Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 239William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 300
... brought back what was needed . Only four things were needed in those days : ammunition , cloth for clothes , coffee , and sugar . Our land and our rifles supplied everything else . " " That was a long trek , " said I. " Between four and ...
... brought back what was needed . Only four things were needed in those days : ammunition , cloth for clothes , coffee , and sugar . Our land and our rifles supplied everything else . " " That was a long trek , " said I. " Between four and ...
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... brought one little two- mile gun , but that when we were on the warpath we brought many big five - mile guns , one shot from which would blow the biggest kraal in the country sky - high . To which speech the old warrior listened with ...
... brought one little two- mile gun , but that when we were on the warpath we brought many big five - mile guns , one shot from which would blow the biggest kraal in the country sky - high . To which speech the old warrior listened with ...
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... brought only six or seven feeble and emaciated soldiers to their posts . It can easily be imagined , therefore , that excitement ran high at headquarters when a messenger from Erzeroum was brought in at six o'clock on the morning of ...
... brought only six or seven feeble and emaciated soldiers to their posts . It can easily be imagined , therefore , that excitement ran high at headquarters when a messenger from Erzeroum was brought in at six o'clock on the morning of ...
Contents
BLACKWOODS | 1 |
FoxStrangways | 34 |
A BACKWASH OF WAR BY MAJOR GEORGE BRUCE | 44 |
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