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... ready , and funny little objects these embryo soldiers , ranging from thirteen to fifteen years of age , must have been in their red swallow - tailed coatees and heavy shakos with the great brass plate in front and scale - metal chin ...
... ready , and funny little objects these embryo soldiers , ranging from thirteen to fifteen years of age , must have been in their red swallow - tailed coatees and heavy shakos with the great brass plate in front and scale - metal chin ...
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... ready to start . One decidedly old officer joined us an ancient captain from half - pay , who had known my father in Burmah in the year 1827. It seemed to us youngsters a most cruel pro- ceeding forcing , or even allowing , this old ...
... ready to start . One decidedly old officer joined us an ancient captain from half - pay , who had known my father in Burmah in the year 1827. It seemed to us youngsters a most cruel pro- ceeding forcing , or even allowing , this old ...
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... ready . At that time convicts worked in the dockyard , and one of their hulks lay at almost speaking distance from the Britannia . Later on orders came for us to go to the Curragh . I got permission to go overland , thereby managing to ...
... ready . At that time convicts worked in the dockyard , and one of their hulks lay at almost speaking distance from the Britannia . Later on orders came for us to go to the Curragh . I got permission to go overland , thereby managing to ...
Side 35
... ready and embarked as rapidly as possible . Men from the depot and volun- teers from other regiments soon brought the Royals up to war strength ; and in July the headquarters , including the light company , to which I had been promoted ...
... ready and embarked as rapidly as possible . Men from the depot and volun- teers from other regiments soon brought the Royals up to war strength ; and in July the headquarters , including the light company , to which I had been promoted ...
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... ready for our march to Secunderabad , 200 miles up country . Regulation helmets were not then in use ; instead , white covers with a little curtain behind were worn over the shako . The march in the early morning , commencing before ...
... ready for our march to Secunderabad , 200 miles up country . Regulation helmets were not then in use ; instead , white covers with a little curtain behind were worn over the shako . The march in the early morning , commencing before ...
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