 ... they knew what had happened. It was hand-tohand fighting, but we were the assailants. You know, Captain, it is always better to be in the attacking force. I cannot give you the details ; but in less time than it takes me to tell the story, the Russians...  By Celia's arbour, by W. Besant and J. Rice - Страница 183написао/ла sir Walter Besant - 1878Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1878 - 612 страница
...us coming ; they were watching their own friends, and we were on them — a dozen of them —before they knew what had happened. It was hand-to-hand fighting,...of redoubt, consisting of perhaps a dozen gabions rilled with earth, and topped with sand-bags, enough to shelter two or three dozen men. These were,... | |
 | Thomas Wallace Knox - 1895 - 294 страница
...speed, and then veered away to the left. The others naturally followed the course of their leaders, and in less time than it takes me to tell the story the direction of that animate tornado was changed. The speed of the herd was but little diminished, but... | |
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