The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a short 1904 book by the British Army officer Ernest Swinton. Lieutenant Backsight Forethought (BF) and his command of...
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duffer (Discophora timora), a butterfly found in South Asia Southern duffer (Discophora lepida), a butterfly found in India The Defence of Duffer's Drift...
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Ernest Swinton (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
book on small unit tactics, The Defence of Duffer's Drift, a military classic on minor tactics that has been used by the Canadian and British Armies to...
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line 1 The Defence of Duffer's Drift, 1900 First and Second Battles of the Fords of Isen, (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) Battle of the Trident...
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exoskeletons List of science fiction films of the 2010s The Defence of Duffer's Drift, a 1904 short book with a similar premise "Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die...
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Clan Swinton (redirect from House of Swinton)
Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton was the author of The Defence of Duffer's Drift and was one of the driving forces behind early tank development...
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Counterinsurgency (section "Drain the sea" tactic)
Albert J. Marckwardt (2009). The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa With E. D. Swinton's "The Defence of Duffer's Drift". University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-08093-2...
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psychological thriller film written and directed by the Duffer Brothers in their feature film debut. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough...
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Charles Shaw (British Army officer) (category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen)
mythical attack on the port of Leith, somewhat in the style of Chesney's later The Battle of Dorking or Swinton's The Defence of Duffer's Drift. In these he...
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plays a prominent role are listed below. For stories of time travel in antiquity, see the history of the time travel concept. This list describes novels and...
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