Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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... 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 , which was defended in the same de- termined manner . Then 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 , which was defended in the same de- termined manner . Then the ...
Էջ 127
... koppje ; but they reached the top only to see the Boer guns being taken away at a trot , and the Boers them- selves disappearing . The posi- tion was won , the victory was with us , but what was the cost ? Nearly 200 men were down , 90 ...
... koppje ; but they reached the top only to see the Boer guns being taken away at a trot , and the Boers them- selves disappearing . The posi- tion was won , the victory was with us , but what was the cost ? Nearly 200 men were down , 90 ...
Էջ 128
... koppje , the whole moulded into a series of roughly shaped bastions . A flank - attack was hardly pos- sible , because there was flank to attack . No doubt Lord Methuen was fully aware of the tenderness of the Boers as to their flank ...
... koppje , the whole moulded into a series of roughly shaped bastions . A flank - attack was hardly pos- sible , because there was flank to attack . No doubt Lord Methuen was fully aware of the tenderness of the Boers as to their flank ...
Էջ 135
... koppje , every fight has been fought in the face of the text- books ; once only we looked them up , and lost two regi- ments and retired . We have had to fall back on Tommy Atkins . " Here goes , breech- loader or not ! I'm on ! " says ...
... koppje , every fight has been fought in the face of the text- books ; once only we looked them up , and lost two regi- ments and retired . We have had to fall back on Tommy Atkins . " Here goes , breech- loader or not ! I'm on ! " says ...
Էջ 136
... koppje , which was quite isolated , and under cover of their fire made a most determined at- tempt to carry the koppje by storm ; our loss was two officers and fourteen men , the Boers bringing up waggons to carry off their own wounded ...
... koppje , which was quite isolated , and under cover of their fire made a most determined at- tempt to carry the koppje by storm ; our loss was two officers and fourteen men , the Boers bringing up waggons to carry off their own wounded ...
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