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... attack · Reconnaissance Volunteers - Sir Colin's objections to them - Sir Colin's disappointment on departure of Kertch expedition - 1st Division leaves Balaklava Death of Lord Raglan- Sir Colin in the trenches - Highlanders detached to ...
... attack · Reconnaissance Volunteers - Sir Colin's objections to them - Sir Colin's disappointment on departure of Kertch expedition - 1st Division leaves Balaklava Death of Lord Raglan- Sir Colin in the trenches - Highlanders detached to ...
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... capture Reaches Cawnpore Difficulties of the - ― situation — Letter to the Duke of Cambridge - Leaves Cawnpore - Mr Kavanagh - Plan of attack - Review of relieving force , xvii 412 LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS IN THE FIRST VOLUME .
... capture Reaches Cawnpore Difficulties of the - ― situation — Letter to the Duke of Cambridge - Leaves Cawnpore - Mr Kavanagh - Plan of attack - Review of relieving force , xvii 412 LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS IN THE FIRST VOLUME .
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... attack . go the boy's hand ( Colin was not yet He then let sixteen ) , and cliffe . He was the father of Lieutenant - General Sir Duncan A. Cameron , G.C.B. 1 There is apparently some mistake in these dates , for it seems im- probable ...
... attack . go the boy's hand ( Colin was not yet He then let sixteen ) , and cliffe . He was the father of Lieutenant - General Sir Duncan A. Cameron , G.C.B. 1 There is apparently some mistake in these dates , for it seems im- probable ...
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... attack Antwerp , then but feebly protected , and destroy the French fleet moored under its walls - the intention being to create thereby a diversion in favour of Austria . The 1st battalion 9th was brigaded with the 38th and 42d ...
... attack Antwerp , then but feebly protected , and destroy the French fleet moored under its walls - the intention being to create thereby a diversion in favour of Austria . The 1st battalion 9th was brigaded with the 38th and 42d ...
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... attack . The regiments , although ex- posed when they approached the village to a most severe fire of musketry and artillery from behind . garden - walls and the houses , which the enemy had occupied , did not take a musket from the ...
... attack . The regiments , although ex- posed when they approached the village to a most severe fire of musketry and artillery from behind . garden - walls and the houses , which the enemy had occupied , did not take a musket from the ...
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