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... afterwards constructed on piles , the materials for which were brought from Bombay . The troops forming the Expeditionary force arrived by degrees , the advanced brigade landing in November , 1867 , and the Head- quarters early in ...
... afterwards constructed on piles , the materials for which were brought from Bombay . The troops forming the Expeditionary force arrived by degrees , the advanced brigade landing in November , 1867 , and the Head- quarters early in ...
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... afterwards , reported the palace as completely ruined . The fetish houses and temples were also burnt . At 9 a.m. the work of destruction was completed , and the Engineers marched out in advance of the rear company of the 42nd . " The ...
... afterwards , reported the palace as completely ruined . The fetish houses and temples were also burnt . At 9 a.m. the work of destruction was completed , and the Engineers marched out in advance of the rear company of the 42nd . " The ...
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... proceeded some distance he received a report that an immense Impi was behind the hills to his left , and almost immediately afterwards the Zulus appeared in great strength in his front , and 28 [ CH . XXIV . HISTORY OF THE CORPS.
... proceeded some distance he received a report that an immense Impi was behind the hills to his left , and almost immediately afterwards the Zulus appeared in great strength in his front , and 28 [ CH . XXIV . HISTORY OF THE CORPS.
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... afterwards remained to assist in the defence , of the disaster befallen at the Isandula Camp , and that the Zulus were advancing upon Rorke's Drift . " " I gave instructions to strike tents , and to put all stores into the wagons ...
... afterwards remained to assist in the defence , of the disaster befallen at the Isandula Camp , and that the Zulus were advancing upon Rorke's Drift . " " I gave instructions to strike tents , and to put all stores into the wagons ...
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... afterwards did set fire to the roof . The garrison of the hospital defended the place room by room , our men bringing out all the sick who could be moved before they retired . Private Williams , Hook , R. Jones and W. Jones of the 24th ...
... afterwards did set fire to the roof . The garrison of the hospital defended the place room by room , our men bringing out all the sick who could be moved before they retired . Private Williams , Hook , R. Jones and W. Jones of the 24th ...
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