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... five months ' siege the town surrendered ; sack and massacre taught doubters what they had to expect . The Sudan doubted no longer of a truth this was the Mahdi . Hicks Pasha's army came down from the North only to swell the Mahdi's ...
... five months ' siege the town surrendered ; sack and massacre taught doubters what they had to expect . The Sudan doubted no longer of a truth this was the Mahdi . Hicks Pasha's army came down from the North only to swell the Mahdi's ...
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... and after a day in Halfa it startles you in no way to hear that the black foreman of the engine - shop did his five murders , and that , nevertheless , he is a most intelli- gent , industrious , and harmless creature . On the.
... and after a day in Halfa it startles you in no way to hear that the black foreman of the engine - shop did his five murders , and that , nevertheless , he is a most intelli- gent , industrious , and harmless creature . On the.
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... Five we were , and now there's only us two left . Dear , yes ; and I slept in Tertius's bed the night before he took it ; he was gone and buried forty - eight - no , thirty - six , it was - thirty - six hours later . Ah , yes ; he was a ...
... Five we were , and now there's only us two left . Dear , yes ; and I slept in Tertius's bed the night before he took it ; he was gone and buried forty - eight - no , thirty - six , it was - thirty - six hours later . Ah , yes ; he was a ...
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... five white officers . Of the fellah battalions some are officered by Englishmen , some not . The former are 1st to 4th and 15th to 18th ; 5th to 8th are officered entirely by natives . Until this campaign the normal number of white ...
... five white officers . Of the fellah battalions some are officered by Englishmen , some not . The former are 1st to 4th and 15th to 18th ; 5th to 8th are officered entirely by natives . Until this campaign the normal number of white ...
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... five hours in the sun before breakfast with his men on the range . He must needs be a keen soldier or he would not have volunteered for his post , and a good one , or he would not have got it . But on the top of this he is also ...
... five hours in the sun before breakfast with his men on the range . He must needs be a keen soldier or he would not have volunteered for his post , and a good one , or he would not have got it . But on the top of this he is also ...
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