Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241William Blackwood, 1937 - England |
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Page 256
In addition to the stands of arms , sufficient ammunition and military stores were yielded up to fill a matter of seventy carts . By three o'clock all was over half an hour later , under a strong escort - for re- inforcements had been ...
In addition to the stands of arms , sufficient ammunition and military stores were yielded up to fill a matter of seventy carts . By three o'clock all was over half an hour later , under a strong escort - for re- inforcements had been ...
Page 371
Make room for the people , the real combatants , the bare arms ! The hour of the revolutionary war has struck . The people know nothing of scientific manœuvres , but with a rifle in hand and the pavement beneath their feet they fear not ...
Make room for the people , the real combatants , the bare arms ! The hour of the revolutionary war has struck . The people know nothing of scientific manœuvres , but with a rifle in hand and the pavement beneath their feet they fear not ...
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Order arms ! " Alas ! for musketry . Three resounding cracks , and all is still . " Oh ! soldiers , why do ye beat the earth with the bottoms of your rifles ? I have told you before . It is a bad ar- rangement .
Order arms ! " Alas ! for musketry . Three resounding cracks , and all is still . " Oh ! soldiers , why do ye beat the earth with the bottoms of your rifles ? I have told you before . It is a bad ar- rangement .
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Contents
THE CHRONICLES OF LITTLE COVE 340 | 231 |
THE FOURTH SERVICE BY FRANCIS H SIBSON 563 | 377 |
THE KNIGHT OF THE CLOUD PALACE 723 | 400 |
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