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In the years before the war most of our senior officers took opportunities to know something of the French Army and of the country in which we might have to fight . A few senior French officers came to England occasionally ; Foch paid ...
In the years before the war most of our senior officers took opportunities to know something of the French Army and of the country in which we might have to fight . A few senior French officers came to England occasionally ; Foch paid ...
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The port became filled with Jacobite officers clamouring to be embarked . Four corsair vessels — the ' Espérance ( Captain Norbert Kempinck ) with several highly - placed officers , the ' Hareng - Couronnée ' ( Pierre Berlament ) ) with ...
The port became filled with Jacobite officers clamouring to be embarked . Four corsair vessels — the ' Espérance ( Captain Norbert Kempinck ) with several highly - placed officers , the ' Hareng - Couronnée ' ( Pierre Berlament ) ) with ...
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Thus Massena merely reported his Bussaco losses to the Emperor as * about 3000 , ' and while his detailed casualty return puts them at nearly 4500 , Martinien's tables show that even it omits nearly 20 officers , while a proportionate ...
Thus Massena merely reported his Bussaco losses to the Emperor as * about 3000 , ' and while his detailed casualty return puts them at nearly 4500 , Martinien's tables show that even it omits nearly 20 officers , while a proportionate ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volumes 256-257 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1931 |
| Original from | University of Georgia Libraries |
| Digitized | 10 Jun 2022 |
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