The Canadian Magazine, Том 15J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish Ontario Publishing Company, Limited, 1900 |
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... face of the square was lying . There was not much cover anywhere in the wretched position the British force found itself before Tamai on the night of March 12th , in the year 1884 . We had marched from Baker's zeriba shortly after noon ...
... face of the square was lying . There was not much cover anywhere in the wretched position the British force found itself before Tamai on the night of March 12th , in the year 1884 . We had marched from Baker's zeriba shortly after noon ...
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... face of the square , when my corporal friend already alluded to manifested his solicitude for my per- sonal safety . Corporal Tonbar , for that I found to be his name , had now mysteriously disappeared . There was no one else of a ...
... face of the square , when my corporal friend already alluded to manifested his solicitude for my per- sonal safety . Corporal Tonbar , for that I found to be his name , had now mysteriously disappeared . There was no one else of a ...
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... face of their gallant leader , Herbert Stewart , radiant with the spirit of war upon it , glowed in the morning light . At 8.30 we moved out from the zer- iba towards the enemy ; our two bri- gades in echelon - the second , under ...
... face of their gallant leader , Herbert Stewart , radiant with the spirit of war upon it , glowed in the morning light . At 8.30 we moved out from the zer- iba towards the enemy ; our two bri- gades in echelon - the second , under ...
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... face , however , made up for this deficiency ; all shades of red were there , from the pinkish hue of his skin- ned nose to the deep tan of his hollow cheeks . " Don't you remember me ? " said the tattered soldier . " Well ! Eh , I ...
... face , however , made up for this deficiency ; all shades of red were there , from the pinkish hue of his skin- ned nose to the deep tan of his hollow cheeks . " Don't you remember me ? " said the tattered soldier . " Well ! Eh , I ...
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... face with Donald , and he will certainly become a flirt - a male flirt - that abomination ; or a shiftless , unstable creature who does not know his own mind . If one could save him from that ! " " Noble mission . But what is he now ...
... face with Donald , and he will certainly become a flirt - a male flirt - that abomination ; or a shiftless , unstable creature who does not know his own mind . If one could save him from that ! " " Noble mission . But what is he now ...
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