A Modern LegionaryMethuen & Company, 1904 - 311 páginas |
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... rifles and bayonets and if the governor had occasionally to serve out packets of cartridges , it being well understood that all - governor , warders , and convicts - are supposed to be transferred to , let us say , Fashoda , where there ...
... rifles and bayonets and if the governor had occasionally to serve out packets of cartridges , it being well understood that all - governor , warders , and convicts - are supposed to be transferred to , let us say , Fashoda , where there ...
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... rifle , belt , and bayonet , for I had just come in from a punishment parade — that is , an extra parade ordered to men for some slight irregularity - and looked straight at the big brute , as if to challenge him . " Ah , my fine fellow ...
... rifle , belt , and bayonet , for I had just come in from a punishment parade — that is , an extra parade ordered to men for some slight irregularity - and looked straight at the big brute , as if to challenge him . " Ah , my fine fellow ...
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... rifle and the knapsack to be carried , and the greatcoat and the blanket and the ammunition , and all the other im- pedimenta of the soldier . The straps of the knapsack galled me a bit , and I soon found out the difference between a ...
... rifle and the knapsack to be carried , and the greatcoat and the blanket and the ammunition , and all the other im- pedimenta of the soldier . The straps of the knapsack galled me a bit , and I soon found out the difference between a ...
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... rifle is rather heavy , but he doesn't mind that ; that the pack galls a bit , but that's to be expected ; and that the pouches weighted with ammuni- tion have given him a dull , heavy pain in each side just above , he imagines , where ...
... rifle is rather heavy , but he doesn't mind that ; that the pack galls a bit , but that's to be expected ; and that the pouches weighted with ammuni- tion have given him a dull , heavy pain in each side just above , he imagines , where ...
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... meek protest ; he came back after seeing his chum , and found all his kit flung outside the door of the hut , his rifle fouled , his bayonet covered with salt water , his straps dirty , and his buckles dull 42 A MODERN LEGIONARY.
... meek protest ; he came back after seeing his chum , and found all his kit flung outside the door of the hut , his rifle fouled , his bayonet covered with salt water , his straps dirty , and his buckles dull 42 A MODERN LEGIONARY.
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