Passages in the Life of a Soldier: Or, Military Service in the East and West, Volumen2Hurst and Blackett, 1857 |
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... command , and an adjutant attended the colonel as his aide - de- camp , and a bugler to carry his waterproof and havresack . Two doctors were also de- tailed for duty for each attack - of those of the Left , one took up his position in ...
... command , and an adjutant attended the colonel as his aide - de- camp , and a bugler to carry his waterproof and havresack . Two doctors were also de- tailed for duty for each attack - of those of the Left , one took up his position in ...
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... command of the trench- guards had their own several ways of doing their duty before retiring to the General's Hut by day . Perhaps , the better way was to wait in the second parallel till the old guards had passed out , and the men had ...
... command of the trench- guards had their own several ways of doing their duty before retiring to the General's Hut by day . Perhaps , the better way was to wait in the second parallel till the old guards had passed out , and the men had ...
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... command , and of desultory attacks with small bodies . Altogether this 18th of June was " a black Monday . " It was distressing to see the ambulance wag- gons and mules , with litters on each side of them , coming constantly , for some ...
... command , and of desultory attacks with small bodies . Altogether this 18th of June was " a black Monday . " It was distressing to see the ambulance wag- gons and mules , with litters on each side of them , coming constantly , for some ...
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... black braid , brought up the rear , under the command of General Sir Charles Napier's son - in - law , the energetic Colonel Macmurdo . VOL . II . H As the body passed we presented arms , reversed arms THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 97.
... black braid , brought up the rear , under the command of General Sir Charles Napier's son - in - law , the energetic Colonel Macmurdo . VOL . II . H As the body passed we presented arms , reversed arms THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 97.
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... command of the regiment ) , I asked and obtained leave from Brigadier - General Barlow to ride to the field of the Tchernaya where the firing was still going on . I saw several hundred Russian prisoners brought up from the river , their ...
... command of the regiment ) , I asked and obtained leave from Brigadier - General Barlow to ride to the field of the Tchernaya where the firing was still going on . I saw several hundred Russian prisoners brought up from the river , their ...
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