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... considered I ought to try what I could do as an author . ' Recollections of Forty Years ' Service ' is the result . I now venture to present the book to the public , and trust that its imperfections may be lightly criti- cised ; for ...
... considered I ought to try what I could do as an author . ' Recollections of Forty Years ' Service ' is the result . I now venture to present the book to the public , and trust that its imperfections may be lightly criti- cised ; for ...
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... performance of curious kaleidoscopic drill movements inside a barrack square were about all that was considered necessary . LLANWYSK , September 1902 . ALEX . B. TULLOCH . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. EARLY DAYS AND SANDHURST II viii PREFACE .
... performance of curious kaleidoscopic drill movements inside a barrack square were about all that was considered necessary . LLANWYSK , September 1902 . ALEX . B. TULLOCH . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. EARLY DAYS AND SANDHURST II viii PREFACE .
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... considered quite unnecessary for cadets , no matter what the weather might be . The equipment for parade or guard was of the same pattern as that worn in the Peninsular War - viz . , two broad pipe - clayed belts , one over each ...
... considered quite unnecessary for cadets , no matter what the weather might be . The equipment for parade or guard was of the same pattern as that worn in the Peninsular War - viz . , two broad pipe - clayed belts , one over each ...
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... considered it a duty to make me comfort- able ; and when on a march out through the snow to the Baidar Valley or to a field - day with the whole division out on the plain of Balaklava , one of the officers usually insisted on relieving ...
... considered it a duty to make me comfort- able ; and when on a march out through the snow to the Baidar Valley or to a field - day with the whole division out on the plain of Balaklava , one of the officers usually insisted on relieving ...
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... considered necessary for the expected campaign . An enormous amount of ammunition had been blazed away from the advanced trenches during the siege , but systematic target practice in fine days during the winter , when the men might have ...
... considered necessary for the expected campaign . An enormous amount of ammunition had been blazed away from the advanced trenches during the siege , but systematic target practice in fine days during the winter , when the men might have ...
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