From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African WarW. Blackwood and sons, 1900 - 180 páginas |
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... turned out of work , packed in cattle - trucks , and had come down in sun by day and icy wind by night , empty - bellied , to pack off home again . Faster than the ship- loads could steam out the trainloads steamed in . They choked the ...
... turned out of work , packed in cattle - trucks , and had come down in sun by day and icy wind by night , empty - bellied , to pack off home again . Faster than the ship- loads could steam out the trainloads steamed in . They choked the ...
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... turned out a very charming , courteous old gentleman , well informed , and his political bias was mellowed with an irresistible sense of humour . He took his own side strongly , and allowed that it was most proper for a Briton to be ...
... turned out a very charming , courteous old gentleman , well informed , and his political bias was mellowed with an irresistible sense of humour . He took his own side strongly , and allowed that it was most proper for a Briton to be ...
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... . Then , about half- past two , we turned and beheld the columns coming up behind us . The 21st Field Battery , the 5th Lancers , the Natal Mounted Volunteers on the road ; the other half of the Devons 46 FROM CAPETOWN TO LADYSMITH .
... . Then , about half- past two , we turned and beheld the columns coming up behind us . The 21st Field Battery , the 5th Lancers , the Natal Mounted Volunteers on the road ; the other half of the Devons 46 FROM CAPETOWN TO LADYSMITH .
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... the sky- line . Away on their right , round the hill , stole the black column of the Imperial Light Horse . The hill was crowned , was turned-- but where were the Bo --- A hop , a splutter , a rattle , and THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE . 47.
... the sky- line . Away on their right , round the hill , stole the black column of the Imperial Light Horse . The hill was crowned , was turned-- but where were the Bo --- A hop , a splutter , a rattle , and THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE . 47.
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... turned their heads away , trembling , and no whip or spur could bring them up to it . It drove through mackintoshes as if they were blotting - paper . The air was filled with hiss- ing ; underfoot you could see solid earth melting into ...
... turned their heads away , trembling , and no whip or spur could bring them up to it . It drove through mackintoshes as if they were blotting - paper . The air was filled with hiss- ing ; underfoot you could see solid earth melting into ...
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From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War George Warrington Steevens Visualização integral - 1900 |
From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War George Warrington Steevens Visualização integral - 1900 |
From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War George Warrington Steevens Visualização integral - 1900 |
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