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... mounted man was not blamed if he killed three horses in a month . The major did not know his destination or what column he was to join . Delightful un- certainty ! All he knew was that his battery was THE BIRTH OF THE BRIGADE . 5.
... mounted man was not blamed if he killed three horses in a month . The major did not know his destination or what column he was to join . Delightful un- certainty ! All he knew was that his battery was THE BIRTH OF THE BRIGADE . 5.
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... Mounted Infantry , stationed at Richmond Road , with you as far as Britstown . " 6. ( Six hours later ) " Vide my 60871 . Wessex M.I. countermanded . " These only represent a portion of the com- munications which were waiting for us in ...
... Mounted Infantry , stationed at Richmond Road , with you as far as Britstown . " 6. ( Six hours later ) " Vide my 60871 . Wessex M.I. countermanded . " These only represent a portion of the com- munications which were waiting for us in ...
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... mounted man can- tered up , and a young Africander threw him- self out of the saddle . " Whose column ? " asked the new - comer . " The New Cavalry Brigade ! " " Not Henniker's ? " " No ; who are you ? " “ I'm one of Rimington's Tigers ...
... mounted man can- tered up , and a young Africander threw him- self out of the saddle . " Whose column ? " asked the new - comer . " The New Cavalry Brigade ! " " Not Henniker's ? " " No ; who are you ? " “ I'm one of Rimington's Tigers ...
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... mounted Boers on both flanks . Have not been molested . " Here the sig- naller broke down . 66 Something has gone wrong , sir . They have gone out ! " For a moment the light again twinkled in frenzied haste . " Breaking station - shoot ...
... mounted Boers on both flanks . Have not been molested . " Here the sig- naller broke down . 66 Something has gone wrong , sir . They have gone out ! " For a moment the light again twinkled in frenzied haste . " Breaking station - shoot ...
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... mounted troops at that pace ? " You feel inclined to tell the cavalry colonel , fresh from the Curragh , that we had left all that behind eighteen months ago . But dis- cipline rules experience , and automatically the respectful hand is ...
... mounted troops at that pace ? " You feel inclined to tell the cavalry colonel , fresh from the Curragh , that we had left all that behind eighteen months ago . But dis- cipline rules experience , and automatically the respectful hand is ...
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