The Quarterly Review, Volume 177William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1893 |
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Page 348
... force sufficient for their destruction , he would weaken himself so much that Torrington might engage him at an advantage . It was just the same with regard to Scotland . If Torrington was forced back - in order to avoid a battle -to ...
... force sufficient for their destruction , he would weaken himself so much that Torrington might engage him at an advantage . It was just the same with regard to Scotland . If Torrington was forced back - in order to avoid a battle -to ...
Page 353
... force opposed to the fleet in being and assumed to be superior to it . But that is not so . The objective of a hostile fleet must be one of three things , the principal naval force of its adversary , a detached naval force of its ...
... force opposed to the fleet in being and assumed to be superior to it . But that is not so . The objective of a hostile fleet must be one of three things , the principal naval force of its adversary , a detached naval force of its ...
Page 356
... force ; and the strategical answer to it is a corresponding redistribution of the forces of the superior adversary . may or may not be successful in the immediate issue ; it can hardly fail in the long run . Evasion on a large scale may ...
... force ; and the strategical answer to it is a corresponding redistribution of the forces of the superior adversary . may or may not be successful in the immediate issue ; it can hardly fail in the long run . Evasion on a large scale may ...
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