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... attack the British first brigade ; defeated with much slaughter ( Good Friday ) .. ..10 April , Theodore requests Mr. Rassam to mediate ; lieut . Prideaux sent to sir R. Napier returns with a letter ; Theodore receives it indignantly ...
... attack the British first brigade ; defeated with much slaughter ( Good Friday ) .. ..10 April , Theodore requests Mr. Rassam to mediate ; lieut . Prideaux sent to sir R. Napier returns with a letter ; Theodore receives it indignantly ...
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... attack if they proceed , 22 Sept .; they retire to Peshawur , 23 , 24 Sept .; Gholam Hussein sent with an ultimatum ... Attack of Pathans ( hill - tribes ) on the post at Kach Ama- dan firmly beaten off by sepoys ; 80 Pathans killed , 16 ...
... attack if they proceed , 22 Sept .; they retire to Peshawur , 23 , 24 Sept .; Gholam Hussein sent with an ultimatum ... Attack of Pathans ( hill - tribes ) on the post at Kach Ama- dan firmly beaten off by sepoys ; 80 Pathans killed , 16 ...
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... attacked by the Turks in 1388. About 1443 , under George Castriot ( Scanderbeg ) , they baffled the efforts of Mahomet II ... attack on Dervish Pacha in Uskub between Pristma and Prisend , 19 April ; he reported the country settled , but ...
... attacked by the Turks in 1388. About 1443 , under George Castriot ( Scanderbeg ) , they baffled the efforts of Mahomet II ... attack on Dervish Pacha in Uskub between Pristma and Prisend , 19 April ; he reported the country settled , but ...
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... attacks the French , at first suc- cessfully . He is recognized as emir of Mascara by treaty with the French The French ... attack the French ; defeated , Napoleon .. 1850 1851 1857 1858 31 Oct. and 6 Nov. 1859 ... Sept . 1860 Algiers ...
... attacks the French , at first suc- cessfully . He is recognized as emir of Mascara by treaty with the French The French ... attack the French ; defeated , Napoleon .. 1850 1851 1857 1858 31 Oct. and 6 Nov. 1859 ... Sept . 1860 Algiers ...
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... attacks on the printing - office were repulsed , but Mr. Lovejoy was shot as he stepped out of his door . The ... attack of 30,000 sepoys on 12 Jan. 1858 , and of 20,000 on 21 Feb. , and was relieved by sir Colin Campbell in March ...
... attacks on the printing - office were repulsed , but Mr. Lovejoy was shot as he stepped out of his door . The ... attack of 30,000 sepoys on 12 Jan. 1858 , and of 20,000 on 21 Feb. , and was relieved by sir Colin Campbell in March ...
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