The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... defended by an enemy , is effected either by stratagem , or by force and stratagem combined . In such a case , having divided the enemy's attention . by demonstrations made by your light troops at various points along the river front ...
... defended by an enemy , is effected either by stratagem , or by force and stratagem combined . In such a case , having divided the enemy's attention . by demonstrations made by your light troops at various points along the river front ...
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... was at Casilinum and was defended by the Roman garrison of that town ; on the east , the hills from Casilinum to Cales * See Observation 5 . F formed an unbroken barrier , steep and wooded , with B.C. 217 . 65 SECOND CAMPAIGN .
... was at Casilinum and was defended by the Roman garrison of that town ; on the east , the hills from Casilinum to Cales * See Observation 5 . F formed an unbroken barrier , steep and wooded , with B.C. 217 . 65 SECOND CAMPAIGN .
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... defended Carthaginian camp . Hannibal was too weak to leave the shelter of his entrenchments , and he had enough to do to defend his camp against the determined attacks of the Roman infantry ; but he was at length relieved by the ...
... defended Carthaginian camp . Hannibal was too weak to leave the shelter of his entrenchments , and he had enough to do to defend his camp against the determined attacks of the Roman infantry ; but he was at length relieved by the ...
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... defended by 6000 military colonists , who were in fact soldiers ; he was conscious that the Roman infantry behind walls was more than a match for his troops ; and the mode of fighting , mere bulldog attack and defence , neutralised his ...
... defended by 6000 military colonists , who were in fact soldiers ; he was conscious that the Roman infantry behind walls was more than a match for his troops ; and the mode of fighting , mere bulldog attack and defence , neutralised his ...
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... defended by the city legions , besides whom every citizen was more or less a soldier , and behind the walls of their own city the Romans would have been invincible . The Carthaginian army , numerically insuffi- cient under any ...
... defended by the city legions , besides whom every citizen was more or less a soldier , and behind the walls of their own city the Romans would have been invincible . The Carthaginian army , numerically insuffi- cient under any ...
Términos y frases comunes
African allies Apulia Ariminum arms attack battle Beneventum besieging Bruttium camp campaign Campania Cannæ Canusium Capua Carthage Carthaginian Carthaginian army Casilinum cavalry Cisalpine Gaul command consuls defeat defended DICTIONARY encamped enemy engaged English Etruria Fabius favour Flaminius flank force formed front Fulvius garrison Gaulish Gracchus Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal Hastati heavy infantry History hope horse hostile Illustrations Italy legions light infantry light troops Lucania maniples Maps Marcellus MAUNDER'S miles military Minucius neighbourhood Nero nibal Nola Numidians Observation occupied officers operations oppose organise Perusia Placentia plain Plates Post 8vo prætor present Punic R. A. PROCTOR rear reinforce revised Rhone river Roman army Roman cavalry Roman infantry Rome Samnium Scipio Second Edition second Punic war Sempronius senate sent Servilius Sicily siege soldiers Spain Spaniards Square crown 8vo Suessula Tarentum Tifata tion town TREASURY Triarii Varro victorious vols Vulturnus winter Woodcuts
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