The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
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... GUNS - ART . 13. — THE COURSE OF THE WAR ON LAND ART . 14. THE IRISH REBELLION ART . 15. - THE ORGANISATION OF THE EMPIRE - 1. The Problem of the Commonwealth . Curtis . Macmillan , 1916 . Preface by L. PAGE 135 152 176 - 196 · 216 ...
... GUNS - ART . 13. — THE COURSE OF THE WAR ON LAND ART . 14. THE IRISH REBELLION ART . 15. - THE ORGANISATION OF THE EMPIRE - 1. The Problem of the Commonwealth . Curtis . Macmillan , 1916 . Preface by L. PAGE 135 152 176 - 196 · 216 ...
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... gun , is connected with the others by a strategical railroad and , in a smaller degree , by a system of canals . Thus Emden ... guns , and a 15 or 16 - inch howitzer battery . ( A heavy German Battery consists of four pieces . ) Emden is ...
... gun , is connected with the others by a strategical railroad and , in a smaller degree , by a system of canals . Thus Emden ... guns , and a 15 or 16 - inch howitzer battery . ( A heavy German Battery consists of four pieces . ) Emden is ...
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... guns of the battery at Eckwarden show their heavy muzzles , while still further east , in the very centre of the mouth of the Weser , lie the twin forts , Langlütjen 1 and 2. Bremer- haven , again , is a large fortress , supported by ...
... guns of the battery at Eckwarden show their heavy muzzles , while still further east , in the very centre of the mouth of the Weser , lie the twin forts , Langlütjen 1 and 2. Bremer- haven , again , is a large fortress , supported by ...
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... guns are mounted on movable platforms , placed in the centre of heavy steel railroad trucks , strong enough , it seemed to me , to carry a whole house . The guns themselves are protected by a sort of cupola of ' Gruson plate . ' When ...
... guns are mounted on movable platforms , placed in the centre of heavy steel railroad trucks , strong enough , it seemed to me , to carry a whole house . The guns themselves are protected by a sort of cupola of ' Gruson plate . ' When ...
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... gun , will make any impression at all . The batteries of every fort of any importance both on the Baltic and the North Sea are protected by this armour - plate . The cupolas contain mostly 8.2 - inch guns , and the turrets the 10 , 11 ...
... gun , will make any impression at all . The batteries of every fort of any importance both on the Baltic and the North Sea are protected by this armour - plate . The cupolas contain mostly 8.2 - inch guns , and the turrets the 10 , 11 ...
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