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... death . Do you know how soldiers are generally treated ? They are subjected to the most iron - hearted despo- tism on earth , to a bondage far worse than that of a Turkish peasant , or a domestic slave . They are at the mercy of every ...
... death . Do you know how soldiers are generally treated ? They are subjected to the most iron - hearted despo- tism on earth , to a bondage far worse than that of a Turkish peasant , or a domestic slave . They are at the mercy of every ...
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... death is the only release . ' The pun- ishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe flogging , the gaunt- lope , the picket , the wooden - horse , and other forms of pun- ishment , the ...
... death is the only release . ' The pun- ishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe flogging , the gaunt- lope , the picket , the wooden - horse , and other forms of pun- ishment , the ...
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... death . Some , in the most affecting manner , bade adieu to their brethren in arms , and others with their last breath pronounced the name of their mother and their country . Stretched on the road , we could only see the heaps of snow ...
... death . Some , in the most affecting manner , bade adieu to their brethren in arms , and others with their last breath pronounced the name of their mother and their country . Stretched on the road , we could only see the heaps of snow ...
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... death ; and from motives of hu- manity we thought it our duty to do so ! But some still survived ; and we heard them with feeble voices crying , " Fire on us ! fire on us ! at the head ! at the head ! don't miss ! " The sufferings of ...
... death ; and from motives of hu- manity we thought it our duty to do so ! But some still survived ; and we heard them with feeble voices crying , " Fire on us ! fire on us ! at the head ! at the head ! don't miss ! " The sufferings of ...
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... death had released from their troubles . The survivors were so gaunt and emaciated , that a poor fellow would sometimes drop to the earth in the ex- tremity of weariness and despair . No effort was made to assist these sufferers ; but ...
... death had released from their troubles . The survivors were so gaunt and emaciated , that a poor fellow would sometimes drop to the earth in the ex- tremity of weariness and despair . No effort was made to assist these sufferers ; but ...
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