Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 325William Blackwood, 1979 |
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Rorke's Drift LIEUTENANT - COLONEL F. E. WHITTON , C.M.G. 1 Five companies 1st Battalion ; one company 2nd Battalion. J. M. Brereton writes : ' One hundred years ago on January 22nd / 23rd a puny force of 139 British soldiers defending a ...
Rorke's Drift LIEUTENANT - COLONEL F. E. WHITTON , C.M.G. 1 Five companies 1st Battalion ; one company 2nd Battalion. J. M. Brereton writes : ' One hundred years ago on January 22nd / 23rd a puny force of 139 British soldiers defending a ...
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... Rorke's Drift with a parade and memorial service in the Cathedral . ' A detail overlooked in Whitton's account is that when Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill were killed saving the Colour at Isandhlwana there was no ... Rorke's Drift 63.
... Rorke's Drift with a parade and memorial service in the Cathedral . ' A detail overlooked in Whitton's account is that when Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill were killed saving the Colour at Isandhlwana there was no ... Rorke's Drift 63.
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... Rorke's Drift . Chard had been little over an hour in command at Rorke's Drift . Well might he have been dismayed by this terrible news , and any suspicion that the tidings had been exaggerated was discounted by the receipt of a note ...
... Rorke's Drift . Chard had been little over an hour in command at Rorke's Drift . Well might he have been dismayed by this terrible news , and any suspicion that the tidings had been exaggerated was discounted by the receipt of a note ...
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MANILA BY JOHN HAYLOCK 315 | 1 |
NORTH AND SOUTH 465 | 54 |
OPERATION MONKEY BY E G CHIPULINA | 160 |
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