The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... effect which they exercised on the contest in Italy , and on the final evacuation of that peninsula by Hannibal . I have endeavoured to avoid fatiguing the reader with useless details , and to present only to his notice the more salient ...
... effect which they exercised on the contest in Italy , and on the final evacuation of that peninsula by Hannibal . I have endeavoured to avoid fatiguing the reader with useless details , and to present only to his notice the more salient ...
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... effect . The battle was invariably commenced by the light troops who , formed in four or five ranks , skirmished in front of the legion ; but when the time came to charge they passed through the intervals of the heavy infantry , and ...
... effect . The battle was invariably commenced by the light troops who , formed in four or five ranks , skirmished in front of the legion ; but when the time came to charge they passed through the intervals of the heavy infantry , and ...
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... effect on the issue of an engagement , and it will be found that in almost every pitched battle fought during this period the contest was decided by the cavalry . Marches . The length of a legionary soldier's daily march was from twenty ...
... effect on the issue of an engagement , and it will be found that in almost every pitched battle fought during this period the contest was decided by the cavalry . Marches . The length of a legionary soldier's daily march was from twenty ...
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... effect permanent conquests in Spain . It was his policy to attach the new subjects to the mother city by kind treatment , at the same time that he conciliated the native independent Princes ; and he hoped thus not only to ensure a ...
... effect permanent conquests in Spain . It was his policy to attach the new subjects to the mother city by kind treatment , at the same time that he conciliated the native independent Princes ; and he hoped thus not only to ensure a ...
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... effect it are well worthy of attention . He sent off a strong detachment by night , with native guides , to ascend the river for about twenty miles , and then to cross as best they could , where there would be no enemy to oppose them ...
... effect it are well worthy of attention . He sent off a strong detachment by night , with native guides , to ascend the river for about twenty miles , and then to cross as best they could , where there would be no enemy to oppose them ...
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