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Having been ill - prepared he never took a good place there , and his habits , ' in school and out of school , ' are stated to have been those of a dreamy , idle , and shy lad . ' He achieved no success as a ...
Having been ill - prepared he never took a good place there , and his habits , ' in school and out of school , ' are stated to have been those of a dreamy , idle , and shy lad . ' He achieved no success as a ...
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He could hardly have had much experience either in infantry or cavalry until he joined the 33rd Regiment , though the success of his subsequent career has been partly attributed to the advantage which he derived from * Other authors ...
He could hardly have had much experience either in infantry or cavalry until he joined the 33rd Regiment , though the success of his subsequent career has been partly attributed to the advantage which he derived from * Other authors ...
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... was not quite so successful as could have been wished . The fact is , that the night was very dark , that the enemy expected us , and were strongly posted in an almost impenetrable jungle , we lost one officer killed , and nine men ...
... was not quite so successful as could have been wished . The fact is , that the night was very dark , that the enemy expected us , and were strongly posted in an almost impenetrable jungle , we lost one officer killed , and nine men ...
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... one in the whole course of his long service which ever gave rise to any doubt - we have incontrovertible evidence of his sagacity in foreseeing failure from one course and success from * But often quoted from Gurwood , vol . i . p .
... one in the whole course of his long service which ever gave rise to any doubt - we have incontrovertible evidence of his sagacity in foreseeing failure from one course and success from * But often quoted from Gurwood , vol . i . p .
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Im- mediate success was necessary to the existence of the army . When the breaching batteries which had been dragged so many weary miles had done their work , and when all was prepared , General Harris told off Baird for the assault ...
Im- mediate success was necessary to the existence of the army . When the breaching batteries which had been dragged so many weary miles had done their work , and when all was prepared , General Harris told off Baird for the assault ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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