The River Column: A Narrative of the Advance of the River Column of the Nile Expeditionary Force, and Its Return Down the RapidsW. Blackwood, 1885 - 291 páginas |
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... Hussars , under Captain Aylmer , twenty - six of all ranks , and thirty horses , marched to overtake the Staffords , taking with them the horses and camels of my own party ; and in the afternoon I started in the Monarch steam - launch ...
... Hussars , under Captain Aylmer , twenty - six of all ranks , and thirty horses , marched to overtake the Staffords , taking with them the horses and camels of my own party ; and in the afternoon I started in the Monarch steam - launch ...
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... Hussars about twenty miles from Korti , and bivouacked for the night on the left bank at the village of Kureir , opposite Hanneck . The following morning , 30th , we advanced 30th Dec. to Abu Dom . Having selected a site for our bivouac ...
... Hussars about twenty miles from Korti , and bivouacked for the night on the left bank at the village of Kureir , opposite Hanneck . The following morning , 30th , we advanced 30th Dec. to Abu Dom . Having selected a site for our bivouac ...
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... Hussars and a native linesman to repair the line . They re- turned about 2.30 A.M. , having found it cut about eight miles from our camp , and traces of camels leading into the desert . had repaired the line . They On New Year's Day the ...
... Hussars and a native linesman to repair the line . They re- turned about 2.30 A.M. , having found it cut about eight miles from our camp , and traces of camels leading into the desert . had repaired the line . They On New Year's Day the ...
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... Hussars covering the advance along the bank . They arrived at Belal in the after- noon . Slade , with an escort , rode over to Hamdab to select a camping - ground for our concentration ; the rest of our party re- mained at Belal . The ...
... Hussars covering the advance along the bank . They arrived at Belal in the after- noon . Slade , with an escort , rode over to Hamdab to select a camping - ground for our concentration ; the rest of our party re- mained at Belal . The ...
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... Hussars ; The Staffordshire Regiment ; The Royal Highlanders ; The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry ; The Gordon Highlanders ; A battery of Egyptian Artillery ; The Egyptian Camel Corps ; Headquarters and 300 camels of the 11th ...
... Hussars ; The Staffordshire Regiment ; The Royal Highlanders ; The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry ; The Gordon Highlanders ; A battery of Egyptian Artillery ; The Egyptian Camel Corps ; Headquarters and 300 camels of the 11th ...
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The River Column: A Narrative of the Advance of the River Column of the Nile ... Henry Brackenbury Visualização integral - 1885 |
The River Column: A Narrative of the Advance of the River Column of the Nile ... Henry Brackenbury Visualização integral - 1885 |
The River Column: A Narrative of the Advance of the River Column of the Nile ... Henry Brackenbury Visualização de excertos - 1993 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abu Bekr Abu Hamed advance Alleyne arrived artillery baggage battalion Belal Berber Birti bivouac Black Watch camel corps Captain Castle Camp cataract cavalry channel cloth Colonel Butler Colonel Colvile command companies convoy Cornwalls Crown 8vo desert Dulka island Earle Edinburgh Egyptian Camel Corps enemy enemy's English Engravings Fcap fire force Gamra Gordon Highlanders guns half halted Hamdab headquarters Hebbeh Herbert Stewart high Nile island Hussars Illustrations infantry Kab el Abd Khartoum Kirbekan koppies Korosko Korti left bank Lekalik Lord Wolseley Mahdi's marched Merawi Metemmeh miles Monassir country morning mounted troops move Mudir's troops native Nile island Ooli opposite orders position Post 8vo Professor rear reconnoitred Regiment reported ridge right bank River Column Robatab rocks rocky sakyehs Salamat Scotland Second Edition sent sheikhs Sherri island Shukook pass Staffords steamer Stewart Suleiman Wad Gamr supplies telegram University of Edinburgh Vakeel vols voyageurs Warag zareeba
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