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De Kalb was sent by the French Government on a mission to America in 1768 , in the course of which he became friends with a number of Americans and learned to like their ways . When the Revolutionary War broke out , he wrote a ...
De Kalb was sent by the French Government on a mission to America in 1768 , in the course of which he became friends with a number of Americans and learned to like their ways . When the Revolutionary War broke out , he wrote a ...
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They fought chivalrously against an enemy equally armed and equipped , and of course they regarded the introduction of the bow and arrow , and later of mus- kets , as unsporting and disgraceful . In fact , it was ruinous to them as a ...
They fought chivalrously against an enemy equally armed and equipped , and of course they regarded the introduction of the bow and arrow , and later of mus- kets , as unsporting and disgraceful . In fact , it was ruinous to them as a ...
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In contrast to the idealists , there were of course professional soldiers intent on advancing in their calling by gaining honor , there were mercenaries willing to sell their blood to the highest bidder , and of course many who had ...
In contrast to the idealists , there were of course professional soldiers intent on advancing in their calling by gaining honor , there were mercenaries willing to sell their blood to the highest bidder , and of course many who had ...
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Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
Apprenticeship under Marshals Saxe and Lowendal | 30 |
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| Վերնագիր | General de Kalb Թողարկում 53 of Studies in the Germanic languages and literatures, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill campus). Հատոր 53 of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic languages and literatures Թողարկում 53 of University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures, ISSN 0081-8593 |
| Հեղինակ | Adolf Eduard Zucker |
| Հրատարակիչ | University of North Carolina Press, 1966 |
| Original from | Միչիգանի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 12 Հուլիս 2006 |
| ISBN | 0807880531, 9780807880531 |
| Length | 251 էջ |
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