Personal Reminiscences of General SkobeleffW. H. Allen & Company, 1884 - 346 páginas |
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... Turkish campaign . He was addressing the general of the line , who was still standing like a statue in the middle of the room . " It must be admitted Skobeleff was a good general ; not at all a bad general ! " the " greatest donkey ...
... Turkish campaign . He was addressing the general of the line , who was still standing like a statue in the middle of the room . " It must be admitted Skobeleff was a good general ; not at all a bad general ! " the " greatest donkey ...
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... Turkish fleet were just visible . The enemy's ships had got away from our guns into this quiet haven of safety , and were not to be coaxed out . There they lay motionless . A little behind them were the handsome roofs of a Turkish ...
... Turkish fleet were just visible . The enemy's ships had got away from our guns into this quiet haven of safety , and were not to be coaxed out . There they lay motionless . A little behind them were the handsome roofs of a Turkish ...
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... Turkish battery . In the course of three or four seconds the noise of firing was heard , and , trembling in the air , a shell appeared in the distance , and sank sighing into the Danube , sending up a fountain of clear crystal spray ...
... Turkish battery . In the course of three or four seconds the noise of firing was heard , and , trembling in the air , a shell appeared in the distance , and sank sighing into the Danube , sending up a fountain of clear crystal spray ...
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... Turkish fire . This was called " taking exercise . ” go As a matter of fact there was a great deal more sense in all this than appeared at first sight . Both Cossacks and officers were thus gradually familiarised with shells , and ...
... Turkish fire . This was called " taking exercise . ” go As a matter of fact there was a great deal more sense in all this than appeared at first sight . Both Cossacks and officers were thus gradually familiarised with shells , and ...
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... Turkish ammunition . Skobeleff speedily taught the troops quartered here a proper contempt for Turkish shells , and even the youngest soldier soon felt ashamed of ducking down before them . Here the sappers dug like moles , moving up ...
... Turkish ammunition . Skobeleff speedily taught the troops quartered here a proper contempt for Turkish shells , and even the youngest soldier soon felt ashamed of ducking down before them . Here the sappers dug like moles , moving up ...
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Personal Reminiscences of General Skobeleff Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko Vista completa - 1884 |
Personal Reminiscences of General Skobeleff Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko Vista completa - 1884 |
Personal Reminiscences of General Skobeleff Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko Vista completa - 1884 |
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