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Page 141
... army , both psychologi- cally and in other respects , should be less formidable . He sent Gian Galeazzo a confident dispatch : ' Write and tell me how you wish me to settle them . ' Gian Galeazzo left it to him , as dal Verme knew he ...
... army , both psychologi- cally and in other respects , should be less formidable . He sent Gian Galeazzo a confident dispatch : ' Write and tell me how you wish me to settle them . ' Gian Galeazzo left it to him , as dal Verme knew he ...
Page 142
... army . There were none of the professional courtesies of condottiere warfare . D'Armagnac perished with the finest of his knights . The survivors fled back into the mountains , where many were waylaid and hunted down by the peasants ...
... army . There were none of the professional courtesies of condottiere warfare . D'Armagnac perished with the finest of his knights . The survivors fled back into the mountains , where many were waylaid and hunted down by the peasants ...
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... army under Jacopo dal Verme . The scene was familiar - especially to dal Verme . It was Casalecchio , on the banks of the pebbly River Reno , at the western outskirts of Bologna , where Hawkwood had faced him , turned him back , then ...
... army under Jacopo dal Verme . The scene was familiar - especially to dal Verme . It was Casalecchio , on the banks of the pebbly River Reno , at the western outskirts of Bologna , where Hawkwood had faced him , turned him back , then ...
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Preface | 7 |
The first Free Companies | 27 |
The English captain | 41 |
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