On the Heels of De WetW. Blackwood and Sons, 1902 - 346 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 36
Side 17
... map ? " asked the brigadier . The chief of the staff looked at the intelli- gence officer . The intelligence officer looked at the supply officer . A map ! No one had ever seen a map . But a " Briton and Boer chart had been part of the ...
... map ? " asked the brigadier . The chief of the staff looked at the intelli- gence officer . The intelligence officer looked at the supply officer . A map ! No one had ever seen a map . But a " Briton and Boer chart had been part of the ...
Side 21
... MAP SHOWING DE WET'S INVASION ( from the Note - book of a Staff Officer ) self , at a pace which had wellnigh bleached the driver's hair , had hied down to De Aar in his armoured train . Plumer had diverted the invasion THE MEET ! 21.
... MAP SHOWING DE WET'S INVASION ( from the Note - book of a Staff Officer ) self , at a pace which had wellnigh bleached the driver's hair , had hied down to De Aar in his armoured train . Plumer had diverted the invasion THE MEET ! 21.
Side 54
... map - study . Subaltern . " Why haven't you given me a guide ? " Intelligence Officer . " There is only one road , and that is as clear as a pikestaff . " Sub . " It is the principle that I go on . " I. O. " Well , continue to go on it ...
... map - study . Subaltern . " Why haven't you given me a guide ? " Intelligence Officer . " There is only one road , and that is as clear as a pikestaff . " Sub . " It is the principle that I go on . " I. O. " Well , continue to go on it ...
Side 156
... map in a second a perfunctory impression of the topography , which it would take a cavalry brigade half a day to verify , talk glibly of turning this position and out- flanking that . Know ye that the lateral prob- lem , which in the ...
... map in a second a perfunctory impression of the topography , which it would take a cavalry brigade half a day to verify , talk glibly of turning this position and out- flanking that . Know ye that the lateral prob- lem , which in the ...
Side 261
... ! But the brigadier shook his head as he pricked out the positions on the map . " There is no mention of troops moving down from the north . What does Napoleon say about rivers as barriers in war ? -he classes them JOG - TROT . 261.
... ! But the brigadier shook his head as he pricked out the positions on the map . " There is no mention of troops moving down from the north . What does Napoleon say about rivers as barriers in war ? -he classes them JOG - TROT . 261.
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
advance-guard Africander arrived Author Blackwood Boers brigade-major brigadier British Britstown burghers camp Cape carts captain Cavalry Cavalry Brigade Cheap Edition Church cloth colonel Colony column command Crown 8vo cyclists daybreak Demy 8vo Dragoon Guards Dutch Edinburgh enemy English farm Fauresmith Fcap fighting front gallop halt hand Hertzog History Hopetown Houwater Intelligence officer JOHN Kaffir Karoo Kloof kopje LL.D look Luckhoff Maps miles Minie Kloof Miss morning Mount Nelson Mount Nelson Light move Nelson Light Horse Nieuwjaarsfontein night numerous Illustrations OLIPHANT Orange River Station orders patrol Philippolis Plumer pom-pom Portrait Post 8vo Pretoria Pretorius Prieska Professor railway realised Revised Richmond Road Riet River rifle round Scotland Second Edition Second Impression soldier South Africa squadron staff story Strydenburg subaltern tell Third Edition Tiger tion to-morrow to-night town troopers troops turned University of Edinburgh veldt vols Wet's
Populære avsnitt
Side 23 - Cessios, and Sequestrations; and the "Winding-up of Joint-Stock Companies in Scotland ; with Annotations on the various Insolvency and Bankruptcy Statutes; and with Forms of Procedure applicable to these Subjects. By JAMES MURDOCH, Member of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Svo, 12s. net. MY TRIVIAL LIFE AND MISFORTUNE: A Gossip with no Plot in Particular. By A PLAIN WOMAN.
Side 27 - Sixth Edition. 6d. Employment of Women in the Public Service. 6d. Some of the Advantages of Easily Accessible Reading and Recreation Rooms and Free Libraries.
Side 6 - Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. BUTE. The Roman Breviary : Reformed by Order of the Holy (Ecumenical Council of Trent; Published by Order of Pope St Pius V.; and Revised by Clement VIII. and Urban VIII.; together with the Offices since granted. Translated out of Latin into English by JOHN, Marquess of Bute, KT In 2 vols, crown 8vo.
Side 2 - DANTE, by the Editor. — VOLTAIRE, by General Sir EB Hamley, KCB —PASCAL, by Principal Tulloch. — PETRARCH, by Henry Reeve, CB — GOETHE, by A. Hayward, QC— MOLIERE, by the Editor and F. Tarver, MA —MONTAIGNE, by Rev. WL Collins, MA— RABELAIS, by Walter Besant, MA — CALDERON, by EJ Hasell. — SAINT SIMON, by Clifton W. Collins, MA — CERVANTES, by the Editor. — CORNEILLE AND RACINE, by Henry M. Trollope. — MADAME DE SEVIONE, by Miss Thackeray.— LA FONTAINE, AND OTHER FRENCH...
Side 29 - STEPHENS. The Book of the Farm ; detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-Labourer, Field-Worker, and Cattle-man. Illustrated with numerous Portraits of Animals and Engravings of Implements, and Plans of Farm Buildings. Fourth Edition. Revised, and in great part Re-written, by JAMES MACDONALD, FRSE, Secretary Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.
Side 30 - Glass: being a series of Elaborate Practical Treatises on the Cultivation and Forcing of Pines, Vines, Peaches, Figs, Melons, Strawberries, and Cucumbers. With Engravings of Hothouses, &c. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown Svo, 7s. 6d. THOMSON.
Side 30 - Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Including a very Copious Selection of Scientific Terms. For use in Schools and Colleges, and as a Book of General Reference.
Side 20 - Goethe's Faust. Part II. Translated into English Verse. Second Edition, Revised. Fcap. 8vo, 6s. The Works of Horace. Translated into English Verse, with Life and Notes. 2 vols. New Edition. Crown Svo, 21s.
Side 15 - HAY. The Works of the Right Rev. Dr George Hay, Bishop of Edinburgh. Edited under the Supervision of the Right Rev. Bishop STRAIN. With Memoir and Portrait of the Author. 5 vols. crown 8vo, bound in extra cloth, £1, Is.
Side 15 - The Devout Christian Instructed in the Law of Christ from the Written Word. 2 vols., 8s. — The Pious Christian Instructed in the Nature and Practice of the Principal Exercises of Piety. 1 vol., 3s. HEATLEY. The Horse-Owner's Safeguard. A Handy Medical Guide for every Man who owns a Horse.