The Quarterly Review, Volumes 256-257William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1931 |
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... French troops with whom we first came in contact were worthy representa- tives of the French Army . The first French soldiers whom our First Corps , on our right , saw in number were Valabrègue's reserve divisions , retiring ...
... French troops with whom we first came in contact were worthy representa- tives of the French Army . The first French soldiers whom our First Corps , on our right , saw in number were Valabrègue's reserve divisions , retiring ...
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... French , after meeting Joffre , wrote to Lord Kitchener : ' I am much impressed with all I have seen of the French General Staff . They are very deliberate , calm , and confident . There was a total absence of fuss and confusion , and a ...
... French , after meeting Joffre , wrote to Lord Kitchener : ' I am much impressed with all I have seen of the French General Staff . They are very deliberate , calm , and confident . There was a total absence of fuss and confusion , and a ...
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... French military resources . The scarcity of machine guns , the want of heavy artillery , the absence even of field - service uniforms could all be laid to his door rather than to any other - not that it follows that any one else would ...
... French military resources . The scarcity of machine guns , the want of heavy artillery , the absence even of field - service uniforms could all be laid to his door rather than to any other - not that it follows that any one else would ...
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