History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volumen2Longmans, Green, 1889 |
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... Position - Attack of the Abyssinians - Their Defeat - Subsequent Negotiations - Assault Ordered - Capture of the Place - The Return— Death of Lieutenant Morgan CHAPTER XXIII THE ASHANTI WAR , 1873-1874 . PAGE 1 Difficulties of the ...
... Position - Attack of the Abyssinians - Their Defeat - Subsequent Negotiations - Assault Ordered - Capture of the Place - The Return— Death of Lieutenant Morgan CHAPTER XXIII THE ASHANTI WAR , 1873-1874 . PAGE 1 Difficulties of the ...
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... Position - Attack of the Abyssinians - Their Defeat - Subsequent Negotiations - Assault Ordered -- Capture of the Place - The Return - Death of Lieutenant Morgan . THE Abyssinian Expedition of 1868 was essentially an Engineer's war ...
... Position - Attack of the Abyssinians - Their Defeat - Subsequent Negotiations - Assault Ordered -- Capture of the Place - The Return - Death of Lieutenant Morgan . THE Abyssinian Expedition of 1868 was essentially an Engineer's war ...
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... position , being buoyed up with barrels during the transit . When fixed they were filled with sand bags and other weighty substances . " The day after the first crib was launched it was found to have sunk 17 inches into the mud , and to ...
... position , being buoyed up with barrels during the transit . When fixed they were filled with sand bags and other weighty substances . " The day after the first crib was launched it was found to have sunk 17 inches into the mud , and to ...
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... position at Amoaful . This operation was to take place on January 31st . The advance was to be made in three columns , the centre moving by the native path . The Engineers were to cut roads 300 yards to the right and left of the centre ...
... position at Amoaful . This operation was to take place on January 31st . The advance was to be made in three columns , the centre moving by the native path . The Engineers were to cut roads 300 yards to the right and left of the centre ...
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... position occupied by the enemy . " The river Ordah was reached at 3 p.m. , and a bridge com- menced . The men worked at this all night , having no materials but what grew on the spot . It was ready for the troops by 5 o'clock the next ...
... position occupied by the enemy . " The river Ordah was reached at 3 p.m. , and a bridge com- menced . The men worked at this all night , having no materials but what grew on the spot . It was ready for the troops by 5 o'clock the next ...
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