| Army - 1837 - 100 pages
...when the whole shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. INTRODUCTION THE INFANTRY. THE natives of Britain have, at all...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Caesar's legions : in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was... | |
| Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1837 - 196 pages
...innate courage and unshaken firmness, and the national superiority of the British troops over tho3e of other countries has been evinced in the midst of...scythe-blades, and infantry in long chariots resembling waggofts, who alighted and fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit, or retreat, sprang into... | |
| Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1837 - 356 pages
...yet their fierce and dauntless bearing intimidated the flower of the Roman troops, including Csesar's favourite tenth legion. Their arms consisted of spears,...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Caesar's legions : in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was... | |
| Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 366 pages
...of gun-making was unknown among them. Their arms were clubs, short swords, and spears. Their cavalry had chariots, to the axles of which were fastened...sharp pieces of iron, resembling scythe-blades ; and their infantry went to war in long vehicles much like our waggons, from which they alighted and fought... | |
| Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 100 pages
...when the whole shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. INTRODUCTION THE INFANTRY. THE natives of Britain have, at all...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Caesar's legions : in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was... | |
| Richard Cannon - Great Britain - 1847 - 214 pages
...shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. INTRODUCTION TO THE lNFANTRY. THE natives of Britain have, at all periods, been...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Caesar's legions : in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was... | |
| 1847 - 122 pages
...This quality was evinced by the inhabitants of England when their country was invaded by Julius Csesar with a Roman army, on which occasion the undaunted...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Csesar's legions: in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was introduced,... | |
| Richard Cannon - 1848 - 174 pages
...when the whole shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. INTRODUCTION THE INFANTRY. THE natives of Britain have, at all...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Caesar's legions: in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was introduced,... | |
| Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1848 - 112 pages
...occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into the sea to attack the Roman soldiers as they de^ scended from their ships; and, although their discipline and...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Caesar's legions: in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was introduced,... | |
| Richard Cannon - 1849 - 110 pages
...arms,—a record which revives the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant deeds before us,—will certainly prove acceptable to the public. Biographical...These inventions were, however, unavailing against Caesar's legions: in the course of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was introduced,... | |
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