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... A strong reconnaissance — A false alarm - The real enemy - The want of transport begins to be felt - What officers had to put up with - Dervish deserters- A bold stroke • · 100 105 XIV . THE RAID ON SHENDI . The virtues of.
... A strong reconnaissance — A false alarm - The real enemy - The want of transport begins to be felt - What officers had to put up with - Dervish deserters- A bold stroke • · 100 105 XIV . THE RAID ON SHENDI . The virtues of.
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... enemy they never saw . They saw them at last on November 4 , 1883 , at Shekan : the fight lasted a minute , and the massacre spared only hundreds out of ten thousand . The rest you know- Gordon's mission , the loss of Berber , the siege ...
... enemy they never saw . They saw them at last on November 4 , 1883 , at Shekan : the fight lasted a minute , and the massacre spared only hundreds out of ten thousand . The rest you know- Gordon's mission , the loss of Berber , the siege ...
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... in that battle : it was not perhaps a very great one , but it was the first time the enemy had been brought to a standstill . He retired behind the Third Cataract . Then followed three years of raid and counter - raid.
... in that battle : it was not perhaps a very great one , but it was the first time the enemy had been brought to a standstill . He retired behind the Third Cataract . Then followed three years of raid and counter - raid.
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... enemy down by sheer patience and pluck and knowledge of their business . In the old days campaigns were given up for want of transport ; now rations are as certain in Khartum as in Cairo . In the old days we used to be surprised and to ...
... enemy down by sheer patience and pluck and knowledge of their business . In the old days campaigns were given up for want of transport ; now rations are as certain in Khartum as in Cairo . In the old days we used to be surprised and to ...
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... enemy . Water was bored for , and , at the third attempt , found , which lightened the task ; but the engineers are convinced that , water or no water , the Sirdar's ingenuity and determination would have carried the enterprise through ...
... enemy . Water was bored for , and , at the third attempt , found , which lightened the task ; but the engineers are convinced that , water or no water , the Sirdar's ingenuity and determination would have carried the enterprise through ...
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