Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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Էջ 126
... mounted men : the reasons for it are not far to seek . First , The 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 ...
... mounted men : the reasons for it are not far to seek . First , The 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 ...
Էջ 127
... Mounted Rifles , dis- banded long ago , would be priceless , as are the Mounted Volunteers . They know the country , their horses know it , and the " slimness " of the Boers is thrown away on them . Our mounted men have yet to learn a ...
... Mounted Rifles , dis- banded long ago , would be priceless , as are the Mounted Volunteers . They know the country , their horses know it , and the " slimness " of the Boers is thrown away on them . Our mounted men have yet to learn a ...
Էջ 129
mounted infantry reconnoitring our men well within range . At along the bank . No Boer was to be seen in the buildings opposite or behind the walls , where they were concealed . The artillery fire on both sides now became incessant ...
mounted infantry reconnoitring our men well within range . At along the bank . No Boer was to be seen in the buildings opposite or behind the walls , where they were concealed . The artillery fire on both sides now became incessant ...
Էջ 133
... Mounted Infantry patrolled to the north . The Horse Artil- lery battery was pushed for- ward to rising ground on the right of the position , which it partially enfiladed . The artil- lery in rear shelled the enemy's position from ...
... Mounted Infantry patrolled to the north . The Horse Artil- lery battery was pushed for- ward to rising ground on the right of the position , which it partially enfiladed . The artil- lery in rear shelled the enemy's position from ...
Էջ 138
... mounted there . 500 men of the 2nd Rifle Brigade , under command of Lieut . - Colonel Met- calfe , left camp and reached the crest of the hill undiscovered , and drove off the enemy . The gun was destroyed by gun- cotton . As the troops ...
... mounted there . 500 men of the 2nd Rifle Brigade , under command of Lieut . - Colonel Met- calfe , left camp and reached the crest of the hill undiscovered , and drove off the enemy . The gun was destroyed by gun- cotton . As the troops ...
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