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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... rocks came close down to the river . The fine open sandy plain , so favourable for the development of modern infantry fire , so fatal to the Arab rush , had disap- peared . We had entered into the region of rocks and cataracts , that we ...
... rocks came close down to the river . The fine open sandy plain , so favourable for the development of modern infantry fire , so fatal to the Arab rush , had disap- peared . We had entered into the region of rocks and cataracts , that we ...
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... rock . We found no cataract , only a very rapid stream between rocks , against which the men were able to row . And so the Gerendid cataract , 1 of which we had a picture in the Intelligence Depart- ment publications , did not exist ...
... rock . We found no cataract , only a very rapid stream between rocks , against which the men were able to row . And so the Gerendid cataract , 1 of which we had a picture in the Intelligence Depart- ment publications , did not exist ...
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... rocks came down to near the river , and from Belal to Hamdab but little cultivation ex- isted . Beyond Hamdab the amount of cultivation still further diminished , and the people , who up to Hamdab had been friend- ly , became more shy ...
... rocks came down to near the river , and from Belal to Hamdab but little cultivation ex- isted . Beyond Hamdab the amount of cultivation still further diminished , and the people , who up to Hamdab had been friend- ly , became more shy ...
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... . The distance he had already travelled he estimated at thirty - five miles . He pushed on three miles to the end of the cultivated khor , where the rocks closed in and the ground became bad for cavalry ; and ADVANCED POST . 37.
... . The distance he had already travelled he estimated at thirty - five miles . He pushed on three miles to the end of the cultivated khor , where the rocks closed in and the ground became bad for cavalry ; and ADVANCED POST . 37.
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... rocks ; and nine boats had to be unloaded , hauled up , and repaired either by their own crews or the boat- repairing party . The last boats did not arrive opposite Ooli island , about eight miles from Hamdab , till 7 P.M .; but by half ...
... rocks ; and nine boats had to be unloaded , hauled up , and repaired either by their own crews or the boat- repairing party . The last boats did not arrive opposite Ooli island , about eight miles from Hamdab , till 7 P.M .; but by half ...
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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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