Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 250William Blackwood, 1941 - England |
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Page 416
... marching with them ; and , when marching there is , the " shrill , sweet treble of our fifes " is all too seldom heard . There are things warlike to be attended to more pressing than fifes - and - drums . Thus it was that when , on a ...
... marching with them ; and , when marching there is , the " shrill , sweet treble of our fifes " is all too seldom heard . There are things warlike to be attended to more pressing than fifes - and - drums . Thus it was that when , on a ...
Page 418
... marching history , if only because one grew to realise that each mile was through dust of past great exploits , trodden by mighty predecessors . And now this dream - drum , heard so unexpectedly in an English night , when days have been ...
... marching history , if only because one grew to realise that each mile was through dust of past great exploits , trodden by mighty predecessors . And now this dream - drum , heard so unexpectedly in an English night , when days have been ...
Page 423
... marching annals of the two Sikh wars- and that though it did not actually take the field , for it was diverted en route for important duty at Agra - was the march of the 21st Regiment ( Royal Scots Fusiliers ) from Kamptee , in Madras ...
... marching annals of the two Sikh wars- and that though it did not actually take the field , for it was diverted en route for important duty at Agra - was the march of the 21st Regiment ( Royal Scots Fusiliers ) from Kamptee , in Madras ...
Contents
MORE REDLETTER DAYS BY R J WACHER | 130 |
CONTENTS | 132 |
A MUSTER OF ARMS BY THOMAS H RADDALL | 166 |
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