Modern Egypt, Tom 2Macmillan, 1908 |
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... 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 Khartoum in November . " The difficulties of ...
... 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 Khartoum in November . " The difficulties of ...
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... 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- commissioned officers and men ...
... 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- commissioned officers and men ...
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... soldiers on board of them . It was not , however , until the morning of the 24th that two steamers , the Bordein and the Telaha- wiyeh , left . The interval between the 21st and the 24th was occupied in reconnaissances both up and down ...
... soldiers on board of them . It was not , however , until the morning of the 24th that two steamers , the Bordein and the Telaha- wiyeh , left . The interval between the 21st and the 24th was occupied in reconnaissances both up and down ...
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... soldiers had to eat dogs , donkeys , skins of animals , gum and palm fibre , and famine prevailed . The soldiers stood on the fortifications like pieces of wood . The civilians were even worse off . Many died of hunger , and corpses ...
... soldiers had to eat dogs , donkeys , skins of animals , gum and palm fibre , and famine prevailed . The soldiers stood on the fortifications like pieces of wood . The civilians were even worse off . Many died of hunger , and corpses ...
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... soldier about to lead a forlorn hope , no Christian martyr tied to the stake or thrown to the wild beasts of Ancient Rome , ever faced death with more unconcern than General Gordon . His faith was sublime . Strong in that faith , he ...
... soldier about to lead a forlorn hope , no Christian martyr tied to the stake or thrown to the wild beasts of Ancient Rome , ever faced death with more unconcern than General Gordon . His faith was sublime . Strong in that faith , he ...
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