Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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Էջ 123
... cavalry and field 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 ...
... cavalry and field 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 ...
Էջ 126
... cavalry and horse artillery were in too small a proportion to the other arms . Secondly , The country that the Boers clung to was most unsuited to mounted ac- tion . Thirdly , Our officers and men were continually deceived by tricks ...
... cavalry and horse artillery were in too small a proportion to the other arms . Secondly , The country that the Boers clung to was most unsuited to mounted ac- tion . Thirdly , Our officers and men were continually deceived by tricks ...
Էջ 132
... cavalry in pursuit . An entanglement of barbed wire had been made in advance of the trenches . On December 9 , Lord Meth- uen ordered the howitzer battery to the front to shell the Boer position at a range of 7000 yards to ascertain its ...
... cavalry in pursuit . An entanglement of barbed wire had been made in advance of the trenches . On December 9 , Lord Meth- uen ordered the howitzer battery to the front to shell the Boer position at a range of 7000 yards to ascertain its ...
Էջ 134
... Cavalry Drill Book , which every staff officer has in his pocket , where it seems to have remained . Regimental officers with their men have gone straight on , trusting to the brains they are told are in rear . They have won the day ...
... Cavalry Drill Book , which every staff officer has in his pocket , where it seems to have remained . Regimental officers with their men have gone straight on , trusting to the brains they are told are in rear . They have won the day ...
Էջ 144
... cavalry to catch him when he is running to the next . We can leave the infantry behind to look after camps and com- munications ; no Boer will touch them . All the Boer army cannot take Ladysmith ; 144 [ Jan. The War Operations in South ...
... cavalry to catch him when he is running to the next . We can leave the infantry behind to look after camps and com- munications ; no Boer will touch them . All the Boer army cannot take Ladysmith ; 144 [ Jan. The War Operations in South ...
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