Annual Register, 97. köideEdmund Burke 1856 |
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... officers in command of the regiments had never seen a brigade , and were un- acquainted with the organisation of large bodies . The men , too , in this highly - civilised country , never learned to do anything for them- selves . We had ...
... officers in command of the regiments had never seen a brigade , and were un- acquainted with the organisation of large bodies . The men , too , in this highly - civilised country , never learned to do anything for them- selves . We had ...
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... officers are placed on it who possess a knowledge of military science , and display fertility in expedients . In England , staff officers are appointed by interest and connection . If a return were obtained , showing how many of the ...
... officers are placed on it who possess a knowledge of military science , and display fertility in expedients . In England , staff officers are appointed by interest and connection . If a return were obtained , showing how many of the ...
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... officers of the East India Company , who had seen war , - these were the causes of the then intolerable state of things . Lord Palmerston , whom the whole House were ready to support when he took office , no longer gave satis- faction ...
... officers of the East India Company , who had seen war , - these were the causes of the then intolerable state of things . Lord Palmerston , whom the whole House were ready to support when he took office , no longer gave satis- faction ...
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... officers there for three months . There were great objections to a Secret Committee ; but if it were public , the whole ac- cusations would be published in the newspapers the next day , unanswer- ed , and inflicting injustice . He be ...
... officers there for three months . There were great objections to a Secret Committee ; but if it were public , the whole ac- cusations would be published in the newspapers the next day , unanswer- ed , and inflicting injustice . He be ...
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... officers of rank and experience of such an age as to make them efficient in the field ; to the want of a wide field of se- lection , because they had perse- vered in the system of promotion by seniority ; to the deficiency of ...
... officers of rank and experience of such an age as to make them efficient in the field ; to the want of a wide field of se- lection , because they had perse- vered in the system of promotion by seniority ; to the deficiency of ...
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