Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All Subjects Connected with Her Majesty's Land and Sea Forces, Volume 1W.H. Allen & Company, 1889 - Military art and science |
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Page 446 - HAVE you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it— ah, but stay, I'll tell you what happened without delay, Scaring the parson into fits, Frightening people out of their wits,— Have you ever heard of that, I say? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Georgius Secundus was then alive,— Snuffy old drone from the German hive!
Page 398 - Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds...
Page 556 - Our troops in Khartoum are suffering from lack of provisions. Food we still have is little ; some grain and biscuit. We want you to come quickly. You should come by Metemneh or Berber. Make by these two roads. Do not leave Berber in your rear.
Page 7 - The corps then passed his Majesty in grand divisions, in a most excellent manner, under the direction of General Dundas, who headed them on horseback ; after which, they filed off to the stations respectively allotted for them.
Page 761 - Earl, who had always maintained a good correspondence with the fair sex, hearing from one of the priests of the place that, on the alarm of burning the town, one of the finest ladies in all Spain had taken refuge in the nunnery, was desirous to speak with her. The nunnery stood upon a small rising hill within the town, and, to obtain the view, the Earl had presently in his head this stratagem ; he sends for me, as engineer, to have my advice how to raise a proper fortification upon that hill out...
Page 556 - Metammeh or Berber. Make by these two roads. Do not leave Berber in your rear. Keep enemy in your front, and when you have taken Berber send me word from Berber. Do this without letting rumours of your approach spread abroad. In Khartoum there are no butter nor dates, and little meat. All food is very dear.
Page 153 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Page 160 - Eighteen hundred miles on a Burmese Tat through Burmah, Siam, and the Eastern Shan States.
Page 556 - Bring plenty of troops if you can. We still hold Omdurman on the left bank and the fort on the right bank. " The Mahdi's people have thrown up earthworks within rifleshot of Omdurman. The Mahdi lives out of gun-shot. " About four weeks ago the Mahdi's people attacked Omdurman, and disabled one steamer. We disabled one of Mahdi's guns.
Page 304 - His natural laws prevail in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, and in the waters under the earth...