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... coming together now for the victorious end , ready to enter for the fifth act and the final curtain on Khartum . But that is not all Halfa , and it is not all the Sudan . Looking at it hence from its threshold , the THE CEMETERY . 9 ...
... coming together now for the victorious end , ready to enter for the fifth act and the final curtain on Khartum . But that is not all Halfa , and it is not all the Sudan . Looking at it hence from its threshold , the THE CEMETERY . 9 ...
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... coming up after me ; started , and arrived in the early morning of March 3 . Now came the time to take my chance . And here , sure enough , comes a chocolate Arab , with the in- formation that he has any number of camels to let.
... coming up after me ; started , and arrived in the early morning of March 3 . Now came the time to take my chance . And here , sure enough , comes a chocolate Arab , with the in- formation that he has any number of camels to let.
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... coming ; the Turks are afraid . Then suddenly at daybreak one morning they see the Sirdar advancing upon them from all sides together , and by noon they are dead . Patient and swift , certain and relentless , the Sudan machine rolls ...
... coming ; the Turks are afraid . Then suddenly at daybreak one morning they see the Sirdar advancing upon them from all sides together , and by noon they are dead . Patient and swift , certain and relentless , the Sudan machine rolls ...
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... coming at all was not at this time very certain . It was known that Mahmud had taken over his force from Metemmeh , which had hitherto been his head- quarters , to join Osman Digna at Shendi on the eastern bank . That was evidence that ...
... coming at all was not at this time very certain . It was known that Mahmud had taken over his force from Metemmeh , which had hitherto been his head- quarters , to join Osman Digna at Shendi on the eastern bank . That was evidence that ...
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... coming down the river . Moreover , you may imagine that officers of her Majesty's navy did not confine their activity to looking on . A day or two before this Mahmud had been transferring his war material in barges from Metemmeh to ...
... coming down the river . Moreover , you may imagine that officers of her Majesty's navy did not confine their activity to looking on . A day or two before this Mahmud had been transferring his war material in barges from Metemmeh to ...
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