Passages in the Life of a Soldier: Or, Military Service in the East and West, Volumen2Hurst and Blackett, 1857 |
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... took the pleasure of the general as to their disposal in the trenches , or was allowed to make his own arrangements , if considered capable of doing so , and it was a very responsible task . He went in the evening to meet the guards at ...
... took the pleasure of the general as to their disposal in the trenches , or was allowed to make his own arrangements , if considered capable of doing so , and it was a very responsible task . He went in the evening to meet the guards at ...
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... took up his position in a bomb - proof between the third and fourth parallels , the other at Green - hill , in the rear . The Woronzoff road , that admirable ma- cadamized highway , planned and executed by our enlightened quasi - foe ...
... took up his position in a bomb - proof between the third and fourth parallels , the other at Green - hill , in the rear . The Woronzoff road , that admirable ma- cadamized highway , planned and executed by our enlightened quasi - foe ...
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... took his place for some rest in the hut . The hut was a small chamber , con- structed of sand - bags and covered with planks and earth . It was supposed to be bomb - proof , though a good - sized shell , falling plump on the roof ...
... took his place for some rest in the hut . The hut was a small chamber , con- structed of sand - bags and covered with planks and earth . It was supposed to be bomb - proof , though a good - sized shell , falling plump on the roof ...
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... took effect . Two of the 68th lost limbs as they came down as part of the guards . On another occasion a round shot was noticed to be hurtling towards some hun- dreds of the trench guards on the march down . All threw themselves flat to ...
... took effect . Two of the 68th lost limbs as they came down as part of the guards . On another occasion a round shot was noticed to be hurtling towards some hun- dreds of the trench guards on the march down . All threw themselves flat to ...
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... took to flight . More shells were then pitched among us in the trench . A stout fel- low limped to the rear , struck with a fragment of shell , and leaning on his fire- lock , and I passed a poor corporal , struck into a mangled heap in ...
... took to flight . More shells were then pitched among us in the trench . A stout fel- low limped to the rear , struck with a fragment of shell , and leaning on his fire- lock , and I passed a poor corporal , struck into a mangled heap in ...
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