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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... miles . As soon as it arrived Colonel Alex . Taylor , R.E. , was sent off with a body of Cavalry , under Lieutenant- Colonel Probyn , to reconnoitre the road in front . The delay in reaching the top of the pass had given the tribes time ...
... miles . As soon as it arrived Colonel Alex . Taylor , R.E. , was sent off with a body of Cavalry , under Lieutenant- Colonel Probyn , to reconnoitre the road in front . The delay in reaching the top of the pass had given the tribes time ...
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... miles on our way , where we halted for the night , and where we had to remain the next day , as the Bunerwals declared they could not continue the journey until they had come to an understanding with the Amazais , in whose territory ...
... miles on our way , where we halted for the night , and where we had to remain the next day , as the Bunerwals declared they could not continue the journey until they had come to an understanding with the Amazais , in whose territory ...
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... miles of most difficult country . Our position was no doubt extremely critical , and it was well for us that we had at our head such a cool , determined leader as Reynell Taylor . I greatly admired the calm , quiet manner in which he ...
... miles of most difficult country . Our position was no doubt extremely critical , and it was well for us that we had at our head such a cool , determined leader as Reynell Taylor . I greatly admired the calm , quiet manner in which he ...
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... miles inland from Annesley Bay . The repeated demands of the British Government for the restoration of the prisoners having been treated with contemptuous silence by the King , Colonel Merewether , the Political Agent at Aden , who in ...
... miles inland from Annesley Bay . The repeated demands of the British Government for the restoration of the prisoners having been treated with contemptuous silence by the King , Colonel Merewether , the Political Agent at Aden , who in ...
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... miles distant , a very small pro- portion were able to accomplish the march ; hundreds died on the way , and their carcases , quickly decomposing in the hot sun , became a fruitful source of dangerous disease to the force . On arrival ...
... miles distant , a very small pro- portion were able to accomplish the march ; hundreds died on the way , and their carcases , quickly decomposing in the hot sun , became a fruitful source of dangerous disease to the force . On arrival ...
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