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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... rocky , and the 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 ...
... rocky , and the 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 ...
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... with good anchorage , and an excellent position for a small defensive work , on the site of an old mud fort placed on a rocky spur jutting out into the Nile , and commanding the river and the camp . We then ADVANCED POST . 25.
... with good anchorage , and an excellent position for a small defensive work , on the site of an old mud fort placed on a rocky spur jutting out into the Nile , and commanding the river and the camp . We then ADVANCED POST . 25.
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... rocky and difficult country into which we had now entered , every move must be made with caution . If there was one thing more important than another , it was that we should avoid the smallest chance of being surprised . It would not do ...
... rocky and difficult country into which we had now entered , every move must be made with caution . If there was one thing more important than another , it was that we should avoid the smallest chance of being surprised . It would not do ...
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... rocky high Nile island , just above the head of Suffi island ; and the half - battalion Black Watch arrived there at 10 o'clock . The Staffords had moved into the dike leading to the right - bank chan- nel at 6.45 A.M. , and soon after ...
... rocky high Nile island , just above the head of Suffi island ; and the half - battalion Black Watch arrived there at 10 o'clock . The Staffords had moved into the dike leading to the right - bank chan- nel at 6.45 A.M. , and soon after ...
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... Birti , whence he obtained a good view of the enemy's camp . He described it to us as situated on a gentle slope , run- ning down from a low range of hills to the river , the ground being broken and rocky , and TOUCH OF THE ENEMY . 85.
... Birti , whence he obtained a good view of the enemy's camp . He described it to us as situated on a gentle slope , run- ning down from a low range of hills to the river , the ground being broken and rocky , and TOUCH OF THE ENEMY . 85.
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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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