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... honour and courage ; but I cannot yet persuade my sceptical friend that this pious man was not a most horrible coward . So much for Johannes's affair . If the President , Thomas Burgers , had known the Kafirs thoroughly , the ridiculous ...
... honour and courage ; but I cannot yet persuade my sceptical friend that this pious man was not a most horrible coward . So much for Johannes's affair . If the President , Thomas Burgers , had known the Kafirs thoroughly , the ridiculous ...
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... have found no reason for believing those charges ; and a distin- guished officer of the Queen's army , General Sir A. T. Cunynghame , K.C.B. , said , at a public banquet given in his honour at Lydenberg , " The army which he.
... have found no reason for believing those charges ; and a distin- guished officer of the Queen's army , General Sir A. T. Cunynghame , K.C.B. , said , at a public banquet given in his honour at Lydenberg , " The army which he.
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War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward. his honour at Lydenberg , " The army which he represented was satisfied that the volunteers had done their duty with honour and courage . " In January 1877 , Secocoeni ...
War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward. his honour at Lydenberg , " The army which he represented was satisfied that the volunteers had done their duty with honour and courage . " In January 1877 , Secocoeni ...
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... honour . Alone , amongst a thousand enemies , Adolph Kuhneisen fought on , till the Kafirs , believing him to be a demon , shrank from his horrid vicinity . Then - still watched and occasionally fired at - he bore his comrade's body ...
... honour . Alone , amongst a thousand enemies , Adolph Kuhneisen fought on , till the Kafirs , believing him to be a demon , shrank from his horrid vicinity . Then - still watched and occasionally fired at - he bore his comrade's body ...
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... honour was awarded him . I shall now go on with the story from where I dropped it . Schlieckmann went by post - cart to Pretoria , and thence to the front ; I followed with the volunteers . We were sup- plied with four waggons , six ...
... honour was awarded him . I shall now go on with the story from where I dropped it . Schlieckmann went by post - cart to Pretoria , and thence to the front ; I followed with the volunteers . We were sup- plied with four waggons , six ...
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