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 14
... shell pits dug , while the wagons were all placed under cover ; we received orders on arrival for immediate action , and at 9.30 a.m. we commenced shelling the enemy at a range of 9,500 yards . The 4'7 guns on the right fired the first ...
... shell pits dug , while the wagons were all placed under cover ; we received orders on arrival for immediate action , and at 9.30 a.m. we commenced shelling the enemy at a range of 9,500 yards . The 4'7 guns on the right fired the first ...
Pàgina 15
... shell after shell , many of them lyddite , burst in the Boer trenches , and we soon saw streams of Boer wagons trekking up the valley beyond , while at the same time one of the Boer camps , 10,000 yards off , was completely demolished ...
... shell after shell , many of them lyddite , burst in the Boer trenches , and we soon saw streams of Boer wagons trekking up the valley beyond , while at the same time one of the Boer camps , 10,000 yards off , was completely demolished ...
Pàgina 16
... shell after shell poured in for an hour on the Boer trenches at a range of 5,000 yards , and all was soon one mass of smoke and flame . Not a sound came in reply till our troops reached the river bank , when the most terrific rifle fire ...
... shell after shell poured in for an hour on the Boer trenches at a range of 5,000 yards , and all was soon one mass of smoke and flame . Not a sound came in reply till our troops reached the river bank , when the most terrific rifle fire ...
Pàgina 17
... shells from the Boers go clean through their ranks , although , happily , they did not burst and did but little injury . Our troops were admirably steady throughout this hot shell fire . Our Naval guns on Gun Hill , at about 5,000 yards ...
... shells from the Boers go clean through their ranks , although , happily , they did not burst and did but little injury . Our troops were admirably steady throughout this hot shell fire . Our Naval guns on Gun Hill , at about 5,000 yards ...
Pàgina 19
... a range of 7,300 yards . Lieutenant Hunt , on the left , struck one of the piers with a shell and took the roof off a small house close by ; otherwise not much harm was done . It was a frightfully hot 2-2 WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN NATAL 19.
... a range of 7,300 yards . Lieutenant Hunt , on the left , struck one of the piers with a shell and took the roof off a small house close by ; otherwise not much harm was done . It was a frightfully hot 2-2 WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN NATAL 19.
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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.