The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to WaterlooHarper & Brothers, 1851 - Всего страниц: 364 |
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... forward , sometimes singly , sometimes in desperate groups of twelve or ten upon the projecting spears of the Greeks , striving to force a lane into the phalanx , and to bring their cimeters and daggers into play . But the Greeks felt ...
... forward , sometimes singly , sometimes in desperate groups of twelve or ten upon the projecting spears of the Greeks , striving to force a lane into the phalanx , and to bring their cimeters and daggers into play . But the Greeks felt ...
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... forward , to occu- py the whole breadth of the practicable ground with an un- broken line of leveled spears , against which , if any Persian horse advanced , they would be driven back in confusion upon their own foot . Even numerous and ...
... forward , to occu- py the whole breadth of the practicable ground with an un- broken line of leveled spears , against which , if any Persian horse advanced , they would be driven back in confusion upon their own foot . Even numerous and ...
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... forward and aid the Syracusans . The pres- ence of a Spartan general at this crisis will do more to save the city than a whole army . " The renegade then proceeded to urge on them the necessity of encouraging their friends in Sicily ...
... forward and aid the Syracusans . The pres- ence of a Spartan general at this crisis will do more to save the city than a whole army . " The renegade then proceeded to urge on them the necessity of encouraging their friends in Sicily ...
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... forward , in the full confidence of victory . But , amid the general consternation of the Syracusans and their con- federates , one body of infantry stood firm . This was a brigade of their Baotian allies , which was posted low down the ...
... forward , in the full confidence of victory . But , amid the general consternation of the Syracusans and their con- federates , one body of infantry stood firm . This was a brigade of their Baotian allies , which was posted low down the ...
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... forward those passages of Alexander's life which were really evil , but let him collect and review all the actions of Alexander , and then let him thoroughly consider first who and what manner of man he himself is , and what has been ...
... forward those passages of Alexander's life which were really evil , but let him collect and review all the actions of Alexander , and then let him thoroughly consider first who and what manner of man he himself is , and what has been ...
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