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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... enemy's country deserve , as a military operation , some permanent record , and because death has removed the only other officers pos- sessing sufficient knowledge of all details to write that record with accuracy . It would have been a ...
... enemy's country deserve , as a military operation , some permanent record , and because death has removed the only other officers pos- sessing sufficient knowledge of all details to write that record with accuracy . It would have been a ...
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... ENEMY , VI . KAB EL ABD TO GAMRA 73 - RETREAT OF THE ENEMY , 88 · 107 VII . BIRTI - HALT , AND ADVANCE OF THE ENEMY , VIII . KIRBEKAN - RECONNAISSANCE AND PREPARATION , 136 IX . KIRBEKAN - THE FIGHT , • X. THE SHUKOOK PASS , · 152 · 172 ...
... ENEMY , VI . KAB EL ABD TO GAMRA 73 - RETREAT OF THE ENEMY , 88 · 107 VII . BIRTI - HALT , AND ADVANCE OF THE ENEMY , VIII . KIRBEKAN - RECONNAISSANCE AND PREPARATION , 136 IX . KIRBEKAN - THE FIGHT , • X. THE SHUKOOK PASS , · 152 · 172 ...
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... enemy . And I know that if Wilson's report as to to Gordon's power of holding out had been favourable , Lord Wolseley himself had intended to join Stewart , taking with him the re- mainder of the mounted troops and a force of infantry ...
... enemy . And I know that if Wilson's report as to to Gordon's power of holding out had been favourable , Lord Wolseley himself had intended to join Stewart , taking with him the re- mainder of the mounted troops and a force of infantry ...
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... enemy in force , and make an end of it in one good fight . At 5 P.M. we overtook the Staffords and Hussars about twenty miles from Korti , and bivouacked for the night on the left bank at the village of Kureir , opposite Hanneck . The ...
... enemy in force , and make an end of it in one good fight . At 5 P.M. we overtook the Staffords and Hussars about twenty miles from Korti , and bivouacked for the night on the left bank at the village of Kureir , opposite Hanneck . The ...
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... all was well there , and that provisions were sufficient , though not plentiful . On his way back he had remained six days in the Mahdi's camp . Sickness was prevalent among the enemy , but there was 12 KORTI TO MERAWI .
... all was well there , and that provisions were sufficient , though not plentiful . On his way back he had remained six days in the Mahdi's camp . Sickness was prevalent among the enemy , but there was 12 KORTI TO MERAWI .
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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 |
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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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