Charles George GordonMacmillan and Company, 1891 - 255 pages |
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... Four of them rose to high rank in the service of Gustavus Adolphus , another became a general in the Russian service , and another left his name for ever associated with the dark scene in the Castle of Eger on February 25th , 1634 ...
... Four of them rose to high rank in the service of Gustavus Adolphus , another became a general in the Russian service , and another left his name for ever associated with the dark scene in the Castle of Eger on February 25th , 1634 ...
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... four years , having been put back six months for his commission on account of some trifling breach of discipline . He appears not to have been at all anxious about entering the army , and it is curious to notice how frequently in later ...
... four years , having been put back six months for his commission on account of some trifling breach of discipline . He appears not to have been at all anxious about entering the army , and it is curious to notice how frequently in later ...
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... cleared away . " The space between the advanced trenches and the Redan was about four hundred yards in length ; across this open ground twelve heavy guns vomited grape - shot ; the heads of the three columns withered away before they.
... cleared away . " The space between the advanced trenches and the Redan was about four hundred yards in length ; across this open ground twelve heavy guns vomited grape - shot ; the heads of the three columns withered away before they.
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... four times that number . Over four thousand Russians had fallen in these early morning hours . A few days later Lord Raglan died . The blow of this failure to carry the place was too much for the old man . The old army was gone , the ...
... four times that number . Over four thousand Russians had fallen in these early morning hours . A few days later Lord Raglan died . The blow of this failure to carry the place was too much for the old man . The old army was gone , the ...
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... four hundred men killed and wounded . We should have carried everything before us if the men had only advanced . " 1 Has it ever occurred to the nation to ask itself why the men did not advance ? The following extract may give the ...
... four hundred men killed and wounded . We should have carried everything before us if the men had only advanced . " 1 Has it ever occurred to the nation to ask itself why the men did not advance ? The following extract may give the ...
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