Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All Subjects Connected with Her Majesty's Land and Sea Forces, 7. kötetW.H. Allen & Company, 1887 |
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4. oldal
... bridge over the Danube , and , if pressed , would have been obliged to fight a battle with their backs to the river , hemmed in on all sides , and attacked in front and on both flanks . The utter worthlessness of Mehemet Ali's army ...
... bridge over the Danube , and , if pressed , would have been obliged to fight a battle with their backs to the river , hemmed in on all sides , and attacked in front and on both flanks . The utter worthlessness of Mehemet Ali's army ...
6. oldal
... bridge , an intersection of roads , or any particular line of advance imposed on him . ” A remarkable instance of this was furnished during Suleiman Pasha's attack on the Shipka Pass . The Turks from the woody mountain position ...
... bridge , an intersection of roads , or any particular line of advance imposed on him . ” A remarkable instance of this was furnished during Suleiman Pasha's attack on the Shipka Pass . The Turks from the woody mountain position ...
8. oldal
... bridges over which the enemy must pass , it may be advantageous to place guns to harass the enemy crossing ... Bridge to the left prepared for destruction , and farm placed in state of defence . Epaulment made on crest of hill ...
... bridges over which the enemy must pass , it may be advantageous to place guns to harass the enemy crossing ... Bridge to the left prepared for destruction , and farm placed in state of defence . Epaulment made on crest of hill ...
31. oldal
... bridge of Almaraz , driving the French out of the works they had constructed for its defence ; 17 officers and 250 men fell into our hands on this occasion . The winter was passed in the usual state of absten- tion from all military ...
... bridge of Almaraz , driving the French out of the works they had constructed for its defence ; 17 officers and 250 men fell into our hands on this occasion . The winter was passed in the usual state of absten- tion from all military ...
53. oldal
... bridge of boats lead- ing from a point opposite the city to the Lucknow road on the other bank . At the north - western extremity , lying between the road to Bithoor and the road to Delhi , were the principal houses of the civilians ...
... bridge of boats lead- ing from a point opposite the city to the Lucknow road on the other bank . At the north - western extremity , lying between the road to Bithoor and the road to Delhi , were the principal houses of the civilians ...
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5th Battalion advance American Ancona Arkiko arms army artillery Assab attack Austrian Bashi-Bazouks battalion battery battle Beilul boat Boulanger breech bridge Brigade British Captain carried cartridges Castle Cornet cavalry centre charge Colonel Colonies command companies corps Cossacks Cross Cuirassiers deck defence Delhi division dragoons enemy enemy's engines English entrenchments European feet fighting fire flanks force foreign formed French front Geok-Tepe German Grand ground guard guns Herat Hill honour horse inches India infantry Italian King Krasnovodsk latter launch light Lord Marion Terry Massowah Meerut ment miles military Miss Morsbronn mutiny native naval night non-commissioned officers officers passed position Prince railway rear rear-guard regiment retreat Rifle river road Royal Royal Engineers Russian sent Sepoys ship shot side soldiers squadrons station tactics tion Transcaspian Railway troops turret vessel village Volunteers Wolseley wood wounded yards