The Quarterly Review, Volumes 222-223William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1915 - English literature |
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Page 67
... guns , and is further circum- scribed by the coal - supply . Naval guns can do little more than bombard coasts , and without an adequate supply of steam - power the best ships cannot keep up their speed . What the Ottoman fleet has ...
... guns , and is further circum- scribed by the coal - supply . Naval guns can do little more than bombard coasts , and without an adequate supply of steam - power the best ships cannot keep up their speed . What the Ottoman fleet has ...
Page 87
... guns including numerous howitzers of large calibre , was also employed . The retreat of the Germans from the Marne had been so hurried that it seemed likely at first that the heights north of the Aisne were being held merely as a ...
... guns including numerous howitzers of large calibre , was also employed . The retreat of the Germans from the Marne had been so hurried that it seemed likely at first that the heights north of the Aisne were being held merely as a ...
Page 89
... guns commanded the approaches from concealed positions ; and machine - guns hidden in short lengths of trench projecting from the general line brought a cross - fire to bear on the ground in front . The enemy , true to the principle of ...
... guns commanded the approaches from concealed positions ; and machine - guns hidden in short lengths of trench projecting from the general line brought a cross - fire to bear on the ground in front . The enemy , true to the principle of ...
Page 92
... guns and armour . Each improvement in guns has neces- sitated a corresponding advance in protective structures ; and hitherto - on land at least - the gun has always come out second - best . At sea the conditions are different . There ...
... guns and armour . Each improvement in guns has neces- sitated a corresponding advance in protective structures ; and hitherto - on land at least - the gun has always come out second - best . At sea the conditions are different . There ...
Page 99
... guns . The situation frequently results in the lost position being almost immediately regained . Referring to the German attack on Nov. 11 , the severest that our troops sustained , * Sir John French's despatch , published on Nov. 30 ...
... guns . The situation frequently results in the lost position being almost immediately regained . Referring to the German attack on Nov. 11 , the severest that our troops sustained , * Sir John French's despatch , published on Nov. 30 ...
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