Recollections of Forty Years' ServiceW. Blackwood and sons, 1903 - 386 páginas |
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... town for a good time before commencing his drill . There appeared to be no lack of recruits for the ranks , many uncommonly fine and fairly drilled men coming from the militia . All ranks were sup- plied with the old - fashioned ...
... town for a good time before commencing his drill . There appeared to be no lack of recruits for the ranks , many uncommonly fine and fairly drilled men coming from the militia . All ranks were sup- plied with the old - fashioned ...
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... soon as I could get away for twenty - four hours , I rode over and paid him a visit . We went into the town , a tenantless ruin , and were in it the day the UNDER FIRE . 21 Once docks were blown up . 20 DEPOT AND CRIMEA .
... soon as I could get away for twenty - four hours , I rode over and paid him a visit . We went into the town , a tenantless ruin , and were in it the day the UNDER FIRE . 21 Once docks were blown up . 20 DEPOT AND CRIMEA .
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... towns . Just before our arrival at Hongkong , it was considered advisable to send two 18 - pounders and a small detachment to one of the villages at the back of the island for its protection : the officer in charge , being somewhat ...
... towns . Just before our arrival at Hongkong , it was considered advisable to send two 18 - pounders and a small detachment to one of the villages at the back of the island for its protection : the officer in charge , being somewhat ...
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... town . The mandarin in command came to the conclusion that in face of such a force discretion was the better part of valour , and was most civil , sending presents of live sheep and immense quantities of fruit to our commodore , M'Cle ...
... town . The mandarin in command came to the conclusion that in face of such a force discretion was the better part of valour , and was most civil , sending presents of live sheep and immense quantities of fruit to our commodore , M'Cle ...
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... ( town and village sewage ) is a valuable article in China , and most carefully preserved ; but so fond are the Chinese of practical jokes , -a middy who can quietly tie the ends of the tails of two swell Chinamen together when they are ...
... ( town and village sewage ) is a valuable article in China , and most carefully preserved ; but so fond are the Chinese of practical jokes , -a middy who can quietly tie the ends of the tails of two swell Chinamen together when they are ...
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