The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10;Volume 83;Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... fighting man , ready for anything , and we should not be compelled when we went to war to leave a hundred thousand men behind because they were not fit to send out . Is it better policy or sounder business to keep up a smaller force ...
... fighting man , ready for anything , and we should not be compelled when we went to war to leave a hundred thousand men behind because they were not fit to send out . Is it better policy or sounder business to keep up a smaller force ...
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... fighting was among the hills of Natal we said that cavalry would have a better chance on the plains of the Orange Free State . And yet on those plains it was found that the rule still held good , and that the irregular burghers - the ...
... fighting was among the hills of Natal we said that cavalry would have a better chance on the plains of the Orange Free State . And yet on those plains it was found that the rule still held good , and that the irregular burghers - the ...
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... fighting machine , was yet perfect . Each regiment was prac- tically a unit , knit together by ties of common blood , and speech , and faith , ruled by common superstitions , and swayed by common passions . The men had the petulance and ...
... fighting machine , was yet perfect . Each regiment was prac- tically a unit , knit together by ties of common blood , and speech , and faith , ruled by common superstitions , and swayed by common passions . The men had the petulance and ...
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... fighting condition , were at the station , while the native regiments at Meerut , horse and foot , did not reach 3,000 . It did not need a Lawrence or a Havelock at Meerut to make revolt impossible , or to stamp it instantly and ...
... fighting condition , were at the station , while the native regiments at Meerut , horse and foot , did not reach 3,000 . It did not need a Lawrence or a Havelock at Meerut to make revolt impossible , or to stamp it instantly and ...
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... fighting for their wives and little ones . English women were outraged and mutilated . Little children were impaled on Sepoy bayonets , or hewn to bits with tulwars . And all this within rifle- shot of lines where might have been ...
... fighting for their wives and little ones . English women were outraged and mutilated . Little children were impaled on Sepoy bayonets , or hewn to bits with tulwars . And all this within rifle- shot of lines where might have been ...
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