United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 27H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... hill on the left of the position , sometimes firing from thence , but at too great a distance for effect ; rarely he ventured to show his cavalry in the plain . A 6 - pounder was brought to the left of the commanding redoubt , near the ...
... hill on the left of the position , sometimes firing from thence , but at too great a distance for effect ; rarely he ventured to show his cavalry in the plain . A 6 - pounder was brought to the left of the commanding redoubt , near the ...
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... hill just outside of the town . Few of the cavalry were now to be observed , and Colonel Oswald determined to send the troops to their lines , aware that further pursuit would bring them unnecessarily under the fire of the place . At ...
... hill just outside of the town . Few of the cavalry were now to be observed , and Colonel Oswald determined to send the troops to their lines , aware that further pursuit would bring them unnecessarily under the fire of the place . At ...
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... hills covered the movement . In this position , with the enemy all around , cavalry mixed with infantry on the plain , and infantry alone on the sand hills , the army commenced an orderly retreat . At first the Turks , spiriting and ...
... hills covered the movement . In this position , with the enemy all around , cavalry mixed with infantry on the plain , and infantry alone on the sand hills , the army commenced an orderly retreat . At first the Turks , spiriting and ...
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... hills , which occasionally approached the lake , and left but little space for the artillery , cavalry , & c . , to move upon its border . The enemy had formed a considerable body of cavalry upon the lake , where , in the direction of ...
... hills , which occasionally approached the lake , and left but little space for the artillery , cavalry , & c . , to move upon its border . The enemy had formed a considerable body of cavalry upon the lake , where , in the direction of ...
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... hills , now that the infantry was completely routed ; but El Hamet was before his eyes , and no temporary success could compensate for weakening a corps that had such arduous duties to perform , and so difficult a retreat before it ...
... hills , now that the infantry was completely routed ; but El Hamet was before his eyes , and no temporary success could compensate for weakening a corps that had such arduous duties to perform , and so difficult a retreat before it ...
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