fidence in the reserve forces . But it may be admitted that the men who went out were picked men and not fair samples of the force . Were ...
... soldiers . The general effect of the War has been to greatly increase our respect for and our con- fidence in the reserve forces . But it may be admitted that the men who went out were picked men and not fair samples of the force . Were ...
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... soldier . On the one hand we have the State , which would be the stronger if it had these riflemen . On the other hand we have the men perfectly willing to serve if it be made possible for them . All that is wanted now is a little ...
... soldier . On the one hand we have the State , which would be the stronger if it had these riflemen . On the other hand we have the men perfectly willing to serve if it be made possible for them . All that is wanted now is a little ...
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... soldier be improved , he is disregarding my whole argument . I do not , as he says , practically presuppose the existence of another 100,000 men . These difficulties are all of his imagination . For garrison duty and for small wars the ...
... soldier be improved , he is disregarding my whole argument . I do not , as he says , practically presuppose the existence of another 100,000 men . These difficulties are all of his imagination . For garrison duty and for small wars the ...
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