The Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes, Constituting, in Combination with the Twenty-nine Volumes of the Eleventh Edition, the Twelfth Edition of that Work, and Also Supplying a New, Distinctive, and Independent Library of Reference Dealing with Events and Developments of the Period 1910 to 1921 Inclusive, Հատոր 11Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited, 1910 |
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... victory whose political results might well have proved decisive . To meet this pressing danger , which came to his knowledge during the course of the 29th , Moltke sent a confidential staff officer , Colonel v . Verdy du Vernois , to ...
... victory whose political results might well have proved decisive . To meet this pressing danger , which came to his knowledge during the course of the 29th , Moltke sent a confidential staff officer , Colonel v . Verdy du Vernois , to ...
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... Victory seemed certain . There were sufficient troops within easy reach to have ensured a crushing numerical superiority . But the other generals had not been trained to mutual support , and thought only of their own immediate security ...
... Victory seemed certain . There were sufficient troops within easy reach to have ensured a crushing numerical superiority . But the other generals had not been trained to mutual support , and thought only of their own immediate security ...
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... victory remained with the Germans , and the idea of a French in his orders issued early on the 15th , in which he laid down that the " fruits of the victory " of the previous evening could only be reaped by a vigorous pursuit towards ...
... victory remained with the Germans , and the idea of a French in his orders issued early on the 15th , in which he laid down that the " fruits of the victory " of the previous evening could only be reaped by a vigorous pursuit towards ...
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... victory was reported , the suspense at head- quarters was terrible . The I. army was exhausted , no steps had been taken to ensure support from the III . army , and the IV . corps ( II . army ) lay inactive 30 m . away . So unexpected ...
... victory was reported , the suspense at head- quarters was terrible . The I. army was exhausted , no steps had been taken to ensure support from the III . army , and the IV . corps ( II . army ) lay inactive 30 m . away . So unexpected ...
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... victory as Coulmiers might have been , had it been won by a fully organized , smoothly working army of the same strength , it is difficult to overestimate . As it was , the retirement of the Bavarians rang the alarm bell all along the ...
... victory as Coulmiers might have been , had it been won by a fully organized , smoothly working army of the same strength , it is difficult to overestimate . As it was , the retirement of the Bavarians rang the alarm bell all along the ...
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