Littell's Living Age, Volume 173Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1887 |
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Page 33
... fortresses were in such a condition that they could not stand a siege against modern artillery ; Metz was well fortified , because it had always been looked upon as the destined point of concentration and mobilization for the campaign ...
... fortresses were in such a condition that they could not stand a siege against modern artillery ; Metz was well fortified , because it had always been looked upon as the destined point of concentration and mobilization for the campaign ...
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... fortresses in the heart of France to serve as bases of operations for her armies , if , as in 1870 , the barriers nearer the frontier were again pressed by invading armies from beyond the Rhine . Lieutenant - Colonel Köttschau , a ...
... fortresses in the heart of France to serve as bases of operations for her armies , if , as in 1870 , the barriers nearer the frontier were again pressed by invading armies from beyond the Rhine . Lieutenant - Colonel Köttschau , a ...
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... fortresses of the second line on its up to the relief of the fortresses . But flanks , or even refuse battle until it was even on this supposition , the campaign well down the Meuse valley towards Paris , would be a much less rapid one ...
... fortresses of the second line on its up to the relief of the fortresses . But flanks , or even refuse battle until it was even on this supposition , the campaign well down the Meuse valley towards Paris , would be a much less rapid one ...
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CentralAsian Asparagus | 61 |
OF EUROPEAN | 67 |
THE TRIALS OF A COUNTRY PARSON | 95 |
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