Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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Էջ 123
... artillery : the transport , which would be mules and oxen drawing light waggons , could move parallel to the column almost every- where , and subsistence for the cattle is invariably to be found by the wayside . It is , on the other ...
... artillery : the transport , which would be mules and oxen drawing light waggons , could move parallel to the column almost every- where , and subsistence for the cattle is invariably to be found by the wayside . It is , on the other ...
Էջ 124
... artillery were able to come into action . The Guards then climbed the koppje , still under a heavy fire which the Boers had reserved , and at 4.10 A.M. the position was captured . Immediately in rear of it was another line of koppjes ...
... artillery were able to come into action . The Guards then climbed the koppje , still under a heavy fire which the Boers had reserved , and at 4.10 A.M. the position was captured . Immediately in rear of it was another line of koppjes ...
Էջ 126
... artillery , persecuted till he drops . Yet with this maxim before us we find the Boers after Talana Hill escaped in masses , disorganised for the moment , but with sufficient cohesion left to rejoin the columns which were moving up to ...
... artillery , persecuted till he drops . Yet with this maxim before us we find the Boers after Talana Hill escaped in masses , disorganised for the moment , but with sufficient cohesion left to rejoin the columns which were moving up to ...
Էջ 127
... artillery . It is probable that the positions did not lend them- selves to flank - attack , the koppjes on which they were placed shaping themselves more into circular redoubts , adapted to an all - round defence , while the tumble of ...
... artillery . It is probable that the positions did not lend them- selves to flank - attack , the koppjes on which they were placed shaping themselves more into circular redoubts , adapted to an all - round defence , while the tumble of ...
Էջ 128
... artillery we could hope to succeed . The advance commenced at daybreak , after coffee had been served out . At 5 A.M. our guns opened fire , attempting to make the enemy disclose his disposi- tions , the infantry lying down in rear of ...
... artillery we could hope to succeed . The advance commenced at daybreak , after coffee had been served out . At 5 A.M. our guns opened fire , attempting to make the enemy disclose his disposi- tions , the infantry lying down in rear of ...
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