The United Service Magazine, Volume 84H. Colburn, 1857 - Military art and science |
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... Lieut . - General Sir Charles W. Pasley , K.C.B. , Royal Engi- neers , F.R.S. , & c . Part I. , containing the preparation of the materials and the tracing and execution of the first and second parallels , and of the approaches ...
... Lieut . - General Sir Charles W. Pasley , K.C.B. , Royal Engi- neers , F.R.S. , & c . Part I. , containing the preparation of the materials and the tracing and execution of the first and second parallels , and of the approaches ...
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... Lieut.- Colonel Adye , Assistant Adjutant - General of the Artillery in the Crimea , as his justification . On the receipt of that letter , which I now publish , I wrote to him and acquitted him of all intentional mis- representation ...
... Lieut.- Colonel Adye , Assistant Adjutant - General of the Artillery in the Crimea , as his justification . On the receipt of that letter , which I now publish , I wrote to him and acquitted him of all intentional mis- representation ...
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... Lieut . - Colonel . J. W. FITZMAYER , Lieut . - Colonel , R.A. , and Colonel . COLONEL FITZMAYER'S REPLY . [ The figures indicate the paragraphs referred to in the foregoing letter from Colonel Adye , bearing the corresponding numbers ...
... Lieut . - Colonel . J. W. FITZMAYER , Lieut . - Colonel , R.A. , and Colonel . COLONEL FITZMAYER'S REPLY . [ The figures indicate the paragraphs referred to in the foregoing letter from Colonel Adye , bearing the corresponding numbers ...
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... Lieut . Arbuthnot's letter , the 18 - prs . given to me on the 21st of October remained in my charge only thirty - six hours , and were returned to the Siege Train fourteen days before the battle of Inkermann . This fact should have ...
... Lieut . Arbuthnot's letter , the 18 - prs . given to me on the 21st of October remained in my charge only thirty - six hours , and were returned to the Siege Train fourteen days before the battle of Inkermann . This fact should have ...
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... LIEUT . - COLONEL GAMBIER , C.B. , R.H.A. , TO COLONEL FITZMAYER . Dublin , 31st March , 1857 . My dear Fitzmayer , -Calthorpe has sent me your correspondence with him , relative to the two 18 - prs at Inkermann , and as you re- quested ...
... LIEUT . - COLONEL GAMBIER , C.B. , R.H.A. , TO COLONEL FITZMAYER . Dublin , 31st March , 1857 . My dear Fitzmayer , -Calthorpe has sent me your correspondence with him , relative to the two 18 - prs at Inkermann , and as you re- quested ...
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