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... the information regarding his parentage , birth , and education , I am indebted to the kindness of his lordship's cousin , Mr P. S Macliver , M.P. , who from the first has taken great interest in this work , and who has rendered me.
... the information regarding his parentage , birth , and education , I am indebted to the kindness of his lordship's cousin , Mr P. S Macliver , M.P. , who from the first has taken great interest in this work , and who has rendered me.
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... taken advantage of an interesting lecture on the Relief of Lucknow , delivered by him at Simla in 1867 , to reproduce many points connected with that episode in Lord Clyde's career , which otherwise might have escaped my notice . The ...
... taken advantage of an interesting lecture on the Relief of Lucknow , delivered by him at Simla in 1867 , to reproduce many points connected with that episode in Lord Clyde's career , which otherwise might have escaped my notice . The ...
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... taken by the left column having been made in it , he wrote to Colin Campbell , and after recounting in detail the gallant behaviour of the 9th in the left attack , he added , - " I had the advantage of a good view of everything that ...
... taken by the left column having been made in it , he wrote to Colin Campbell , and after recounting in detail the gallant behaviour of the 9th in the left attack , he added , - " I had the advantage of a good view of everything that ...
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... taken . " On the 20th , all the batteries being completed opened on the town . On the 24th the town was on fire , and the journal narrates that the French could be seen feeding the fire near the breach which had been made in the eastern ...
... taken . " On the 20th , all the batteries being completed opened on the town . On the 24th the town was on fire , and the journal narrates that the French could be seen feeding the fire near the breach which had been made in the eastern ...
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... taken upon himself , since he had attained the rank of captain , the obliga- tion of assisting his father with an annual payment of between £ 30 and £ 40 , the incurring of such a heavy liability , to be still further increased by the ...
... taken upon himself , since he had attained the rank of captain , the obliga- tion of assisting his father with an annual payment of between £ 30 and £ 40 , the incurring of such a heavy liability , to be still further increased by the ...
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