Military Manners and CustomsChatto & Windus, 1885 - 284 páginas |
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... ships . Death the penalty for serving in fire - ships Torpedoes originally regarded as ' bad ' war English and French doctrine of rights of neutrals · Enemy's property under neutral flag secured by Treaty of Paris Shortcomings of the ...
... ships . Death the penalty for serving in fire - ships Torpedoes originally regarded as ' bad ' war English and French doctrine of rights of neutrals · Enemy's property under neutral flag secured by Treaty of Paris Shortcomings of the ...
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... ships , & c . The custom of kissing the earth before a charge Connection between religious and military ideas . The Church as a pacific agency Her efforts to set limits to reprisals The altered attitude of the modern Church 185 . 186 ...
... ships , & c . The custom of kissing the earth before a charge Connection between religious and military ideas . The Church as a pacific agency Her efforts to set limits to reprisals The altered attitude of the modern Church 185 . 186 ...
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... ships of their mother country . In the sixteenth century , that knight ' without fear or reproach , ' the Chevalier Bayard , ordered all muske- teers who fell into his hands to be slain without mercy , because he held the introduction ...
... ships of their mother country . In the sixteenth century , that knight ' without fear or reproach , ' the Chevalier Bayard , ordered all muske- teers who fell into his hands to be slain without mercy , because he held the introduction ...
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... ships in Sebastopol harbour , which formed part of the Russian defences . Chain - shot and bar - shot were also disapproved of at first , or excluded from use by conventions applying only to particular wars ; now there exists no agree ...
... ships in Sebastopol harbour , which formed part of the Russian defences . Chain - shot and bar - shot were also disapproved of at first , or excluded from use by conventions applying only to particular wars ; now there exists no agree ...
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... ships - Unlawful methods of maritime war - The Emperor Leo VI.'s " Treatise on Tactics ' — The use of fire - ships —- Death the penalty for serving in fire - ships - Torpedoes originally regarded as ' bad ' war— English and French ...
... ships - Unlawful methods of maritime war - The Emperor Leo VI.'s " Treatise on Tactics ' — The use of fire - ships —- Death the penalty for serving in fire - ships - Torpedoes originally regarded as ' bad ' war— English and French ...
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