The National Review, Volume 76W.H. Allen, 1920 - English literature |
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Page 111
attack in the latter direction , with the object of destroying the hostile detachment there , reopening direct communica- tion with the country to the south , and heightening the moral of the French by an easy first success . The Maid ...
attack in the latter direction , with the object of destroying the hostile detachment there , reopening direct communica- tion with the country to the south , and heightening the moral of the French by an easy first success . The Maid ...
Page 355
... attack could , under favourable conditions , hope to effect a maximum penetration to a depth about equal to half the frontage of the attack , and that a period of some seven to ten days was the maximum possible time - limit for the ...
... attack could , under favourable conditions , hope to effect a maximum penetration to a depth about equal to half the frontage of the attack , and that a period of some seven to ten days was the maximum possible time - limit for the ...
Page 781
... attack it with gun or torpedo ? If with the gun , as Admiral Sydney Hall suggests , it becomes no more than a slow surface cruiser ; a couple of cruisers carrying four 6 - inch guns can drive it off , for , if it emerges to fire at a ...
... attack it with gun or torpedo ? If with the gun , as Admiral Sydney Hall suggests , it becomes no more than a slow surface cruiser ; a couple of cruisers carrying four 6 - inch guns can drive it off , for , if it emerges to fire at a ...
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