On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... army , it would be almost as severe a trial as the first time under fire . However , this Khiva busi- ness will be a light affair ; and we have made very com- plete preparations . " " In what way , may I ask ? " " Well , in the first ...
... army , it would be almost as severe a trial as the first time under fire . However , this Khiva busi- ness will be a light affair ; and we have made very com- plete preparations . " " In what way , may I ask ? " " Well , in the first ...
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... army through such defiles ( which are as nothing to the grisly gorges of Northern Daghestan ) encumbered with wounded and pursued by an implacable enemy , with a fire - flash from behind every bush , and the whole mountain - side alive ...
... army through such defiles ( which are as nothing to the grisly gorges of Northern Daghestan ) encumbered with wounded and pursued by an implacable enemy , with a fire - flash from behind every bush , and the whole mountain - side alive ...
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... army ; Elphinstone , Greig , Ribas , Paul Jones in the navy ; Lefort , Pfuhl , Todleben in military engineering ; Osterman and Nesselrode in diplomacy — a formidable array of foreign names for an empire of such magnitude , especially ...
... army ; Elphinstone , Greig , Ribas , Paul Jones in the navy ; Lefort , Pfuhl , Todleben in military engineering ; Osterman and Nesselrode in diplomacy — a formidable array of foreign names for an empire of such magnitude , especially ...
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... army is as follows : — Subalterns and non - com- missioned officers , Staff officers , Generals 42 per cent . , of whom 24 are Germans . 85 per cent . , of whom 58 are Germans . 82 per cent . , of whom 74 are Germans . And when we add ...
... army is as follows : — Subalterns and non - com- missioned officers , Staff officers , Generals 42 per cent . , of whom 24 are Germans . 85 per cent . , of whom 58 are Germans . 82 per cent . , of whom 74 are Germans . And when we add ...
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... army on the chance of cheating Christian folk out of a kopeck or two , the whole road was just like a bazaar . Ah ! we poor fellows used to take a fine lot of money then ! " me . The last remark is pointed by a sly side - glance at ...
... army on the chance of cheating Christian folk out of a kopeck or two , the whole road was just like a bazaar . Ah ! we poor fellows used to take a fine lot of money then ! " me . The last remark is pointed by a sly side - glance at ...
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already amid answer Aral Sea army Asiatic bank Bashkir bazaar begin Bokhara Bokhariote camels caravan Central Asia CHAPTER civilisation column comes Cossack dark David Stepanovitch desert desolation Djizak door dreary drink dust dusty English eyes face farther fellow fortress fresh gaunt grey hand heat horses hour later huge hundred journey Kara-Koum Kashgar Kaufmann's Kazalinsk Khan Khiva Kirghiz Kokan kopecks Krasnovodsk Kungrad length look miles morning Mourad night once Orenburg Orsk Oxus pass Perovski post-house postmaster ridge river road roubles round Samarcand sand seen shadow shout side sight soldiers St Petersburg stand steamer steppe stream suddenly Syr-Daria tall Tartar Tashkent Tchikishliar tea-urn tell there's thing Tiflis tion town travelling Turkestan Turkoman turn Ural Ural Cossack Uralsk versts waggon wall whole wonder word worth