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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... battalion of infantry and a few cavalry to establish an advanced post at Hamdab , above the portion of river marked in the map as the Geren- did cataract , and near the point ( Dugiyet ) where the desert road from Berber strikes the ...
... battalion of infantry and a few cavalry to establish an advanced post at Hamdab , above the portion of river marked in the map as the Geren- did cataract , and near the point ( Dugiyet ) where the desert road from Berber strikes the ...
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... battalion of the South Stafford- shire Regiment — the battalion which had first ascended the river in whalers - was to lead the advance up the river . I had accom- panied them on their start from Gemai dockyard , above the second ...
... battalion of the South Stafford- shire Regiment — the battalion which had first ascended the river in whalers - was to lead the advance up the river . I had accom- panied them on their start from Gemai dockyard , above the second ...
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... battalion had moved together , and as it was the first forward movement beyond Korti , it was full of interest . Two boats , containing a detachment , 26th Company , 29th Dec. R.E. , under Captain Blackburn , left at ADVANCED GUARD . 7.
... battalion had moved together , and as it was the first forward movement beyond Korti , it was full of interest . Two boats , containing a detachment , 26th Company , 29th Dec. R.E. , under Captain Blackburn , left at ADVANCED GUARD . 7.
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... battalion of infantry for the special purpose of forming posts between Abu Dom and Abu Hamed , which would have greatly facilitated the forwarding of convoys of cattle after the column from Abu Dom ; 15th Jan. but on the 15th , fresh ...
... battalion of infantry for the special purpose of forming posts between Abu Dom and Abu Hamed , which would have greatly facilitated the forwarding of convoys of cattle after the column from Abu Dom ; 15th Jan. but on the 15th , fresh ...
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... battalion should accompany the battalion into action , carried by the bandsmen of the battalion . Each corps was to carry its own sick in its own boats , and the sick of mounted corps were to be carried in the boats of the battalion to ...
... battalion should accompany the battalion into action , carried by the bandsmen of the battalion . Each corps was to carry its own sick in its own boats , and the sick of mounted corps were to be carried in the boats of the battalion to ...
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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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