The United Service Magazine, Volume 84H. Colburn, 1857 - Military art and science |
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... muskets and matchlocks in use by Gholaub Singh's troops on detachment were in the same state , the good ones being kept for the troops who march past and are looked at . We only remained one night at the Flowery Hill , and made our way ...
... muskets and matchlocks in use by Gholaub Singh's troops on detachment were in the same state , the good ones being kept for the troops who march past and are looked at . We only remained one night at the Flowery Hill , and made our way ...
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... muskets ; mud rots away the canvas of the tent walls ; vainly do the men endeavour to scrape off the mud from their clothes with a bit of iron pork - barrel hoop ; tent pegs slip out of the mud ; the horses ' sides are covered with the ...
... muskets ; mud rots away the canvas of the tent walls ; vainly do the men endeavour to scrape off the mud from their clothes with a bit of iron pork - barrel hoop ; tent pegs slip out of the mud ; the horses ' sides are covered with the ...
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... musket covers his eyes as death passes by ; there is no funeral cortège , no sword is borne upon the coffin ; there are no drooping plumes , no charger clothed in sable panoply champs restlessly the bit ; death is not veiled with the ...
... musket covers his eyes as death passes by ; there is no funeral cortège , no sword is borne upon the coffin ; there are no drooping plumes , no charger clothed in sable panoply champs restlessly the bit ; death is not veiled with the ...
Page 107
... musket , and brave and determined enough to come to close quarters , not minding the small intermediate loss , would make sad havoc against the latter as the fire of musketry is usually delivered . It is only because that fire would be ...
... musket , and brave and determined enough to come to close quarters , not minding the small intermediate loss , would make sad havoc against the latter as the fire of musketry is usually delivered . It is only because that fire would be ...
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... musket , and they are superior to the Minié in every respect . Colonel Jacob's rifle is sufficiently short to be handy in cover , and sufficiently long to kill a foreigner at 2,500 yards , if at that range he can be distinguished . What ...
... musket , and they are superior to the Minié in every respect . Colonel Jacob's rifle is sufficiently short to be handy in cover , and sufficiently long to kill a foreigner at 2,500 yards , if at that range he can be distinguished . What ...
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