Journal of an English Officer in IndiaHurst and Blackett, 1858 - Всего страниц: 280 |
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... complete swamp . There being no choice , we pitched our tents near the line of railway , and found the premises a heap of ruins , the work of the mutineers . It was fortunate that no rain fell while we awaited the arrival of our baggage ...
... complete swamp . There being no choice , we pitched our tents near the line of railway , and found the premises a heap of ruins , the work of the mutineers . It was fortunate that no rain fell while we awaited the arrival of our baggage ...
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... complete cover to their assailants . Outside the entrenchments , a mere furrow , are a few few rifle - pits . another place , the ground is excavated as a means of protecting the poor women from the fire of the enemy , who , against ...
... complete cover to their assailants . Outside the entrenchments , a mere furrow , are a few few rifle - pits . another place , the ground is excavated as a means of protecting the poor women from the fire of the enemy , who , against ...
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... complete success , and not a single case of desertion had occurred en route . How I came to have been detached for that particular duty , command of the rear - guard , on that day , I know not ; but so it was ; though contrary to the ...
... complete success , and not a single case of desertion had occurred en route . How I came to have been detached for that particular duty , command of the rear - guard , on that day , I know not ; but so it was ; though contrary to the ...
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... complete what only half that number undertook , destitute alike of cavalry and horse artillery . Our ammunition is scarce , which acts as a great restraint upon the use of our artillery . We can make no impression without shelling the ...
... complete what only half that number undertook , destitute alike of cavalry and horse artillery . Our ammunition is scarce , which acts as a great restraint upon the use of our artillery . We can make no impression without shelling the ...
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... complete defeat before our troops from that station . Yesterday , our scale of daily rations was reduced , in order to make them suffice for a month . Several countermines are being made by our laborious Engineers to counteract those of ...
... complete defeat before our troops from that station . Yesterday , our scale of daily rations was reduced , in order to make them suffice for a month . Several countermines are being made by our laborious Engineers to counteract those of ...
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Стр. 16 - Tahiti, and other gems of the sea in that quarter, and from thence to Sydney, marching through the Murray Valley, and inspecting the Adelaide district: From Australia he dashed onward to Java, riding through the interior, and taking a general survey of Batavia, with a glance at Japan and the Japanese.