Words by an Eyewitness: The Struggle in NatalW. Blackwood, 1901 - 343 sider |
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... ARMY 68 V. CHARITY 75 VI . THE BATTLE OF PIETER'S HILL 125 VII . SOME EVENTS AND AN ARMISTICE 138 VIII . AFTER LADYSMITH 164 • IX . ALMOND'S NEK · X. THE END OF THE NATAL CAMPAIGN XI . MAROONED XII . A SIDE - SHOW • 174 200 203 228 XIII ...
... ARMY 68 V. CHARITY 75 VI . THE BATTLE OF PIETER'S HILL 125 VII . SOME EVENTS AND AN ARMISTICE 138 VIII . AFTER LADYSMITH 164 • IX . ALMOND'S NEK · X. THE END OF THE NATAL CAMPAIGN XI . MAROONED XII . A SIDE - SHOW • 174 200 203 228 XIII ...
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... army , com- plete in equipment , primed with health and con- fidence , led by a famous general - when had such an invincible machine ever failed be- fore ? Yet when did beaten men ever walk more calmly back from disaster than did those ...
... army , com- plete in equipment , primed with health and con- fidence , led by a famous general - when had such an invincible machine ever failed be- fore ? Yet when did beaten men ever walk more calmly back from disaster than did those ...
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... army was spread . One of these monsters landed with a shriek and a thump be- tween the writer and the company he was lead- ing , and burst with a magnificent whirring roar . What did that company do ? Did they suck back and pause the ...
... army was spread . One of these monsters landed with a shriek and a thump be- tween the writer and the company he was lead- ing , and burst with a magnificent whirring roar . What did that company do ? Did they suck back and pause the ...
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... army of Natal after that , as all the world knows- some melancholy , some as unemotional and as passive as lead , one terrible and full of gloom , one of romantic suspense and risk . The writer hopes to describe them in detail some day ...
... army of Natal after that , as all the world knows- some melancholy , some as unemotional and as passive as lead , one terrible and full of gloom , one of romantic suspense and risk . The writer hopes to describe them in detail some day ...
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... army which ever rushed to victory at its first onset . It is a commonplace 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 ...
... army which ever rushed to victory at its first onset . It is a commonplace 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 ...
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