The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... complete ordnance corps , consisting both of siege and of field artillery . They established also a transport corps under military officers , furnished with its train of carts , horses , and mules . It is not to be supposed that the ...
... complete ordnance corps , consisting both of siege and of field artillery . They established also a transport corps under military officers , furnished with its train of carts , horses , and mules . It is not to be supposed that the ...
Pagina 33
... complete ; and , after a rest of two days , he resumed his march . No more open hostility was manifested by the natives , but the natural difficulties of the route were greater than ever . The snow concealed the track , so that many ...
... complete ; and , after a rest of two days , he resumed his march . No more open hostility was manifested by the natives , but the natural difficulties of the route were greater than ever . The snow concealed the track , so that many ...
Pagina 34
... completing in one day a practicable road for the cavalry and baggage animals , which were immediately sent on to encamp in a valley beyond ; but for the passage of the elephants a wider and more solid way was required , and its ...
... completing in one day a practicable road for the cavalry and baggage animals , which were immediately sent on to encamp in a valley beyond ; but for the passage of the elephants a wider and more solid way was required , and its ...
Pagina 56
... complete victory ; when he replied to the Senate that the gods themselves having solved their scruples and pronounced in his favour , it was no longer needful for him to return . This incident alone stamps Flaminius as no ordinary man ...
... complete victory ; when he replied to the Senate that the gods themselves having solved their scruples and pronounced in his favour , it was no longer needful for him to return . This incident alone stamps Flaminius as no ordinary man ...
Pagina 87
... complete , so that the force which was immediately opposed to Han- nibal in this memorable campaign amounted to 80,000 infantry and 7200 cavalry . The army of Hannibal consisted of 40,000 infantry and of 10,000 excellent trained cavalry ...
... complete , so that the force which was immediately opposed to Han- nibal in this memorable campaign amounted to 80,000 infantry and 7200 cavalry . The army of Hannibal consisted of 40,000 infantry and of 10,000 excellent trained cavalry ...
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