Words by an Eyewitness: The Struggle in NatalW. Blackwood, 1901 - 343 sider |
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... mile stretch of average South African country , the Britons would probably be surrounded , without , perhaps , having caught even so much as a glimpse of their opponents , unless the glimpse were given them on purpose . To begin with ...
... mile stretch of average South African country , the Britons would probably be surrounded , without , perhaps , having caught even so much as a glimpse of their opponents , unless the glimpse were given them on purpose . To begin with ...
Side 32
... miles of hot , soundless air . Then another helio , spelt out painfully by the frowning , staring signallers , " Very hard pressed . " Something like a groan ran through the idle mob on the knolls ; some shut up their glasses with a ...
... miles of hot , soundless air . Then another helio , spelt out painfully by the frowning , staring signallers , " Very hard pressed . " Something like a groan ran through the idle mob on the knolls ; some shut up their glasses with a ...
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... mile of men had lain down to wait . Hour after hour crouched the long line on the sodden ground in the downpour in absolute silence , immobility , and wretchedness , officers and men stretched out so still amongst the mud and wet stones ...
... mile of men had lain down to wait . Hour after hour crouched the long line on the sodden ground in the downpour in absolute silence , immobility , and wretchedness , officers and men stretched out so still amongst the mud and wet stones ...
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... miles of stage , and for auditorium an immense half - moon of green hills and ridges . Battles are not commonly fought on such spectacular country , for fine levels leading up to high ground mean heavy losses to the attackers , and the ...
... miles of stage , and for auditorium an immense half - moon of green hills and ridges . Battles are not commonly fought on such spectacular country , for fine levels leading up to high ground mean heavy losses to the attackers , and the ...
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... miles from all parts of the Boer position as a bridge - head to the pontoon behind them . Be- hind the kopje squatted a battery of 5 - inch guns ; upon Mount Alice , behind and across the river , lived the 4'7's ; and along the terraces ...
... miles from all parts of the Boer position as a bridge - head to the pontoon behind them . Be- hind the kopje squatted a battery of 5 - inch guns ; upon Mount Alice , behind and across the river , lived the 4'7's ; and along the terraces ...
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