American Quarterly Review, Volume 13Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1833 - American literature |
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Page 360
... fortress may be entered . Breaches are , however , now more frequently effected by means of mines . An opening having been cut in the face of the wall by the fire of cannon , of sufficient size to hide a man , a miner is sent across the ...
... fortress may be entered . Breaches are , however , now more frequently effected by means of mines . An opening having been cut in the face of the wall by the fire of cannon , of sufficient size to hide a man , a miner is sent across the ...
Page 370
... fortress which his mere name had before protected from any attempt , some germ of his principles would have been called into action . It might have been expected , that long as the place had been threatened with siege , and possessed of ...
... fortress which his mere name had before protected from any attempt , some germ of his principles would have been called into action . It might have been expected , that long as the place had been threatened with siege , and possessed of ...
Page 373
... fortress , so far as the expenditures of ammunition and labour were concerned , had already been incur- red ; and in this respect the siege of the citadel of Antwerp is probably the most costly in the annals of modern warfare . The ...
... fortress , so far as the expenditures of ammunition and labour were concerned , had already been incur- red ; and in this respect the siege of the citadel of Antwerp is probably the most costly in the annals of modern warfare . The ...
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