The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10;Volume 83;Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... . And yet on those plains it was found that the rule still held good , and that the irregular burghers - the men of all others who should theoretically have been the victims of the 50 THE MILITARY LESSONS OF THE WAR .
... . And yet on those plains it was found that the rule still held good , and that the irregular burghers - the men of all others who should theoretically have been the victims of the 50 THE MILITARY LESSONS OF THE WAR .
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... burghers were still in the field . Wounded twice , he had , we were told , a splendid record for bravery . The best and hardest fighting he had witnessed was at Dalmanutha , on Buller's march to Lydenburg . I have little doubt that the ...
... burghers were still in the field . Wounded twice , he had , we were told , a splendid record for bravery . The best and hardest fighting he had witnessed was at Dalmanutha , on Buller's march to Lydenburg . I have little doubt that the ...
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... burghers at Kroonstad , less than a year since , that ' the British had lost 64,000 in killed , whilst we had only lost 200 , and asked them to see the hand of God in this ; ' or such assertions as that 60,000 Russians , Americans , and ...
... burghers at Kroonstad , less than a year since , that ' the British had lost 64,000 in killed , whilst we had only lost 200 , and asked them to see the hand of God in this ; ' or such assertions as that 60,000 Russians , Americans , and ...
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... burghers , ' and heading a sub- scription list with a promise of ten pounds which is unpaid to this day . Nor would he disgorge a shilling of the millions he had accumulated for the relief of the starving wives and children of the said ...
... burghers , ' and heading a sub- scription list with a promise of ten pounds which is unpaid to this day . Nor would he disgorge a shilling of the millions he had accumulated for the relief of the starving wives and children of the said ...
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... burghers ; that their own victories were enormously exaggerated , their disasters concealed ; and that the Boer and English losses were always set out in a light more in accordance with the Boer wishes than with the truth . These ...
... burghers ; that their own victories were enormously exaggerated , their disasters concealed ; and that the Boer and English losses were always set out in a light more in accordance with the Boer wishes than with the truth . These ...
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