Personal Reminiscences of General SkobeleffW. H. Allen & Company, 1884 - 346 páginas |
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... hand and it such a friendly , honest , manly grasp , that I went away nearly crying with pleasure . Ah ! he was a simple - minded man , and never despised the poor ! " gave • Stories of this kind were recounted of him without number 6 ...
... hand and it such a friendly , honest , manly grasp , that I went away nearly crying with pleasure . Ah ! he was a simple - minded man , and never despised the poor ! " gave • Stories of this kind were recounted of him without number 6 ...
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... hand in which he held the lighted match did not even quiver . " It is provoking to see such coolness , " one of his companions remarked . " My dear Sir , I have seen ten years of active service ; wait a little , soon you will be cool ...
... hand in which he held the lighted match did not even quiver . " It is provoking to see such coolness , " one of his companions remarked . " My dear Sir , I have seen ten years of active service ; wait a little , soon you will be cool ...
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... hands with- out being profusely studded with marginal notes , bearing testimony to his military genius and critical faculty . He studied under the most trying and uncom- fortable conditions - at bivouacs , in Bucharest , behind the ...
... hands with- out being profusely studded with marginal notes , bearing testimony to his military genius and critical faculty . He studied under the most trying and uncom- fortable conditions - at bivouacs , in Bucharest , behind the ...
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... hand , kept pouring a very destructive fire on us from behind trees and bushes , and succeeded in seriously injuring three of our barges . 66 They will take them ! " Skobeleff exclaimed , and without further ado plunged his horse into ...
... hand , kept pouring a very destructive fire on us from behind trees and bushes , and succeeded in seriously injuring three of our barges . 66 They will take them ! " Skobeleff exclaimed , and without further ado plunged his horse into ...
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... hand - in - hand . " It was much better to set an example of self - denial to his soldiers and subordinate officers , and show that the general commanding a division , as much as the officer to whom only a com- pany is confided , should ...
... hand - in - hand . " It was much better to set an example of self - denial to his soldiers and subordinate officers , and show that the general commanding a division , as much as the officer to whom only a com- pany is confided , should ...
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