With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active Service Kept During the Relief of Ladysmith and Subsequent Operations in Northern Natal and the Transvaal, Under General Sir Redvers BullerArnold, 1902 - 156 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... cheers , and I left Durban amid many farewells and con- gratulations at my good luck . Reaching Pietermaritzburg early on the 8th , we went onwards after breakfast to Estcourt . The railway is a succession of sharp curves and steep ...
... cheers , and I left Durban amid many farewells and con- gratulations at my good luck . Reaching Pietermaritzburg early on the 8th , we went onwards after breakfast to Estcourt . The railway is a succession of sharp curves and steep ...
Pàgina 52
... cheer them and received their cheers in return . Poor fellows , they looked as weak as rats . Thursday , 8th March . - We left Colenso at 5.30 a.m. with the 73rd Field Battery for Ladysmith . We were much interested on the Grobler's ...
... cheer them and received their cheers in return . Poor fellows , they looked as weak as rats . Thursday , 8th March . - We left Colenso at 5.30 a.m. with the 73rd Field Battery for Ladysmith . We were much interested on the Grobler's ...
Pàgina 58
... cheer him up a bit . On my return I found a fine large parcel of clothes from my own people at home . Took the Naval Brigade to Church yesterday and marched past General Hildyard afterwards . Sunday , 6th May . - Nothing has been ...
... cheer him up a bit . On my return I found a fine large parcel of clothes from my own people at home . Took the Naval Brigade to Church yesterday and marched past General Hildyard afterwards . Sunday , 6th May . - Nothing has been ...
Pàgina 63
... cheers from our hearts and drank her health in the evening . Friday , 25th May . - Orders came to get our guns in position to defend the camp , so off I had to go to do this on one flank and Halsey on the other ; and we lay out all day ...
... cheers from our hearts and drank her health in the evening . Friday , 25th May . - Orders came to get our guns in position to defend the camp , so off I had to go to do this on one flank and Halsey on the other ; and we lay out all day ...
Pàgina 83
... cheers ! * * The following is a copy of a telegram which the Governor re- ceived from Lord Roberts , dated 13th September , 1900 : " I have ordered the following proclamation to be printed and widely circulated in English and Dutch ...
... cheers ! * * The following is a copy of a telegram which the Governor re- ceived from Lord Roberts , dated 13th September , 1900 : " I have ordered the following proclamation to be printed and widely circulated in English and Dutch ...
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10th Brigade 47 guns Admiral advance Almond's Nek ammunition Artillery attack Author axle Boer guns Boer position Boers C. R. ASHBEE camp campaign Captain Jones carriage Cavalry cheers Chieveley cloth Colenso Colonel command Creusot Demy 8vo Durban Edition Elandslaagte emplacements enemy Essex House field batteries fighting fire force Frere Friday front Fully Illustrated Grass Kop gunners H.M.S. Philomel H.M.S. Tartar H.M.S. Terrible Halsey heavy Hildyard hill Hlangwane horses Infantry Ingogo khaki kopje Krantz Ladysmith Laing's Nek Lieutenant Burne limber Lord Roberts lyddite Majuba miles move Natal Naval 12-pounders Naval Brigade Naval guns night officers orders oxen Ph.D Philomel poor Portrait Professor Queen's range regiment relief of Ladysmith rifle river rode round Royal Royal Artillery Sandspruit shell ships shot shrapnel Sir Redvers Buller South Africa Spion Kop Standerton Sunday telescope tents to-day Transvaal trenches troops Tugela Vaal Volksrust wagons wheels yards
Passatges populars
Pàgina 22 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE. 'Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new edition issued by Mr. Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton's Sporting Tour...
Pàgina 18 - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
Pàgina 31 - SYMBOLIC EDUCATION : A COMMENTARY ON FROEBEL'S "MOTHER PLAY.
Pàgina 31 - The Mind of the Child.' By W. PREYER, Professor of Physiology in the University of Jena. (Translated.) Crown 8vo., 6s. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECT. Forming Part II. of
Pàgina 136 - Soldiers of Natal ! The relief of Ladysmith unites two forces, both of which have, during the last few months, striven with conspicuous gallantry and splendid determination to maintain the honour of their Queen and country. ' The garrison of Ladysmith have, during four months, held their position against every attack with complete success, and endured many privations with admirable fortitude. ' The relieving force has had to force its way through an unknown country, across an unfordable river, and...
Pàgina 22 - I. Smith. THE LIFE OF A FOX, AND THE DIARY OF A HUNTSMAN. By THOMAS SMITH, Master of the Hambledon and Pytchley Hounds. With Illustrations by the Author, and Coloured Plates by GH JALLAND. Sir RALPH PAVNE-GALWEV, Bart., writes : ' It is excellent and beautifully produced.
Pàgina 31 - MEMORY: WHAT IT is AND HOW TO IMPROVE IT. By DAVID KAY, FRGS, author of " Education and Educators,
Pàgina 12 - Studies in Evolution. Being mainly Reprints of Occasional Papers selected from the Publications of the Laboratory of Invertebrate Paleontology, Peabody Museum. By CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER, Ph.D., Professor of Historical Geology.
Pàgina 84 - I should be failing in my duty to Her Majesty's Government and to Her Majesty's Army in South Africa if I neglected to use every means in my power to bring such irregular warfare to an early conclusion.
Pàgina 11 - University, a series of volumes has been prepared by a number of the Professors and Instructors, to be issued in connection with the Bicentennial Anniversary, as a partial indication of the character of the studies in which the University teachers are engaged.