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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... ; 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 Transport Company ; ADVANCED POST . 27.
... ; 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 Transport Company ; ADVANCED POST . 27.
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... Artillery , agreed without a murmur to their ration being confined to 1 lb. meat and 1 lb. flour , if they were allowed a small sum , which was settled at half a piastre ( about 14d . ) daily , to supplement their ration by the pur ...
... Artillery , agreed without a murmur to their ration being confined to 1 lb. meat and 1 lb. flour , if they were allowed a small sum , which was settled at half a piastre ( about 14d . ) daily , to supplement their ration by the pur ...
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... Artillery had sufficient regimental transport to carry six days ' rations for themselves , and six days ' forage , at a daily ration of 8 lb. of grain for each camel ; but all the grain for horses , all further reserve of grain for the ...
... Artillery had sufficient regimental transport to carry six days ' rations for themselves , and six days ' forage , at a daily ration of 8 lb. of grain for each camel ; but all the grain for horses , all further reserve of grain for the ...
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... artillery and mounted men , through the Monassir country to Abu Hamed , and so open the line of supply from Korosko . " In this case , General Earle was to keep touch of his rear battalions ; the Mudir's troops assisting him to do this ...
... artillery and mounted men , through the Monassir country to Abu Hamed , and so open the line of supply from Korosko . " In this case , General Earle was to keep touch of his rear battalions ; the Mudir's troops assisting him to do this ...
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... Artillery . To attempt an advance in boats into an ene- my's country by an unknown river , without cavalry to scout on the banks , would have been an act of folly ; and cavalry could not move without some transport . It is true that I ...
... Artillery . To attempt an advance in boats into an ene- my's country by an unknown river , without cavalry to scout on the banks , would have been an act of folly ; and cavalry could not move without some transport . It is true that I ...
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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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