Famous Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volumen4Charles Welsh A. Wessels Company, 1910 |
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... steamers from Khar- toum , it would ascend the river and relieve the beleaguered garrison . This Desert Column , composed of picked men from all the élite regiments of the British army , with a superb detachment of Bluejackets , yet ...
... steamers from Khar- toum , it would ascend the river and relieve the beleaguered garrison . This Desert Column , composed of picked men from all the élite regiments of the British army , with a superb detachment of Bluejackets , yet ...
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... steamers , " wrote Mr. Burleigh , " were a curious sight . Three of them were about the size of large river - steamers , and the fourth was even smaller than a Thames penny - boat . The hulls of all four were of iron ; the sides and the ...
... steamers , " wrote Mr. Burleigh , " were a curious sight . Three of them were about the size of large river - steamers , and the fourth was even smaller than a Thames penny - boat . The hulls of all four were of iron ; the sides and the ...
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... steamers into iron or wooden - clads so strong that they could safely run the gauntlet of the rebel cannon and rifle fire . " Meanwhile Sir C. Wilson had withdrawn his force to a village fronting the west side of Me- tamneh- first north ...
... steamers into iron or wooden - clads so strong that they could safely run the gauntlet of the rebel cannon and rifle fire . " Meanwhile Sir C. Wilson had withdrawn his force to a village fronting the west side of Me- tamneh- first north ...
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... steamers , " wrote Mr. Burleigh , " were a curious sight . Three of them were about the size of large river - steamers , and the fourth was even smaller than a Thames penny - boat . The hulls of all four were of iron ; the sides and the ...
... steamers , " wrote Mr. Burleigh , " were a curious sight . Three of them were about the size of large river - steamers , and the fourth was even smaller than a Thames penny - boat . The hulls of all four were of iron ; the sides and the ...
Página 191
... steamers into iron or wooden - clads so strong that they could safely run the gauntlet of the rebel cannon and rifle fire . " Meanwhile Sir C. Wilson had withdrawn his force to a village fronting the west side of Me- tamneh - first ...
... steamers into iron or wooden - clads so strong that they could safely run the gauntlet of the rebel cannon and rifle fire . " Meanwhile Sir C. Wilson had withdrawn his force to a village fronting the west side of Me- tamneh - first ...
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