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... ( afterwards Sir Alexander Tulloch ) , who had put my name down , to let me stand over till the next vacancy , which he promised , as he was particularly anxious to appoint a relative of his own . My aunt thought I was too young , and ...
... ( afterwards Sir Alexander Tulloch ) , who had put my name down , to let me stand over till the next vacancy , which he promised , as he was particularly anxious to appoint a relative of his own . My aunt thought I was too young , and ...
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... afterwards and saw the distance between the masts which I had managed to struggle over , I came to the conclusion that I had had a narrow squeak for it . Our helpless ship was eventually taken in tow and brought back to Malta , when we ...
... afterwards and saw the distance between the masts which I had managed to struggle over , I came to the conclusion that I had had a narrow squeak for it . Our helpless ship was eventually taken in tow and brought back to Malta , when we ...
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... afterwards a great source of amusement to every one . A battery known as the Gallery , directly opposite Traktir Bridge , used to send a shot at us even when only two or three of us came within range . After the peace we met the Russian ...
... afterwards a great source of amusement to every one . A battery known as the Gallery , directly opposite Traktir Bridge , used to send a shot at us even when only two or three of us came within range . After the peace we met the Russian ...
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... afterwards , when peace had been arranged , we came across some of these Cossacks , and a grin of recognition on their part showed we had not been forgotten . Altogether the second winter and following spring in the Crimea was a ...
... afterwards , when peace had been arranged , we came across some of these Cossacks , and a grin of recognition on their part showed we had not been forgotten . Altogether the second winter and following spring in the Crimea was a ...
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... afterwards my first special regimental friend was buried in the Highland Division cemetery at Kamara , in the midst of one of the worst snowstorms of the second winter . The shock of so tragically losing my ever - cheery hut companion ...
... afterwards my first special regimental friend was buried in the Highland Division cemetery at Kamara , in the midst of one of the worst snowstorms of the second winter . The shock of so tragically losing my ever - cheery hut companion ...
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