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B08601 War practically perform'd: shewing all the requisites belonging to a land-army, in marches, battels, and sieges. / Deduced from ancient and modern discipline by the experience of Capt. Nath. Boteler. Boteler, Nathaniel. 1672 (1672) Wing B6288D; ESTC R173344 93,172 256

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