The National Review, Volume 71W.H. Allen, 1918 - English literature |
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... foreign commanders placed under his charge . It may be suggested that matters might have been even worse had he not been commander - in - chief ; but that does not follow . It was the very fact of their being subjected to a foreign ...
... foreign commanders placed under his charge . It may be suggested that matters might have been even worse had he not been commander - in - chief ; but that does not follow . It was the very fact of their being subjected to a foreign ...
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... foreign contingents included in the Iron Duke's army . It is true that if Wellington had been supreme he might perhaps have insisted upon Blücher drawing up his Prussians less unskilfully at Ligny - he did make a suggestion , which ...
... foreign contingents included in the Iron Duke's army . It is true that if Wellington had been supreme he might perhaps have insisted upon Blücher drawing up his Prussians less unskilfully at Ligny - he did make a suggestion , which ...
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... foreign generals after his first four campaigns- Blenheim and the Lines of the Gette had taught them that Turenne's " handsome Englishman " was one of the greatest commanders of all time . After the elder Pitt had especially asked ...
... foreign generals after his first four campaigns- Blenheim and the Lines of the Gette had taught them that Turenne's " handsome Englishman " was one of the greatest commanders of all time . After the elder Pitt had especially asked ...
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are wont to manifest when placed under the orders of a foreign commander - in - chief is not the most serious objection to the generalissimo system . What above all things is to be feared is that , in the event of failure , there will ...
are wont to manifest when placed under the orders of a foreign commander - in - chief is not the most serious objection to the generalissimo system . What above all things is to be feared is that , in the event of failure , there will ...
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... Foreign Secretary and the French Ambassador during the days of fate is not very pleasant reading . No Englishman would have ever been able to look a Frenchman in the face if the British Army had not been sent to France . It is even ...
... Foreign Secretary and the French Ambassador during the days of fate is not very pleasant reading . No Englishman would have ever been able to look a Frenchman in the face if the British Army had not been sent to France . It is even ...
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