Charles George GordonMacmillan and Company, 1891 - 255 pages |
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Page 3
... knowing that it had a second edge which might be disastrously turned against himself , he immediately began to adopt towards the Highlanders a triple policy of treachery , bribery , and emigration . He caused the Macdonalds to.
... knowing that it had a second edge which might be disastrously turned against himself , he immediately began to adopt towards the Highlanders a triple policy of treachery , bribery , and emigration . He caused the Macdonalds to.
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... second line of clansmen , placed only fifty paces in rear of the first , and following that first line in its charge as fast as Highland legs could run , never got blow of sword or scythe ( for many of the men had taken scythes for want ...
... second line of clansmen , placed only fifty paces in rear of the first , and following that first line in its charge as fast as Highland legs could run , never got blow of sword or scythe ( for many of the men had taken scythes for want ...
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... Austria : the Latin races are in ferment , and the contagion of their movement is spreading over the Rhine and beyond the Alps . For a I APPOINTED SECOND LIEUT . IN ENGINEERS 13 moment it 12 LIFE OF CHARLES GEORGE GORDON CHAP .
... Austria : the Latin races are in ferment , and the contagion of their movement is spreading over the Rhine and beyond the Alps . For a I APPOINTED SECOND LIEUT . IN ENGINEERS 13 moment it 12 LIFE OF CHARLES GEORGE GORDON CHAP .
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... second lieutenant of engineers . To his father this appointment was a much greater source of satisfaction than it was to himself . " While he is in the Academy I feel I am like one sitting on a powder- barrel , " the old officer used to ...
... second lieutenant of engineers . To his father this appointment was a much greater source of satisfaction than it was to himself . " While he is in the Academy I feel I am like one sitting on a powder- barrel , " the old officer used to ...
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... the 13 - inch shell drops , you see timber , platforms , men , gabions , etc. , all fly up in the air as if a mine had exploded . The Redan looks very II THE SECOND ASSAULT ON THE REDAN 25 sickly as 24 LIFE OF CHARLES GEORGE GORDON CHAP .
... the 13 - inch shell drops , you see timber , platforms , men , gabions , etc. , all fly up in the air as if a mine had exploded . The Redan looks very II THE SECOND ASSAULT ON THE REDAN 25 sickly as 24 LIFE OF CHARLES GEORGE GORDON CHAP .
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