Words by an Eyewitness: The Struggle in NatalW. Blackwood, 1901 - 343 sider |
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... amongst soldiers that the severest test to which men can be subjected is a long and severe dose of artillery - fire , without a chance of reprisal , or being permitted to advance . The God of war saw fit to impose this test upon General ...
... amongst soldiers that the severest test to which men can be subjected is a long and severe dose of artillery - fire , without a chance of reprisal , or being permitted to advance . The God of war saw fit to impose this test upon General ...
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... amongst them can there be one more awful than that which overwhelms the beaten general ? It may be fancy , but does not the system and composition of our army bring its good or ill fortune very much more to the terms of the personal ...
... amongst them can there be one more awful than that which overwhelms the beaten general ? It may be fancy , but does not the system and composition of our army bring its good or ill fortune very much more to the terms of the personal ...
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... amongst those who won it , not from one who in the most desperate hour of all was standing within sight and sound of it , idle amongst 20,000 unwilling idlers . On January 10 camp was broken , and a C move made westwards to Pretorius ...
... amongst those who won it , not from one who in the most desperate hour of all was standing within sight and sound of it , idle amongst 20,000 unwilling idlers . On January 10 camp was broken , and a C move made westwards to Pretorius ...
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... amongst its junior com- missioned ranks , the British army is , judged by this very standard , blessed with more good officers than bad ones . — The army of Natal , surely the most eager and purposeful army which ever took the field ...
... amongst its junior com- missioned ranks , the British army is , judged by this very standard , blessed with more good officers than bad ones . — The army of Natal , surely the most eager and purposeful army which ever took the field ...
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... amongst dealers and dilettanti , is the only artist I know of who could have done justice to the mise en scène . On the left a rank of tremendous spurs , stretching out like huge gnarled talons into a fertile yellow valley , like a ...
... amongst dealers and dilettanti , is the only artist I know of who could have done justice to the mise en scène . On the left a rank of tremendous spurs , stretching out like huge gnarled talons into a fertile yellow valley , like a ...
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