Military Manners and CustomsChatto & Windus, 1885 - 284 páginas |
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... ( less full than one might wish ) of the Military International Conference that met at Brussels in 1874 , to discuss the existing laws and customs of war , and to consider whether any modification of them were either possible or desirable ...
... ( less full than one might wish ) of the Military International Conference that met at Brussels in 1874 , to discuss the existing laws and customs of war , and to consider whether any modification of them were either possible or desirable ...
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... less humane than his minister , the result was the famous Declaration , signed in 1868 by all the chief Powers ( save the United States ) , mutually fore- going in their future wars by land or sea the use of projectiles weighing less ...
... less humane than his minister , the result was the famous Declaration , signed in 1868 by all the chief Powers ( save the United States ) , mutually fore- going in their future wars by land or sea the use of projectiles weighing less ...
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... mechanism . Whatever form of death be in front of a man , it is less certain 1 Scoffern's Projectile Weapons , & c . , 66 . 2 Sur l'Esprit , i . 562 . than that in his rear . The Ashantees as they THE LAWS OF WAR . 7.
... mechanism . Whatever form of death be in front of a man , it is less certain 1 Scoffern's Projectile Weapons , & c . , 66 . 2 Sur l'Esprit , i . 562 . than that in his rear . The Ashantees as they THE LAWS OF WAR . 7.
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... less destructive than that of ancient or even mediæval times ; and that the actual loss of life in battle has not kept pace with the development of new and more effective life - taking implements ! Yet it is difficult to imagine a ...
... less destructive than that of ancient or even mediæval times ; and that the actual loss of life in battle has not kept pace with the development of new and more effective life - taking implements ! Yet it is difficult to imagine a ...
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... less ferocity than others , and writers who plead for the mitigation of its cruelties . As in modern history a Marlborough , a Wellington , or a Villars forms a pleasant contrast to a Feuquières , a Belleisle , or a Blu- cher , so in ...
... less ferocity than others , and writers who plead for the mitigation of its cruelties . As in modern history a Marlborough , a Wellington , or a Villars forms a pleasant contrast to a Feuquières , a Belleisle , or a Blu- cher , so in ...
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