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Page 96
... Canusium , and on the next day the troops which remained in both camps surrendered to the conqueror . Hannibal's loss in the battle barely amounted to 6000 men . It is no wonder that the Carthaginian officers were elated by this ...
... Canusium , and on the next day the troops which remained in both camps surrendered to the conqueror . Hannibal's loss in the battle barely amounted to 6000 men . It is no wonder that the Carthaginian officers were elated by this ...
Page 100
... Canusium and Venusia on which they must retreat if defeated ; a most impro- bable supposition . 2nd . The diminution of the front of the Roman in- fantry by increasing the depth is incomprehensible , excepting on the hypothesis that the ...
... Canusium and Venusia on which they must retreat if defeated ; a most impro- bable supposition . 2nd . The diminution of the front of the Roman in- fantry by increasing the depth is incomprehensible , excepting on the hypothesis that the ...
Page 101
... the right of their line of battle , and for Canusium which was distant about five miles in the same direction . In his orders to the cavalry , Hannibal observed the Maxim No. 19 of the " Theory of War ; H 3 OBS . 101 THIRD CAMPAIGN .
... the right of their line of battle , and for Canusium which was distant about five miles in the same direction . In his orders to the cavalry , Hannibal observed the Maxim No. 19 of the " Theory of War ; H 3 OBS . 101 THIRD CAMPAIGN .
Page 106
... Canusium , defended by only 10,000 dispirited fugitives from Cannę , is a suffi- cient answer to those who say he should have besieged Rome . For it was certainly a great mistake , if he could have prevented it , to allow this nucleus ...
... Canusium , defended by only 10,000 dispirited fugitives from Cannę , is a suffi- cient answer to those who say he should have besieged Rome . For it was certainly a great mistake , if he could have prevented it , to allow this nucleus ...
Page 108
... Canusium , and that Hannibal was not marching upon Rome . Nearly at the same time , news arrived from Sicily that one Carthaginian fleet was ravaging the coasts of Hiero king of Syracuse , the Roman ally , while another threatened a ...
... Canusium , and that Hannibal was not marching upon Rome . Nearly at the same time , news arrived from Sicily that one Carthaginian fleet was ravaging the coasts of Hiero king of Syracuse , the Roman ally , while another threatened a ...
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