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Identifier: farrowsmilitarye02farr (find matches)
Title: Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Farrow, Edward S. (Edward Samuel), b. 1855
Subjects: Military art and science
Publisher: New York : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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