Personal Reminiscences of General SkobeleffW. H. Allen & Company, 1884 - 346 páginas |
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... rampart ! How many more lives would it demand ? The dark mass drew nearer and nearer to it ; the distance between that yellow earth and those detached groups was visibly decreasing . The men ran rapidly . The troops that had remained ...
... rampart ! How many more lives would it demand ? The dark mass drew nearer and nearer to it ; the distance between that yellow earth and those detached groups was visibly decreasing . The men ran rapidly . The troops that had remained ...
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... ramparts ; but suddenly they appeared to stop and call their com- rades together . In the meantime the volleys from thence followed each other with deadly precision . The redoubt seemed a live monster vomiting fire at our brave soldiers ...
... ramparts ; but suddenly they appeared to stop and call their com- rades together . In the meantime the volleys from thence followed each other with deadly precision . The redoubt seemed a live monster vomiting fire at our brave soldiers ...
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... ram- parts , by God I have ! I was the first under the ramparts , " he continued almost crying . " I was just going to jump , when they shouted : ' Back , back , back ! ' Well , and so we all ran . Oh ! good God ! we all ran ! ' " If we ...
... ram- parts , by God I have ! I was the first under the ramparts , " he continued almost crying . " I was just going to jump , when they shouted : ' Back , back , back ! ' Well , and so we all ran . Oh ! good God ! we all ran ! ' " If we ...
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... ramparts seemed to be falling to pieces and sinking into the sandy foundations ; the sound was like the shattering of primeval granite . Just in front of the redoubt was a small trench from which issued a perfect shower of bullets , and ...
... ramparts seemed to be falling to pieces and sinking into the sandy foundations ; the sound was like the shattering of primeval granite . Just in front of the redoubt was a small trench from which issued a perfect shower of bullets , and ...
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... ramparts could be reached . A hundred might reach them ; what cared they ? All they thought of was to get there . Quickly and more quickly they rushed towards that fog , from whence they could hear the loud and hearty cheering of their ...
... ramparts could be reached . A hundred might reach them ; what cared they ? All they thought of was to get there . Quickly and more quickly they rushed towards that fog , from whence they could hear the loud and hearty cheering of their ...
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