A History of Infantry: From the Earliest Times to the PresentB. Quaritch, 1861 - 142 Seiten |
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... consisting principally of cavalry . Their strategy was confined to a defence of chosen positions , and having only short spaces to traverse , their chief consideration was the steadiness and immobility of their forces . The phalanx ...
... consisting principally of cavalry . Their strategy was confined to a defence of chosen positions , and having only short spaces to traverse , their chief consideration was the steadiness and immobility of their forces . The phalanx ...
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... consisting of 4 , and each of the other two , of 3 cohorts . In this dis- position , there seems to have been an intention of combining the advantages of the phalanx and the old legion , and Cæsar appears to have keenly appreciated in ...
... consisting of 4 , and each of the other two , of 3 cohorts . In this dis- position , there seems to have been an intention of combining the advantages of the phalanx and the old legion , and Cæsar appears to have keenly appreciated in ...
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... consisting only of a small mounted escort for the chief . The passage that I have quoted from Gibbon would lead the reader to suppose that the Franks wore defensive armour , but the testimony of most writers goes to prove that the ...
... consisting only of a small mounted escort for the chief . The passage that I have quoted from Gibbon would lead the reader to suppose that the Franks wore defensive armour , but the testimony of most writers goes to prove that the ...
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... consisting of the thanes and more wealthy proprietors who could afford to keep horses . The infantry was of two kinds , the heavy , and light armed . The former wore helmets made of the skins of beasts , the hair outwards , large oval ...
... consisting of the thanes and more wealthy proprietors who could afford to keep horses . The infantry was of two kinds , the heavy , and light armed . The former wore helmets made of the skins of beasts , the hair outwards , large oval ...
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... consist of archers . Fire - arms , however , were as yet in their infancy ; and although hand - guns had been used in the 14th century , they were not in any very great favour from their taking so long to load , and were consequently ...
... consist of archers . Fire - arms , however , were as yet in their infancy ; and although hand - guns had been used in the 14th century , they were not in any very great favour from their taking so long to load , and were consequently ...
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Seite 105 - French squadrons strew the ground Bomb-shell and grape and round-shot tore, still on they marched and fired — Fast from each volley grenadier and voltigeur retired. " Push on, my household cavalry ! " King Louis madly cried ; To death they rush, but rude their shock — not unavenged they died.
Seite 53 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords and native ranks The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad.
Seite 20 - Franks," says the emperor Constantino, " are bold and valiant to the verge of temerity, and their dauntless spirit is supported by the contempt of danger and death. In the field, and in close onset, they press to the front, and rush headlong against the enemy, without deigning to compute either his numbers or their own. Their...
Seite 58 - He, too, of battle-martyrs chief! Who, to recall his daunted peers, For victory shaped an open space, By gathering with a wide embrace, Into his single heart, a sheaf Of fatal Austrian spears.
Seite 40 - are good vassals, valiant on foot and on horseback; good knights are they on horseback and well used to battle; all is lost if they once penetrate our ranks. They have brought long lances and swords, but you have pointed lances and keen-edged bills; and I do not expect that their arms can stand against yours. Cleave whenever you can; it will be ill done if you spare aught.
Seite 140 - ... and shake off this remnant of the ancient combats of knights ; and that military tactics will eventually set aside that part of their system which the cavalry mode of combat has hitherto imposed ; for, owing to the increased efficiency of the weapon to be used, combats, although carried on from a distance, will become more murderous, and will therefore be more quickly decided.
Seite 97 - Maxwell, who commanded it, ordered his men to screw their bayonets into their muzzles to receive them ; but to his great surprise, when they came within a proper distance, the French threw in a heavy fire, which for a moment staggered his people, who by no means expected such a greeting, not conscious how it was possible to fire with fixed bayonets.
Seite 140 - ... those purposes which are incontestably necessary and may be accomplished by them ; for the real object would be lost sight of if the love for cavalry, in preference to infantry service, were infused into such a corps. It is a different thing to form a horseman who is fit for cavalry service, or to train a soldier, to whom the horse is nothing more than the means of transport. " The numerous improvements in fire-arms lead us to conclude that the art of war, which since the discovery of powder...