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Pàgina 51
... attack on every point , and holding ourselves everywhere in readiness to repel it , we shall force an enemy to ... attack , the suddenness with which he may reach it , and the powerful masses which he can concentrate at a distance out of ...
... attack on every point , and holding ourselves everywhere in readiness to repel it , we shall force an enemy to ... attack , the suddenness with which he may reach it , and the powerful masses which he can concentrate at a distance out of ...
Pàgina 52
... attack , require that every important point be duly prepared to repel his attempt or retard it until re - enforcements can arrive and adequate means of re- sistance be organized . By land we are acquainted with the motions of an enemy ...
... attack , require that every important point be duly prepared to repel his attempt or retard it until re - enforcements can arrive and adequate means of re- sistance be organized . By land we are acquainted with the motions of an enemy ...
Pàgina 65
... attack . I am not aware of any peculiar position upon either of these lines of separation which commands the approaches to the country , or whose posses- sion would give much superiority to an invading or defensive force . In fact , the ...
... attack . I am not aware of any peculiar position upon either of these lines of separation which commands the approaches to the country , or whose posses- sion would give much superiority to an invading or defensive force . In fact , the ...
Pàgina 67
... attack at pleasure . A powerful hostile fleet upon the coast of the United States presents some of the features of a war , where a heavy mass is brought to act against detachments which may be cut up in detail , although their combined ...
... attack at pleasure . A powerful hostile fleet upon the coast of the United States presents some of the features of a war , where a heavy mass is brought to act against detachments which may be cut up in detail , although their combined ...
Pàgina 68
... attack our antagonist where he is most vulnerable . If we are to receive his assaults , we abandon the van- tage ground , and endeavor , in effect , to compel him to do us justice by inviting his descent upon our shores , and by all ...
... attack our antagonist where he is most vulnerable . If we are to receive his assaults , we abandon the van- tage ground , and endeavor , in effect , to compel him to do us justice by inviting his descent upon our shores , and by all ...
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