Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 188W. Blackwood, 1910 - Scotland |
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Page 120
... officers lived in the headquarters camp , one of whom , the Chief Engineer , was at this time engaged in an inspection of the upper parts of the line , and prevented by floods from returning . The other officer was his Personal ...
... officers lived in the headquarters camp , one of whom , the Chief Engineer , was at this time engaged in an inspection of the upper parts of the line , and prevented by floods from returning . The other officer was his Personal ...
Page 121
... Officers and subordinate staff were needed to supervise , he had to see that they were forthcoming . Every day five hundred camels came up the gorge laden with food , every day a train - load of materials came groaning up the temporary ...
... Officers and subordinate staff were needed to supervise , he had to see that they were forthcoming . Every day five hundred camels came up the gorge laden with food , every day a train - load of materials came groaning up the temporary ...
Page 122
... officer , leav- ing a watchman to warn him if in the night there was any fresh rise of the stream , wrapped himself in a bor- rowed blanket and stretched himself on a native bedstead for the sleep he so sorely needed . As day was ...
... officer , leav- ing a watchman to warn him if in the night there was any fresh rise of the stream , wrapped himself in a bor- rowed blanket and stretched himself on a native bedstead for the sleep he so sorely needed . As day was ...
Page 150
... officers and men to " hold the balance correctly between fire power and shock action . " ( C. T. , p . 187. ) The rival teachers , and in- deed all military writers and thinkers , are agreed on two points - namely , in the belief that ...
... officers and men to " hold the balance correctly between fire power and shock action . " ( C. T. , p . 187. ) The rival teachers , and in- deed all military writers and thinkers , are agreed on two points - namely , in the belief that ...
Page 152
... officers , and re- fuse to attempt impossibilities at all . Reconnaissance in any war consists normally , not in the meeting of masses in shock , but in the work of detachments trying to gain information ; and to gain information these ...
... officers , and re- fuse to attempt impossibilities at all . Reconnaissance in any war consists normally , not in the meeting of masses in shock , but in the work of detachments trying to gain information ; and to gain information these ...
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