Military Life in Algeria: By the Count P. de Castellane, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... ground floor , was a room the windows of which opened upon the shade of a large thickly - leaved fig tree growing in the centre of the courtyard , for the greater delectation of the pigeons in the neighbourhood . Pigeons and travellers ...
... ground floor , was a room the windows of which opened upon the shade of a large thickly - leaved fig tree growing in the centre of the courtyard , for the greater delectation of the pigeons in the neighbourhood . Pigeons and travellers ...
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... horsemen , journeyed with us towards Mi- lianah . We crossed the valley of the Cheliff , marching over the identical ground on which the red regulars and immense masses of cavalry en- countered our GENERAL CHANGARNIER . 31.
... horsemen , journeyed with us towards Mi- lianah . We crossed the valley of the Cheliff , marching over the identical ground on which the red regulars and immense masses of cavalry en- countered our GENERAL CHANGARNIER . 31.
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... ground , over which the eye stretched to a wide distance . Accordingly , though the soldiers ' muskets were loaded , we marched in security , the General at the head , followed by the cavalry , then the infantry , preceded by a company ...
... ground , over which the eye stretched to a wide distance . Accordingly , though the soldiers ' muskets were loaded , we marched in security , the General at the head , followed by the cavalry , then the infantry , preceded by a company ...
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... ground little by little . Suddenly it stood up , drew near , and a Kabyle , armed with a dagger , sprang upon the soldier ; but the latter drove his bayonet through his body . The wound was mortal , and the animated bush never stirred ...
... ground little by little . Suddenly it stood up , drew near , and a Kabyle , armed with a dagger , sprang upon the soldier ; but the latter drove his bayonet through his body . The wound was mortal , and the animated bush never stirred ...
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... ground , in spite of the briars , in spite of rocks , they sprang up like monkeys , clambering and jumping over every obstacle , braving the bullets showering perpendicularly upon them , and avoiding the enormous blocks which the ...
... ground , in spite of the briars , in spite of rocks , they sprang up like monkeys , clambering and jumping over every obstacle , braving the bullets showering perpendicularly upon them , and avoiding the enormous blocks which the ...
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