Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..., Volume 20D. Appleton & Company, 1896 |
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... guns poured shot and shell into Ras Mangascia's camp , inflicting heavy losses . The Abyssinians were seized with ter- ror , and during the night the whole army fled , abandoning arms , ammunition , food , transport animals , and camp ...
... guns poured shot and shell into Ras Mangascia's camp , inflicting heavy losses . The Abyssinians were seized with ter- ror , and during the night the whole army fled , abandoning arms , ammunition , food , transport animals , and camp ...
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... guns , rifled cannon , and Martini and Snider breechloading rifles are turned out by means of steam machinery brought from England . Cartridges are made at the rate of 13,000 a day . Of field guns 48 are made per annum . Gunpowder is ...
... guns , rifled cannon , and Martini and Snider breechloading rifles are turned out by means of steam machinery brought from England . Cartridges are made at the rate of 13,000 a day . Of field guns 48 are made per annum . Gunpowder is ...
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... gun tower , and on the 7th they attacked the tower and set it on fire , and at the same time attempted to destroy the water way by which the garrison was supplied with water from the river . The de- fenders finally beat them off , but ...
... gun tower , and on the 7th they attacked the tower and set it on fire , and at the same time attempted to destroy the water way by which the garrison was supplied with water from the river . The de- fenders finally beat them off , but ...
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... guns . At Ghizr the force was augmented by 40 Cashmere sappers and miners and 100 Hunza- Nagar levies , making in all about 600 fighting men , afterward increased by 50 levies under Rajah Akbar , Khan of Punyal . Capt . Borrodaile ...
... guns . At Ghizr the force was augmented by 40 Cashmere sappers and miners and 100 Hunza- Nagar levies , making in all about 600 fighting men , afterward increased by 50 levies under Rajah Akbar , Khan of Punyal . Capt . Borrodaile ...
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... guns the Swatis out of the stone breast works behind which they were posted , and sweeping the road and the heights with machine guns . The other brigade came up with artillery at a critical bend in the road where the Swatis had placed ...
... guns the Swatis out of the stone breast works behind which they were posted , and sweeping the road and the heights with machine guns . The other brigade came up with artillery at a critical bend in the road where the Swatis had placed ...
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