The Living Age, Volume 277Living Age Company, 1913 |
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Page 222
... French guns were powerless at ranges between 1500 and 3000 metres ( a metre is approximately 1.1 yards ) . The German artillery had only to take up positions at 2000 or 2700 yards and the French guns could not fire with effect . This ...
... French guns were powerless at ranges between 1500 and 3000 metres ( a metre is approximately 1.1 yards ) . The German artillery had only to take up positions at 2000 or 2700 yards and the French guns could not fire with effect . This ...
Page 225
... French army and the existence of the forts . In 1870 , the French mobilization was SO defective that the calculated strength of 420,000 men with the colors was never attained . The German mo- bilization on the other hand was car- ried ...
... French army and the existence of the forts . In 1870 , the French mobilization was SO defective that the calculated strength of 420,000 men with the colors was never attained . The German mo- bilization on the other hand was car- ried ...
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... French troops at Elsasshausen . Captain Picard , who quotes this crit- icism , holds that it goes too far . The German artillery would have beaten back a French offensive . But , if the battle had been indecisive , at the very outset of ...
... French troops at Elsasshausen . Captain Picard , who quotes this crit- icism , holds that it goes too far . The German artillery would have beaten back a French offensive . But , if the battle had been indecisive , at the very outset of ...
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THE LIVING AGE VOLUME CCLXXVII | 1 |
Honesty By M E Francis | 14 |
Maine The Destruction of the | 53 |
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