 | 1919 - 636 страници
...the admiration of military chiefs from her own day down to ours. Lang, treating this subject writes, "A girl understood and a girl employed (so professional...tactics declare) the essential ideas of the military art."i And again he states, "She possessed what in a Napoleon, a Marlborough, or a Kellerman would... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1908 - 420 страници
...cannot lie, of the Blessed Dead. Knowing all this,—her own lack of power, her own poverty, l y Jj simplicity, and inexperience, and the briefness of...concentrate quickly, to strike swiftly, to strike hard, to stri'te at vital points, and, despising vain noisy skirmishes and "valiances," to fight with invincible... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, Scofield Thayer - 1909 - 316 страници
...who deny that Jeanne was more than an influence for patriotism is a summary of her military record. " A girl understood, and a girl employed (so professional...vital points, and, despising vain noisy skirmishes and 1 valiances,' to fight with invincible tenacity of purpose. . . . She possessed what, in a Napoleon,... | |
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A girl understood, and a girl employed (so professional students of strategy and tactics declare), the essential ideas of the military art ; namely, to concentrate quickly, to strike swiftly, to strike hard, to strike at vital points, and, despising vain... 