Military life in Algeria, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... horses were loaded , we trotted smartly on towards our destination . When within half a league of the confluence of ... horse covered with foam ; he looked like a knight - banneret of the middle ages . He saluted the colonel , and took ...
... horses were loaded , we trotted smartly on towards our destination . When within half a league of the confluence of ... horse covered with foam ; he looked like a knight - banneret of the middle ages . He saluted the colonel , and took ...
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... horses on , and looked eagerly before us . One more turn of the road , and we should see the enemy . This was soon ... horse shoe , seemed ready to envelope us . " Slow time ! " cried the Colonel , and we pulled up , and advanced at a ...
... horses on , and looked eagerly before us . One more turn of the road , and we should see the enemy . This was soon ... horse shoe , seemed ready to envelope us . " Slow time ! " cried the Colonel , and we pulled up , and advanced at a ...
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... horses , chasseurs leaning on their saddles , the floating drapery of Arab costume , and the heads of some of the enemy at their saddle - bows . All this gave to the spectacle something of the wild grandeur of a victory in primitive ...
... horses , chasseurs leaning on their saddles , the floating drapery of Arab costume , and the heads of some of the enemy at their saddle - bows . All this gave to the spectacle something of the wild grandeur of a victory in primitive ...
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... horses in good condi- ion ; as , if the horse got out of heart , the rider was often obliged to go on foot for a long march perhaps ; and then in battle , which might any day happen , without a horse to be relied upon , the trooper felt ...
... horses in good condi- ion ; as , if the horse got out of heart , the rider was often obliged to go on foot for a long march perhaps ; and then in battle , which might any day happen , without a horse to be relied upon , the trooper felt ...
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... the look- out for straw ; and indeed we soon saw mounds of earth , which indicated the existence of ricks ; for to prevent the straw , broken to bits under the horses ' feet when the corn is trodden out , A WINTER CAMPAIGN . 9.
... the look- out for straw ; and indeed we soon saw mounds of earth , which indicated the existence of ricks ; for to prevent the straw , broken to bits under the horses ' feet when the corn is trodden out , A WINTER CAMPAIGN . 9.
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Abd-el-Kader Africa afterwards Algiers Arab Arab bureau arms Arnaud arrived authority Baroness d'Oberkirch battalions bivouac Bosquet burnous Caddour called camels camp Captain caravan cavaliers Chateau Neuf Cheggueun chief CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS COLBURN AND CO.'S Colonel Espinasse column command convoy coup de main death Djema Douairs Durande Emir enemy eyes fatigue feet fête fire Flittas France French Garabas ground Hachems halt hand head heart hills honour horses hour hundred inhabitants interesting Kabyles Lamoriciere leagues lion Mahiddin Marabout Marshal Bugeaud Mascara military Mohamed Mostaganem mountains mules Mustapha Nedroma never night o'clock officers Oran passed plain prisoners province of Oran rain ravine razzia repose Rhomsi road rocks sabre Sahara saluted Sam Slick sand seen side soldiers soon Spahis squadrons Sultan tents Thiaret Tlemcen Touareug trees tribes troops village whilst whole wind wood wounded Zouaves