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Page 127
... Military Col- lege at Sandhurst ( founded 1802 ) , offering cavalry and infantry training . From 1940 the functions of these schools were combined at Sandhurst ( q.v. ) , which in 1947 was offi- cially designated the Royal Military ...
... Military Col- lege at Sandhurst ( founded 1802 ) , offering cavalry and infantry training . From 1940 the functions of these schools were combined at Sandhurst ( q.v. ) , which in 1947 was offi- cially designated the Royal Military ...
Page 128
military government 128 The 20th century . The protracted trench warfare of World War I called upon all of the traditional siegecraft skills of the military engineers . Trench tramways and light railways were built for the maintenance ...
military government 128 The 20th century . The protracted trench warfare of World War I called upon all of the traditional siegecraft skills of the military engineers . Trench tramways and light railways were built for the maintenance ...
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... Military service . Ney was the son of a barrel cooper and blacksmith . Apprenticed to a local lawyer , he ran away in 1788 to join a hussar regiment . His opportunity came with the rev- olutionary wars , in which he fought from the ...
... Military service . Ney was the son of a barrel cooper and blacksmith . Apprenticed to a local lawyer , he ran away in 1788 to join a hussar regiment . His opportunity came with the rev- olutionary wars , in which he fought from the ...
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