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... cavalry . By 1918 the infantry line is sustained by enormous batteries of guns of every calibre , firing away an incredible wealth of ammunition ; - its structure includes the most complicated system of machine- THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF ...
... cavalry . By 1918 the infantry line is sustained by enormous batteries of guns of every calibre , firing away an incredible wealth of ammunition ; - its structure includes the most complicated system of machine- THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF ...
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... cavalry . They will be a mechani- cal cavalry , more effective but vastly more costly . If war is to continue as a human possibility , this elaboration of the tank in scale and species follows inevitably . A mere peace of the old . type ...
... cavalry . They will be a mechani- cal cavalry , more effective but vastly more costly . If war is to continue as a human possibility , this elaboration of the tank in scale and species follows inevitably . A mere peace of the old . type ...
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