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... miles , was patrolled by mounted police . A detachment of 150 infantry , two field pieces , and 150 men of the Royal Constabulary , stood ready to act as escort . What might have happened without these elaborate precautions , it is ...
... miles , was patrolled by mounted police . A detachment of 150 infantry , two field pieces , and 150 men of the Royal Constabulary , stood ready to act as escort . What might have happened without these elaborate precautions , it is ...
Side 240
... miles , or 350 English miles . A most interesting archæological discovery was made in the neighbourhood of Sandefjord , on the Christiania Fjord , during the early part of the year . A large mound , called the " King's Hill , " was ...
... miles , or 350 English miles . A most interesting archæological discovery was made in the neighbourhood of Sandefjord , on the Christiania Fjord , during the early part of the year . A large mound , called the " King's Hill , " was ...
Side 252
... miles . The road lay through a dreary country of sand and stone . As Ahmed Khel , a place about twenty - three miles south of Ghazni , was approached , the head of the column observed the enemy occupying a low ridge of hills about three ...
... miles . The road lay through a dreary country of sand and stone . As Ahmed Khel , a place about twenty - three miles south of Ghazni , was approached , the head of the column observed the enemy occupying a low ridge of hills about three ...
Side 253
... miles farther on , was reached . Next day General Stewart's advanced cavalry entered Ghazni without opposition . General Stewart was not the less commended because the future of the day at one time seemed doubtful . Certain it is that ...
... miles farther on , was reached . Next day General Stewart's advanced cavalry entered Ghazni without opposition . General Stewart was not the less commended because the future of the day at one time seemed doubtful . Certain it is that ...
Side 254
... miles off . They were routed with little difficulty and , after a few days ' stay , General Stewart started for Cabul . No garrison was left behind , but the place was made over to one of the Sirdars who had professed friendship . This ...
... miles off . They were routed with little difficulty and , after a few days ' stay , General Stewart started for Cabul . No garrison was left behind , but the place was made over to one of the Sirdars who had professed friendship . This ...
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