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... French service , and at the time when David Gordon was dying at Halifax Sir William had been already gathered to his rest at Douay , where his regiment lay in garrison . In the Stuart papers there are three letters from officers of the ...
... French service , and at the time when David Gordon was dying at Halifax Sir William had been already gathered to his rest at Douay , where his regiment lay in garrison . In the Stuart papers there are three letters from officers of the ...
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... French line into confusion , and finally rose to the rank of lieutenant - general , dying at an advanced age in 1865. He left many children by his wife , Elizabeth Enderby , whom he married in the year 1817. Among these children was one ...
... French line into confusion , and finally rose to the rank of lieutenant - general , dying at an advanced age in 1865. He left many children by his wife , Elizabeth Enderby , whom he married in the year 1817. Among these children was one ...
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... French lines for two hours , but our vessels were unable to move out to attack them , as steam was not up . For the future it will always be up . " And so with many little glimpses of work and weather , camp and trench , sap and sortie ...
... French lines for two hours , but our vessels were unable to move out to attack them , as steam was not up . For the future it will always be up . " And so with many little glimpses of work and weather , camp and trench , sap and sortie ...
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... French advanced on the Malakoff tower in three columns , and ten minutes after this our signal was given . The Russians then opened with a fire of grape that was terrific . " In his report upon the bombardment of the preceding day ...
... French advanced on the Malakoff tower in three columns , and ten minutes after this our signal was given . The Russians then opened with a fire of grape that was terrific . " In his report upon the bombardment of the preceding day ...
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... French are losing about a hundred men a day ; our loss is a third of that number , but the end is now near . Writing on August 10th Gordon speaks of another assault as being soon probable . " If this does not suc- ceed I think the ...
... French are losing about a hundred men a day ; our loss is a third of that number , but the end is now near . Writing on August 10th Gordon speaks of another assault as being soon probable . " If this does not suc- ceed I think the ...
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