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... enemy's approach , the Kokánese burst open the dams of the river for the purpose of inundating the adjacent country . This obstruction did not , however , impede the Russian advance ; for they marched onwards , waist - deep in water ...
... enemy's approach , the Kokánese burst open the dams of the river for the purpose of inundating the adjacent country . This obstruction did not , however , impede the Russian advance ; for they marched onwards , waist - deep in water ...
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... enemy . The garrison , only three hundred strong , notwithstanding the loss of their chief , fought with lion- like courage , and two hundred and thirty fell dead on the scene of conflict , which they had defended inch by inch , but all ...
... enemy . The garrison , only three hundred strong , notwithstanding the loss of their chief , fought with lion- like courage , and two hundred and thirty fell dead on the scene of conflict , which they had defended inch by inch , but all ...
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... enemy , who were tenfold superior in numbers - an act of daring that would have cost them dearly had they not finally succeeded in crushing their besiegers so much stronger numerically . The Russians , surrounded on every side , were ...
... enemy , who were tenfold superior in numbers - an act of daring that would have cost them dearly had they not finally succeeded in crushing their besiegers so much stronger numerically . The Russians , surrounded on every side , were ...
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... enemy's communications , isolating the Europeans in their fortified places , and managing to escape every attempt to capture him . At length the Russian Govern- ment , convinced that force would be of no avail against so wily an enemy ...
... enemy's communications , isolating the Europeans in their fortified places , and managing to escape every attempt to capture him . At length the Russian Govern- ment , convinced that force would be of no avail against so wily an enemy ...
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... enemy of the unbeliever ; he is also opposed to all reforms and innovations , even if their use and advantage be self - evident . He assumed the motto , ' Govern by justice ; and , at least according to Bokharian conceptions of this ...
... enemy of the unbeliever ; he is also opposed to all reforms and innovations , even if their use and advantage be self - evident . He assumed the motto , ' Govern by justice ; and , at least according to Bokharian conceptions of this ...
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Afghánistán Afgháns Alá-Táu Allgemeine Zeitung amongst Amú Aral Sea arms army Asiatic Author Balkash Balkh Bokhára Bokharian British Caspian Sea Central Asia China Chinese Chúi civilisation Colonel commercial Cornhill Cossacks course Crown 8vo Demy 8vo desert district Dost Mahommed Dzungaria east Eastern Turkestán Edition Empire enemy England English European expedition frontier Geographical Society Government Herát important India inhabitants interesting Issik-Kúl Jaxartes Kábul Káshgar Khán khanate Khanate of Khiva Khiva Kirghiz Kokán Kokánese Kúlja lake land London miles military Mittheilungen mountain Mozaffer Naryn neighbours nomad opinion Orenburg Oxus Paternoster Row Perovsky Persian Petermann's Geogr Petersburg plains position possession Price province river ruler Russian Russian Geographical Society Samarcand Sea of Aral Shír-Alí Siberia Sír Sír-Dariá southern square versts steppe Tájiks Tartar Táshkend territory Thián-Shán tion Travels treaty tribes troops Turkestán Turkish Turkomans Ust-Urt Uzbeks valley Vámbéry versts Vide whilst Yárkand
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