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 15
... ; the first great fight was at length to come off and our fellows were full of confidence . At 2 a.m. , pitch dark , after a lot of hard work to get our guns ready , we struck camp ; up rode WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN NATAL 15.
... ; the first great fight was at length to come off and our fellows were full of confidence . At 2 a.m. , pitch dark , after a lot of hard work to get our guns ready , we struck camp ; up rode WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN NATAL 15.
Pàgina 17
... hard at it all this time trying to silence the Boer guns , and the lyddite shells appeared to do great damage ; but the enemy never really got their range in return , and many of their shells pitched just in front of my own guns with a ...
... hard at it all this time trying to silence the Boer guns , and the lyddite shells appeared to do great damage ; but the enemy never really got their range in return , and many of their shells pitched just in front of my own guns with a ...
Pàgina 24
... hard at the mantlets for the armoured train , and doing the job very well . On the 2nd , Lord Dundonald rode up and arranged an attack on a red house 6,000 yards from us and supposed to contain some of the enemy , but we found nobody at ...
... hard at the mantlets for the armoured train , and doing the job very well . On the 2nd , Lord Dundonald rode up and arranged an attack on a red house 6,000 yards from us and supposed to contain some of the enemy , but we found nobody at ...
Pàgina 28
... hard pull , more especially as my men were obliged to ride across the gun wagons . The General looked on and we got on very well ; all working , laughing , joking , and helping , especially our good friends the Tommies . We marched ...
... hard pull , more especially as my men were obliged to ride across the gun wagons . The General looked on and we got on very well ; all working , laughing , joking , and helping , especially our good friends the Tommies . We marched ...
Pàgina 30
... hard day . Wednesday , 17th January . - Out at daybreak to bring our 12 - pounders into action . The drift over the Tugela , about half - a - mile to our right front , had been seized by Dundonald , and a howitzer battery had been ...
... hard day . Wednesday , 17th January . - Out at daybreak to bring our 12 - pounders into action . The drift over the Tugela , about half - a - mile to our right front , had been seized by Dundonald , and a howitzer battery had been ...
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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
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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.