Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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THE WAR OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA . — II . BY A MILITARY CONTRIBUTOR . Reit LORD METHUEN'S ADVANCE . WARRENTON KIMBERLEY Modder R Spytfontein. 99 THE " theatre of the war has , from the commencement of the campaign ... SOUTH AFRICA.—II. ...
THE WAR OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA . — II . BY A MILITARY CONTRIBUTOR . Reit LORD METHUEN'S ADVANCE . WARRENTON KIMBERLEY Modder R Spytfontein. 99 THE " theatre of the war has , from the commencement of the campaign ... SOUTH AFRICA.—II. ...
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... south than the main position , which rested upon Magersfontein on the east , where the hills were higher , running in an easterly direc- tion , terminating on the east with an abrupt saddle - rock some 150 feet high . The in ...
... south than the main position , which rested upon Magersfontein on the east , where the hills were higher , running in an easterly direc- tion , terminating on the east with an abrupt saddle - rock some 150 feet high . The in ...
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... South Africa science has been nowhere , tactics have given way before the " best man " who sits supreme on the veldt and on the koppje , every fight has been fought in the face of the text- books ; once only we looked them up , and lost ...
... South Africa science has been nowhere , tactics have given way before the " best man " who sits supreme on the veldt and on the koppje , every fight has been fought in the face of the text- books ; once only we looked them up , and lost ...
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... South African Police was a most bril- liant engagement , the enemy bringing the 94 - pounder and four field - guns to bear on the koppje , which was quite isolated , and under cover of their fire made a most determined at- tempt to ...
... South African Police was a most bril- liant engagement , the enemy bringing the 94 - pounder and four field - guns to bear on the koppje , which was quite isolated , and under cover of their fire made a most determined at- tempt to ...
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... south of Ladysmith ; General Hildyard at Estcourt with 4000 ; and General Barton at Mooi river with as many more , the whole under command of General Clery the rest of the troops : were at Maritzburg or Dur- ban . The investment by Boer ...
... south of Ladysmith ; General Hildyard at Estcourt with 4000 ; and General Barton at Mooi river with as many more , the whole under command of General Clery the rest of the troops : were at Maritzburg or Dur- ban . The investment by Boer ...
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