Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 第 167 巻W. Blackwood, 1900 |
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arms army artillery attack bank Bloemfontein boat Boers brigade British bullets burst called camp Cape Cape Colony cavalry Cawnpore Celts CLXVII Colonel Colony command Committee dark doubt enemy England English eyes face Fatehgarh feeling feet fight fire followed force French give Goldwin Smith Government guns hand head heard hill horses House infantry John Morgan koppje laager Lady Ladysmith land letters lives look Lord Salisbury Malays ment miles military Modder Modder river mounted Natal nation native ness never night officers once party passed political position Pretoria railway rifles river round Russia Scotland Scots seems sepoys shell ship side Sikhs soldier South Africa Spion Kop stand tell thing thought tion told Transvaal troops turned Uitlanders village voice waggons whole word wounded yards
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