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thought was naturally pleasing to me too ; and I listened with deep interest to all he told me , and used to gaze on his scarred hand - the scar was from a wound got in a fight at close quarters with a Russian officer whom he killed ...
thought was naturally pleasing to me too ; and I listened with deep interest to all he told me , and used to gaze on his scarred hand - the scar was from a wound got in a fight at close quarters with a Russian officer whom he killed ...
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But the tidings came of one battle after another , ever with the same result , and ever showing to greater advantage the strategy and tactics and heroism of Russia's foes . And with him there was an invari- able succession of contrary ...
But the tidings came of one battle after another , ever with the same result , and ever showing to greater advantage the strategy and tactics and heroism of Russia's foes . And with him there was an invari- able succession of contrary ...
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SINCE the flight of the Tashi Lama from Lhassa , accompanied , as was reported , by the Russian Buriat Agent , Urga or its immediate neighbourhood has been the temporary home of the deposed deity . Latest advices from China state that ...
SINCE the flight of the Tashi Lama from Lhassa , accompanied , as was reported , by the Russian Buriat Agent , Urga or its immediate neighbourhood has been the temporary home of the deposed deity . Latest advices from China state that ...
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To Russia it has for a long time past been a valuable base from whence one able political agent after speaking neither a ... At the present time she is engaged in pushing on what would have been the last 150 miles of the Russian line ...
To Russia it has for a long time past been a valuable base from whence one able political agent after speaking neither a ... At the present time she is engaged in pushing on what would have been the last 150 miles of the Russian line ...
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The Russian settlement , in which was the European - built Russian Consulate as well as the Cos- sack fort , lies in the eastern part of the town . The fort consisted of a modest earth- work , whose ditch was pro- tected by a barbed ...
The Russian settlement , in which was the European - built Russian Consulate as well as the Cos- sack fort , lies in the eastern part of the town . The fort consisted of a modest earth- work , whose ditch was pro- tected by a barbed ...
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