R.U.S.I. Journal, Том 45W. Mitchell and Son, 1901 |
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... whole coast of America in terror . In saying that , I am not quoting an English historian , but an American historian . During that war our Navy could defend our commerce , and the consequence of the war was that the American trade went ...
... whole coast of America in terror . In saying that , I am not quoting an English historian , but an American historian . During that war our Navy could defend our commerce , and the consequence of the war was that the American trade went ...
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... whole Navy without reference to what can and should be done afloat . There has been very much said recently about the necessity of training at sea . As a matter of fact , the training of our men has been taken away from the Service ...
... whole Navy without reference to what can and should be done afloat . There has been very much said recently about the necessity of training at sea . As a matter of fact , the training of our men has been taken away from the Service ...
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... whole Service , can bring a charge that the engineering staff is not backed up by the senior officers of the ship ; and until it is proved that is the case , any alteration is a dangerous experiment . As regards courts - martial ...
... whole Service , can bring a charge that the engineering staff is not backed up by the senior officers of the ship ; and until it is proved that is the case , any alteration is a dangerous experiment . As regards courts - martial ...
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... whole of the ability of the Service is concentrated in him . I look upon all the others as equally able in their respective lines . On the other hand , the idea was only put forward as a suggestion , and if there was any desire amongst ...
... whole of the ability of the Service is concentrated in him . I look upon all the others as equally able in their respective lines . On the other hand , the idea was only put forward as a suggestion , and if there was any desire amongst ...
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... whole at first sight suitable enough , and their author may have thought such a thing as a repulse impossible . In these dispositions the one idea seems to have been to bring the force in the best arranged order in échelon to bear ...
... whole at first sight suitable enough , and their author may have thought such a thing as a repulse impossible . In these dispositions the one idea seems to have been to bring the force in the best arranged order in échelon to bear ...
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