The Quarterly Review, Volum 223John Murray, 1915 |
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Pàgina 88
... flank . The in- variable provision of rallying positions by the Germans might seem out of harmony with the doctrine of the offensive with which they are imbued , and which has been carefully inculcated by their whole system of train ...
... flank . The in- variable provision of rallying positions by the Germans might seem out of harmony with the doctrine of the offensive with which they are imbued , and which has been carefully inculcated by their whole system of train ...
Pàgina 89
... movement west of the Oise was initiated with the object of envelop- ing the flank and threatening the lines of communication . It is unnecessary to discuss the details of this operation THE WAR IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 89.
... movement west of the Oise was initiated with the object of envelop- ing the flank and threatening the lines of communication . It is unnecessary to discuss the details of this operation THE WAR IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 89.
Pàgina 90
... flank was materially strength- ened . From the strategical point of view the Germans benefited by the transfer of the bulk of their army to a position which directly covers their main line of com- munication through Belgium , both ...
... flank was materially strength- ened . From the strategical point of view the Germans benefited by the transfer of the bulk of their army to a position which directly covers their main line of com- munication through Belgium , both ...
Pàgina 91
... flank became evident to the Germans . The troops in Belgium were rapidly reinforced ; the heavy siege artillery , of which Austrian howitzers formed part , was brought up ; and the place fell after ten days ' attack , the details of ...
... flank became evident to the Germans . The troops in Belgium were rapidly reinforced ; the heavy siege artillery , of which Austrian howitzers formed part , was brought up ; and the place fell after ten days ' attack , the details of ...
Pàgina 94
... flank covered the lines of communication , while this great extension of their line obliged them to keep an immense army in France when troops were badly needed in the eastern theatre of war . The Belgian field - army made good its ...
... flank covered the lines of communication , while this great extension of their line obliged them to keep an immense army in France when troops were badly needed in the eastern theatre of war . The Belgian field - army made good its ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 38 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Pàgina 69 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Pàgina 522 - Hindus; their pictures surpass our conception of things. Few indeed in the whole world are found equal to them."11 The emperor greatly valued painting.
Pàgina 212 - It is to be understood that in any matter of great importance the First Sea Lord is always to be consulted by the other Sea Lords, the Civil Lord, the Additional Civil Lord, and the Parliamentary and Permanent Secretaries ; but each Member of the Board and the Parliamentary and Permanent Secretaries will communicate direct with the First Lord.
Pàgina 522 - God ; for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs, one after the other, must come to feel that he cannot bestow individuality upon his work, and is thus forced to think of God, the giver of life, and will thus increase in knowledge.
Pàgina 566 - Belligerents are forbidden to move across the territory of a neutral power troops or convoys either of munitions of war or of supplies.
Pàgina 225 - And Holland J (Dec. 31, 1831) tells Brougham that the Cabinet has agreed that pressure should be put on Prussia in the opposite direction ! Adroitly invoking the neutralisation of Belgium, Talleyrand had instigated the demolition of the Belgian fortresses, which Britain had insisted on erecting in 1815 at a cost of 7,000,000Z.
Pàgina 208 - Council (the master-general of ordnance) to be responsible to the Secretary of state for the administration of so much of the business relating to the organization, disposition, personnel, armament, and maintenance of the army as shall be assigned to them or each of them from time to time by the secretary of state.
Pàgina 41 - Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother. One with tenacious organs holds in love And clinging lust the world in its embraces; The other strongly sweeps, this dust above, Into the high ancestral spaces.
Pàgina 579 - When the merchant vessel is of the nationality of the belligerent whose warship is known to be off the coast ; (c) When a merchant vessel which has on a previous voyage between ports of the United States and ports of other neutral states failed to have on board at the port of arrival a cargo consisting of naval supplies shipped at the port of departure seeks to take on board a similar cargo ; (d) When coal or other supplies are purchased by an agent of a belligerent government and shipped on board...