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... struck out bravely , but could not at first succeed in the object for which he was aiming . Mean- time the order for lowering a boat was given ; but long before she was got into the water , the figure of a human being was discerned ...
... struck out bravely , but could not at first succeed in the object for which he was aiming . Mean- time the order for lowering a boat was given ; but long before she was got into the water , the figure of a human being was discerned ...
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... struck into the jungle , and the leading men of the British could scarcely get a snap shot at them . That evening the country was illuminated for miles by the burning of the capital , Paddi , and the adjacent villages . The guns in the ...
... struck into the jungle , and the leading men of the British could scarcely get a snap shot at them . That evening the country was illuminated for miles by the burning of the capital , Paddi , and the adjacent villages . The guns in the ...
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... her commander , was the only person hurt , a spent grape - shot having struck him a severe blow on the thigh . Commander Mackinnon , then a lieutenant , who has written a most amusing account of the affair 44 BATTERIES OF SAN LORENZO .
... her commander , was the only person hurt , a spent grape - shot having struck him a severe blow on the thigh . Commander Mackinnon , then a lieutenant , who has written a most amusing account of the affair 44 BATTERIES OF SAN LORENZO .
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... struck the battery below Tappis's house , and at the same time a shot from the ' Teazer ' capsized the gun . The firing became still more rapid - an awful explosion ensued — a magazine of the enemy's had blown up , and from this moment ...
... struck the battery below Tappis's house , and at the same time a shot from the ' Teazer ' capsized the gun . The firing became still more rapid - an awful explosion ensued — a magazine of the enemy's had blown up , and from this moment ...
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... struck him on the left side , on his watch , and with such force that it drove the watch itself into his body . He instantly felt that he was · mortally wounded , but had still strength and self - 78 ATTACKS ON MYA TOON .
... struck him on the left side , on his watch , and with such force that it drove the watch itself into his body . He instantly felt that he was · mortally wounded , but had still strength and self - 78 ATTACKS ON MYA TOON .
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