Military Manners and CustomsChatto & Windus, 1885 - 284 páginas |
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... The explanation of their magnificent costume 55 Field sports in war - time The desire of gain the chief motive of war The identity of soldiers and brigands . 55555 56 57 57 The career and character of the Black Prince PAGE 59 X CONTENTS .
... The explanation of their magnificent costume 55 Field sports in war - time The desire of gain the chief motive of war The identity of soldiers and brigands . 55555 56 57 57 The career and character of the Black Prince PAGE 59 X CONTENTS .
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... soldier be indifferent to the cause of war ? The right to serve made conditional on a good cause By St. Augustine , Bullinger , Grotius , and Sir James Turner Old Greek feeling about mercenary service · Origin of our mercenary as ...
... soldier be indifferent to the cause of war ? The right to serve made conditional on a good cause By St. Augustine , Bullinger , Grotius , and Sir James Turner Old Greek feeling about mercenary service · Origin of our mercenary as ...
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... soldier be hired or coerced to face death , it is all one to him against what kind of bullet he rushes , so long as discipline remains - as Helvetius the French philosopher once defined it , the art of making soldiers more afraid of ...
... soldier be hired or coerced to face death , it is all one to him against what kind of bullet he rushes , so long as discipline remains - as Helvetius the French philosopher once defined it , the art of making soldiers more afraid of ...
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... soldier's philo- sophy all the world over : ' If I go on , I shall die ; if I stay behind I shall be killed ; it is better to go on.'1 How often is it said , in extenuation of modern warfare , that it is infinitely less destructive than ...
... soldier's philo- sophy all the world over : ' If I go on , I shall die ; if I stay behind I shall be killed ; it is better to go on.'1 How often is it said , in extenuation of modern warfare , that it is infinitely less destructive than ...
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... soldiers for whose death he also vouches ? A monk of St. Albans , also a contemporary , speaks only of an unknown number ( et vulgus cujus numerus ignoratur ) ; which in the account of the Abbot Hugo was put definitely at more than ...
... soldiers for whose death he also vouches ? A monk of St. Albans , also a contemporary , speaks only of an unknown number ( et vulgus cujus numerus ignoratur ) ; which in the account of the Abbot Hugo was put definitely at more than ...
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A. B. GROSART arms army barbarous battle besieged bishops bravery cause century Charles chivalry Christian Church civilised cloth extra cloth limp colours common conscription Crown 8vo cruelty custom death Declaration of Paris declared defence Demy 8vo discipline duty Edited Edward Edward III enemy enemy's England English Europe favour Fcap fighting force France French Froissart garrison German gilt Grotius Henry honour hostilities human Ibid Illus illustrated boards Indians instance justice killed king knights latter laws of war Livy Lord mercenary military service modern moral nations Novels opinion origin pagan peace pirates Polyænus Post 8vo Prince prisoners prisoners of war punishment ransom recruiting regard reprisals Roman Russian savage says ships siege slain slaughter soldier Spaniards Spanish spies Stories stratagem surrender sword Thibron Three Vols tion town treaty Vattel vessels victory Walter Manny warfare warrior wars women Zulu
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