New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 104Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1855 |
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... light - 12 hussar and 12 uhlan . Each cuirassier or dragoon regi- ment , without depôt , contains 1204 of all grades , with 1025 horses , and , consequently , the strength of the heavy cavalry is 19,264 men , 16,400 horses . The light ...
... light - 12 hussar and 12 uhlan . Each cuirassier or dragoon regi- ment , without depôt , contains 1204 of all grades , with 1025 horses , and , consequently , the strength of the heavy cavalry is 19,264 men , 16,400 horses . The light ...
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... light infantry . In case of need , they can be raised to a strength of 200,000 men . THE PRUSSIAN ARMY . The history of Prussia and her army is of so curious a nature , when we take into consideration that but a century ago she took ...
... light infantry . In case of need , they can be raised to a strength of 200,000 men . THE PRUSSIAN ARMY . The history of Prussia and her army is of so curious a nature , when we take into consideration that but a century ago she took ...
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... light percussion or needle - gun ; 10 chasseur battalions , amounting to 10,000 men , with Thouvenin's chasseur rifle ; and finally , all the musketeer battalions with the new pattern percussion musket . ― 2. CAVALRY . ( a ) Permanent ...
... light percussion or needle - gun ; 10 chasseur battalions , amounting to 10,000 men , with Thouvenin's chasseur rifle ; and finally , all the musketeer battalions with the new pattern percussion musket . ― 2. CAVALRY . ( a ) Permanent ...
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... light . be an We are a travelling nation , and some of my countrymen and women have the credit of loving locomotion for its own sake . It may eccentricity on my part , but , although a lover of scenery in and for itself , I dislike ...
... light . be an We are a travelling nation , and some of my countrymen and women have the credit of loving locomotion for its own sake . It may eccentricity on my part , but , although a lover of scenery in and for itself , I dislike ...
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... light upon them . My breakfast despatched , I forthwith started to have a glimpse of the object of my expedition ... lights upon a population little akin to the normal rustic labourer of our agricultural districts . For the nonce the ...
... light upon them . My breakfast despatched , I forthwith started to have a glimpse of the object of my expedition ... lights upon a population little akin to the normal rustic labourer of our agricultural districts . For the nonce the ...
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