Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 124; Volume 1870, Issue 3H. Colburn, 1870 - Military art and science |
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... so many great lives have been overlooked , or have received so little justice . True , you take up a book of naval history or biography , U. S. MAG . No. 502 , SEPT . , 1870 . B and you are saturated , usque ad nauseam , with TO.
... so many great lives have been overlooked , or have received so little justice . True , you take up a book of naval history or biography , U. S. MAG . No. 502 , SEPT . , 1870 . B and you are saturated , usque ad nauseam , with TO.
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... received in the attempt , and so ill - used was his ship , that in the act of wearing , it went on shore on the rocks of Lissa in the greatest possible confusion . This disaster did not , however , check the progress of the action which ...
... received in the attempt , and so ill - used was his ship , that in the act of wearing , it went on shore on the rocks of Lissa in the greatest possible confusion . This disaster did not , however , check the progress of the action which ...
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... received information from Captain Harper , of the ' Saracen , ' as to the state of the country about Cattaro , and the insurrection of the Bocchese , Captain Hoste lost no time in proceeding thither . The British ships forced the ...
... received information from Captain Harper , of the ' Saracen , ' as to the state of the country about Cattaro , and the insurrection of the Bocchese , Captain Hoste lost no time in proceeding thither . The British ships forced the ...
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... inde- fatigable in his activity , full of solicitude for those under his orders , knowing both how to care for them and how to handle them . 1 1 " The noise made by the camels in receiving their 16 [ SEPT . MEMORIALS OF THE ARMY OF AFRICA .
... inde- fatigable in his activity , full of solicitude for those under his orders , knowing both how to care for them and how to handle them . 1 1 " The noise made by the camels in receiving their 16 [ SEPT . MEMORIALS OF THE ARMY OF AFRICA .
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" The noise made by the camels in receiving their loads gave notice of the movement to the enemy , and the latter at once were on the alert . At 4.30 a.m. , amidst a dense fog , the precursor of another stifling day , the Arab horsemen ...
" The noise made by the camels in receiving their loads gave notice of the movement to the enemy , and the latter at once were on the alert . At 4.30 a.m. , amidst a dense fog , the precursor of another stifling day , the Arab horsemen ...
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