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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1728 Excerpt: ... other Weapons, read Lipjius. Their Horse were generally weak and few, vastly unproportionable to their Foot, and good for little but Picqueering at one another. Their Chariots were Dreadful, as described by ancient Writers, arm'd with Scythes and Death: Their Elephants were rather troublesome than serviceable: Their Foot was their greatest Force, unless among the Persians, whereof consisted the Macedonian Phalanx.and the greatest Part of the Invincible Roman Legions. Now, the Reason why we have fewer Kilsd in our Fights, than they in theirs, is no no better nor worse, than because we run away sooner; they then stood it out, Foot to Foot, and hack'd one another for a whole Day, nay, sometimes several Days together---But now, a great Part of the boasted Art of War, is the Art of Running away, dodging about, keeping as long from Fighting as they can, and then Fighting as little as possible, unless one side vastly out-numbers, or has other, ways the Advantage of the other. Another Reason may be, they then commonly met in vaster Numbers; a Hundred Thousand, three hundred, nay, sometimes five hundred Thousand, or more, of a Side; and out of more, there must be more kill'd; though one would think it impossible for them al, or one half of them, to Engage;--whereas the greatest Armies of this side Europe, seldom amount to above 50000; and though the Muscovites talk of hundreds of Thousands in the Field against the Tartars, yet they are so wise as seldom or never to come to a Battle with them. The Turks indeed, have generally great Armies, having vast Territorites to raise them, and so have the Eastern Nations, especially the Chinese; but then when they meet, we find proportionable Slaughter made among them, and many times more kill'd than would compose one or two w...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130194920
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 282
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130194922
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 508 gr

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