General Lord Wolseley: (of Cairo). A MemoirR. Bentley, 1883 - 482 pages |
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... halting at Kyomtano , Sir John Cheape ascertained that the jungle to the westward was quite impenetrable , and that there were only two routes to the position occupied by Myat - toon at Kyoukazeen , one to the southward , and the other ...
... halting at Kyomtano , Sir John Cheape ascertained that the jungle to the westward was quite impenetrable , and that there were only two routes to the position occupied by Myat - toon at Kyoukazeen , one to the southward , and the other ...
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... halting - place when a sharp fire opened from the left ; but the troops , advancing with great gallantry , carried a breastwork . In this affair Ensign Boileau , of the 67th Native Infantry , was killed , but the enemy suffered severely ...
... halting - place when a sharp fire opened from the left ; but the troops , advancing with great gallantry , carried a breastwork . In this affair Ensign Boileau , of the 67th Native Infantry , was killed , but the enemy suffered severely ...
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... halting - place was Raneegunge , about 112 miles from Calcutta , and as the rail went no further , the company started in bullock ' gharees ' for Benares . The detachment marched by companies , each ' bullock- train ' accommodating So ...
... halting - place was Raneegunge , about 112 miles from Calcutta , and as the rail went no further , the company started in bullock ' gharees ' for Benares . The detachment marched by companies , each ' bullock- train ' accommodating So ...
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... halting his force , brought up his battery and opened fire on the enemy . This occu- pied some time , as the guns were drawn by bullocks , and before he had fired many rounds the enemy had limbered up and made off with their guns ...
... halting his force , brought up his battery and opened fire on the enemy . This occu- pied some time , as the guns were drawn by bullocks , and before he had fired many rounds the enemy had limbered up and made off with their guns ...
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... halted under some trees , no tents being taken for the same reason that the baggage was left behind . At midnight , Major Barnston started again , and marched till eight in the morning . On the second day he learnt that the rebels , 700 ...
... halted under some trees , no tents being taken for the same reason that the baggage was left behind . At midnight , Major Barnston started again , and marched till eight in the morning . On the second day he learnt that the rebels , 700 ...
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Page 152 - Her majesty's government, therefore, trust that when this matter shall have been brought under the consideration of the government of the United States that government will, of its own accord, offer to the British government such redress as alone could satisfy the British nation, namely, the liberation of the four gentlemen and their delivery to your lordship, in order that they may again be placed under British protection, and a suitable apology for the aggression which has been committed.
Page 258 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake; 'tis true, this god did shake...
Page 237 - A scholard, when just from his college broke loose, Can hardly tell how to cry bo to a goose; Your Noveds, and Bluturks, and Omurs,9 and stuff By G — , they don't signify this pinch of snuff. To give a young gentleman right education, The army's the only good school in the nation...
Page 428 - Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,— 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 153 - The four persons in question are now held in military custody at Fort Warren, in the State of Massachusetts. They will be cheerfully liberated. Your lordship will please indicate a time and place for receiving them.
Page 425 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep...
Page 237 - G — , they don't signify this pinch of snuff. To give a young gentleman right education, The army's the only good school in the nation : My schoolmaster call'd me a dunce and a fool, But at cuffs I was always the cock of the school ; I never could take to my book for the blood o' me, And the puppy confess'd he expected no good o
Page 172 - ... but, as no liberties are allowed to be taken with personal property in Lee's army, he is particular in setting a good example himself. His staff are crowded together, two or three in a tent; none are allowed to carry more baggage than a small box each, and his own kit is but very little larger.
Page 172 - Lee's headquarters consisted of about seven or eight pole tents, pitched with their backs to a stake fence, upon a piece of ground so rocky that it was unpleasant to ride over it— its only recommendation being a little stream of good water which flowed close by the General's tent. In front of the tents were some three or four wheeled waggons, drawn up without any regularity, and a number of horses roamed loose about the field.
Page 83 - On the next day, communications were opened to the left rear of the barracks to the canal, after overcoming considerable difficulty. Captain Peel kept up a steady cannonade on the building called the mess-house. This building, of considerable size, was defended by a ditch about twelve feet broad and scarped with masonry, and beyond that a loopholed mud wall. I determined to use the guns as much as possible in taking it.