Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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Էջ 124
... - tives , owing to the rocky nature of the ground to which the Boers clung with tenacity . Their laager , with stores , horses , and cattle , 50 prisoners , including a Commandant and 6 124 [ Jan. The War Operations in South Africa .
... - tives , owing to the rocky nature of the ground to which the Boers clung with tenacity . Their laager , with stores , horses , and cattle , 50 prisoners , including a Commandant and 6 124 [ Jan. The War Operations in South Africa .
Էջ 131
... laager and three redoubts ; in a fourth work the enemy offered a stubborn re- sistance , Major Scott Turner being unfortunately killed , when the force retired after destroy- ing many stores and capturing a quantity of shells . Lord ...
... laager and three redoubts ; in a fourth work the enemy offered a stubborn re- sistance , Major Scott Turner being unfortunately killed , when the force retired after destroy- ing many stores and capturing a quantity of shells . Lord ...
Էջ 137
... laager rendered somewhat more human by the presence of women and children . It was a strange picture of the savagery of war . There was The near approach of the relief column to Ladysmith acted like a tonic to the spirits of the ...
... laager rendered somewhat more human by the presence of women and children . It was a strange picture of the savagery of war . There was The near approach of the relief column to Ladysmith acted like a tonic to the spirits of the ...
Էջ 142
... laager , but no firing . At 4 A.M. on the 15th General Buller moved out of Chieveley in full strength , with the inten- tion of forcing a passage of the Tugela by one of the two exist- ing fords . These are about two miles apart , the ...
... laager , but no firing . At 4 A.M. on the 15th General Buller moved out of Chieveley in full strength , with the inten- tion of forcing a passage of the Tugela by one of the two exist- ing fords . These are about two miles apart , the ...
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... laager if attacked , and men can sleep underneath them if tents are not carried . Mules are stubborn , often difficult to manage , and given to stampede ; oxen won't stam- pede , and do their work me- chanically if under native driv ...
... laager if attacked , and men can sleep underneath them if tents are not carried . Mules are stubborn , often difficult to manage , and given to stampede ; oxen won't stam- pede , and do their work me- chanically if under native driv ...
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