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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 148 0 Browse Search
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 120 0 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 90 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 64 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 64 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 60 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 42 0 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 2 40 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 38 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 24 0 Browse Search
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othing more than a mob, if once gotten together. Its very weight would cause its destruction. It could be fed by no possible contrivance, and would break to pieces of itself like a ship stuck high, and dry upon a rock. After all, in modern times, a comparative handful always decide the war. In 1796-'97, the Austrians and French together had seven or eight hundred thousand men under arms, but the contest was decided in Italy, where the French had never more than thirty thousand.--In 1805, Austria had five hundred and fifty thousand men under arms. The army that was captured or dispersed at Ulm did not number more than eighty thousand; yet that, in fact, decided the contest. At Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo less than three hundred thousand men decided a contest which more than two millions were armed to take a part in. Such enormous bodies cannot be brought into action entire. They serve merely as recruiting depots for the army in front as it becomes exhausted. With all the eno