Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief, 第 2 巻Richard Bentley and Son, 1897 - 511 ページ |
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... fire upon our defences , while their swordsmen made a determined advance . The nature of the ground prevented our guns from being brought to bear upon the assailants , and they were thus able to get across the open space in front of the ...
... fire upon our defences , while their swordsmen made a determined advance . The nature of the ground prevented our guns from being brought to bear upon the assailants , and they were thus able to get across the open space in front of the ...
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... fire with his Mountain guns . Meanwhile , Wilde's column had cleared off the enemy from the front of the camp , and formed up on Turner's left . On the advance being sounded , Turner's Infantry rushed down the slopes , and in ten ...
... fire with his Mountain guns . Meanwhile , Wilde's column had cleared off the enemy from the front of the camp , and formed up on Turner's left . On the advance being sounded , Turner's Infantry rushed down the slopes , and in ten ...
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... fire to by our Cavalry , the wing of the 32nd was brought up in prolongation of our line to the right . The advance was continued to within about 800 yards of the Buner Pass , when Turner , observing a large body of the enemy ...
... fire to by our Cavalry , the wing of the 32nd was brought up in prolongation of our line to the right . The advance was continued to within about 800 yards of the Buner Pass , when Turner , observing a large body of the enemy ...
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... fire , and the huge column of smoke which ascended from the burning village , and was visible for miles round , did not tend to allay the ill - feeling so plainly displayed . The Native officers of 1863 ] MALKA DESTROYED 21 the Guides ...
... fire , and the huge column of smoke which ascended from the burning village , and was visible for miles round , did not tend to allay the ill - feeling so plainly displayed . The Native officers of 1863 ] MALKA DESTROYED 21 the Guides ...
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... fire a single shot , the desire for blood would quickly have spread , and in all probability not one of our party would have escaped . On the 23rd December we reached our camp in the Umbeyla Pass , when the force , which had only been ...
... fire a single shot , the desire for blood would quickly have spread , and in all probability not one of our party would have escaped . On the 23rd December we reached our camp in the Umbeyla Pass , when the force , which had only been ...
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