Soldier and Traveller: Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the Service of Maharaja Ranjit SinghW. Blackwood, 1898 - 359 páginas |
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... received a command to enter Ranjit Singh's ser- vice , and proceeded to Lahore . He was employed in the Maharaja's service as commandant of artillery for several years . Then he was transferred to the service of Dhyan Singh , the Prime ...
... received a command to enter Ranjit Singh's ser- vice , and proceeded to Lahore . He was employed in the Maharaja's service as commandant of artillery for several years . Then he was transferred to the service of Dhyan Singh , the Prime ...
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... received with an omin- ously resounding salute of artillery . Her elephant is first made to kneel down ; she with her boy is dragged shrieking to a sumptuous tent ; then the brother's elephant is made to kneel , and he is promptly ...
... received with an omin- ously resounding salute of artillery . Her elephant is first made to kneel down ; she with her boy is dragged shrieking to a sumptuous tent ; then the brother's elephant is made to kneel , and he is promptly ...
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... received in battle many years before , the old commandant had long been unable to eat solid food ; he had , moreover , lost from age nearly all his teeth . The photograph " -a copy of which forms the frontispiece of this work- " while ...
... received in battle many years before , the old commandant had long been unable to eat solid food ; he had , moreover , lost from age nearly all his teeth . The photograph " -a copy of which forms the frontispiece of this work- " while ...
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... received the names of Alexander Haughton Campbell , and , like his brothers , was brought up in the Unitarian religion , the creed of their father . The daughters , on the other hand , followed their mother and be- came Roman Catholics ...
... received the names of Alexander Haughton Campbell , and , like his brothers , was brought up in the Unitarian religion , the creed of their father . The daughters , on the other hand , followed their mother and be- came Roman Catholics ...
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... received both friendly overtures and warlike challenges . Isolation in youth is hard to bear , yet no doubt Gardner had to thank it in part for the stern and inflexible courage that enabled him to endure , and even to enjoy , the much ...
... received both friendly overtures and warlike challenges . Isolation in youth is hard to bear , yet no doubt Gardner had to thank it in part for the stern and inflexible courage that enabled him to endure , and even to enjoy , the much ...
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Soldier and Traveller: Memories [i.e. Memoirs] of Alexander Gardner, Colonel ... Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner Visualização de excertos - 1970 |
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