The Calcutta Review Volume XLIII1866 |
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... advance of time they had submitted to a rude sort of discipline , without in any way impairing their hardihood or their efficiency . They possessed , too , numerous guns , the use and value of which they had learned from the French ...
... advance of time they had submitted to a rude sort of discipline , without in any way impairing their hardihood or their efficiency . They possessed , too , numerous guns , the use and value of which they had learned from the French ...
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... advance of our troops which much facilitated by the guidance of an adventurer , Lieutenant Lucan , who had quitted the service of Scindia on the declaration of war . He was killed on the first day of Colonel Monson's retreat , noticed ...
... advance of our troops which much facilitated by the guidance of an adventurer , Lieutenant Lucan , who had quitted the service of Scindia on the declaration of war . He was killed on the first day of Colonel Monson's retreat , noticed ...
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... advance of his infantry . Accordingly , he gave orders to his cavalry to retire slowly from the front of the enemy's position , and to move in the direction of the infantry . No sooner had they begun this movement , than the enemy ...
... advance of his infantry . Accordingly , he gave orders to his cavalry to retire slowly from the front of the enemy's position , and to move in the direction of the infantry . No sooner had they begun this movement , than the enemy ...
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... advance of which had been delayed , but to press on at once to the enemy's guns . But the enemy's resis- tance was so determined , and the fire so hot , that but little impression was made even by this advance . At this moment , too ...
... advance of which had been delayed , but to press on at once to the enemy's guns . But the enemy's resis- tance was so determined , and the fire so hot , that but little impression was made even by this advance . At this moment , too ...
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... advance of our men , however , was irresistible ; again they drove back the gunners , and the Commander - in - chief , this time , having infantry with him , brought them up at the right moment , and secured the greater part of the guns ...
... advance of our men , however , was irresistible ; again they drove back the gunners , and the Commander - in - chief , this time , having infantry with him , brought them up at the right moment , and secured the greater part of the guns ...
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