Modern Egypt, Tom 2Macmillan, 1908 |
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... less against man than against time . Had British soldiers and Egyptian camels been able to subsist on sand and occasional water , or had the desert produced beef and biscuit , the army might , in spite of its late start , have reached ...
... less against man than against time . Had British soldiers and Egyptian camels been able to subsist on sand and occasional water , or had the desert produced beef and biscuit , the army might , in spite of its late start , have reached ...
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... less than 1500 British soldiers had , by sheer pluck and muscle , killed the last of the fanatics who had penetrated into their midst . ” · The victory was complete , but it had been dearly bought . Eighteen officers and 150 non ...
... less than 1500 British soldiers had , by sheer pluck and muscle , killed the last of the fanatics who had penetrated into their midst . ” · The victory was complete , but it had been dearly bought . Eighteen officers and 150 non ...
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... less powerful intellects than his own . Posterity has yet to decide on the services which Mr. Gladstone , during his long and brilliant career , rendered in other directions to the British nation , but it is improbable that the verdict ...
... less powerful intellects than his own . Posterity has yet to decide on the services which Mr. Gladstone , during his long and brilliant career , rendered in other directions to the British nation , but it is improbable that the verdict ...
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... less than that which is in front of us now . This is all we shall gain by a defensive policy . " There could , he thought , be little differ- ence of opinion as to the line of action which was " most befitting our national dignity and ...
... less than that which is in front of us now . This is all we shall gain by a defensive policy . " There could , he thought , be little differ- ence of opinion as to the line of action which was " most befitting our national dignity and ...
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... less cohesion and was less formidable than was originally supposed ; and that a small Egyptian force led by British officers , with merely the moral support to be derived from the presence of a British garrison in Egypt , was sufficient ...
... less cohesion and was less formidable than was originally supposed ; and that a small Egyptian force led by British officers , with merely the moral support to be derived from the presence of a British garrison in Egypt , was sufficient ...
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