The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... position ; and how far less fitted than Rome she was to become the founder of a dominion destined to exist for ages , which should bind together barbarians of every race and language into an organised empire , and fit them for becoming ...
... position ; and how far less fitted than Rome she was to become the founder of a dominion destined to exist for ages , which should bind together barbarians of every race and language into an organised empire , and fit them for becoming ...
Pagina 30
... position of Scipio's army . Not many hours elapsed before these horsemen were seen returning to the camp , as if riding for their lives from a pursuing enemy . They had indeed fallen in with the light cavalry sent out by Scipio , who ...
... position of Scipio's army . Not many hours elapsed before these horsemen were seen returning to the camp , as if riding for their lives from a pursuing enemy . They had indeed fallen in with the light cavalry sent out by Scipio , who ...
Pagina 44
... position as that which she occupied at the beginning of the first Punic war . On the other hand , if the Carthaginians took the initiative , all the advantages would be for them . Hannibal calculated that if he could once cross the Alps ...
... position as that which she occupied at the beginning of the first Punic war . On the other hand , if the Carthaginians took the initiative , all the advantages would be for them . Hannibal calculated that if he could once cross the Alps ...
Pagina 46
... position of the enemy , and the probable line of his advance . He should have sent out his light cavalry to scour the country on the western bank of the Rhone , to bring him intelligence of the approach of Hannibal in sufficient time to ...
... position of the enemy , and the probable line of his advance . He should have sent out his light cavalry to scour the country on the western bank of the Rhone , to bring him intelligence of the approach of Hannibal in sufficient time to ...
Pagina 47
... position , might successfully dispute the further advance of the enemy , and defeat him with the river in his rear . Had Scipio occupied such a central position as has been supposed in the first instance , and failing thereby to prevent ...
... position , might successfully dispute the further advance of the enemy , and defeat him with the river in his rear . Had Scipio occupied such a central position as has been supposed in the first instance , and failing thereby to prevent ...
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