The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 152A. Constable, 1880 |
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Page 236
... Burrows of Westminster , Lieutenant Burrows ( lately dead ) his wife , a most pretty woman and my old acquaintance ; I had a kiss or two of her , and a most modest woman she is . ' Mrs. Burrows's business - which was to reclaim the pay ...
... Burrows of Westminster , Lieutenant Burrows ( lately dead ) his wife , a most pretty woman and my old acquaintance ; I had a kiss or two of her , and a most modest woman she is . ' Mrs. Burrows's business - which was to reclaim the pay ...
Page 583
... Burrows had only some 580 sabres available , for the Wali's 500 remaining cavalry could not be depended on . Evidently , too , none of our six guns could be spared to support the cavalry at so great a distance from the main body . The ...
... Burrows had only some 580 sabres available , for the Wali's 500 remaining cavalry could not be depended on . Evidently , too , none of our six guns could be spared to support the cavalry at so great a distance from the main body . The ...
Page 585
... Burrows's right and outflank it . In his recently published despatches , of which we have as yet only received a telegraphic summary , General Burrows admits that up to July 26 he had no reliable information . It is true that the whole ...
... Burrows's right and outflank it . In his recently published despatches , of which we have as yet only received a telegraphic summary , General Burrows admits that up to July 26 he had no reliable information . It is true that the whole ...
Page 586
... Burrows says that he estimates the strength of the enemy at 25,000 men , with thirty guns . We suspect that this estimate is incorrect , and that , even in- cluding the villagers who joined Ayoob for the occasion , the Herat army did ...
... Burrows says that he estimates the strength of the enemy at 25,000 men , with thirty guns . We suspect that this estimate is incorrect , and that , even in- cluding the villagers who joined Ayoob for the occasion , the Herat army did ...
Page 589
... Burrows till 2 A.M. on the 28th ; yet according to General Burrows the junction must have taken place not later than 6 or 7 P.M. on the 27th . General Burrows describes ( the subsequent retreat in the briefest manner . Small parties of ...
... Burrows till 2 A.M. on the 28th ; yet according to General Burrows the junction must have taken place not later than 6 or 7 P.M. on the 27th . General Burrows describes ( the subsequent retreat in the briefest manner . Small parties of ...
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