The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Vol. 1 (of 2) Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East

CHAPTER III

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The expansion in numbers of our army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the suitability of our peace and war establishments, and the growth of our neighbours’ forces—The growing complication of our defence problems towards the end of the last century 78–95