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... four generations soldiering has been our only trade , and the Army List our territorial home . With the ex- ception of a few farmers in the far north and a minister or two , the very name has almost left Scotland . A family burial ...
... four generations soldiering has been our only trade , and the Army List our territorial home . With the ex- ception of a few farmers in the far north and a minister or two , the very name has almost left Scotland . A family burial ...
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... pay at the present day , and having little time to spare from three parades a - day , I managed to make my ensign's pay and allowance cover all expenses ; and in the beginning of November , after being rather more than four.
... pay at the present day , and having little time to spare from three parades a - day , I managed to make my ensign's pay and allowance cover all expenses ; and in the beginning of November , after being rather more than four.
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Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch. beginning of November , after being rather more than four months at the depot , I had the good fortune to be sent with several other officers to Horfield Barracks , near Bristol , to take out to the Crimea a ...
Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch. beginning of November , after being rather more than four months at the depot , I had the good fortune to be sent with several other officers to Horfield Barracks , near Bristol , to take out to the Crimea a ...
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... four other compartments knocked into one ; this , although a large fireplace had been built in it , was not particularly warm , every one coming to dinner in a fur coat . The morning after I arrived I was detailed for a road - making ...
... four other compartments knocked into one ; this , although a large fireplace had been built in it , was not particularly warm , every one coming to dinner in a fur coat . The morning after I arrived I was detailed for a road - making ...
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... four hours . The Rohillas , armed to the teeth , and with their round shields slung over their shoulders , could be seen at Secunderabad ; and fine fellows they were , for whom one could not help having a certain admiration . We ought ...
... four hours . The Rohillas , armed to the teeth , and with their round shields slung over their shoulders , could be seen at Secunderabad ; and fine fellows they were , for whom one could not help having a certain admiration . We ought ...
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