Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..., Volume 20D. Appleton & Company, 1896 |
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... military railroad , 17 miles long , connects Massowah and Saati , and a telegraph line of 319 miles communi- cates with Assab , where it connects with one of 62 miles running to Perim . Massowah is also connected by wire with the military ...
... military railroad , 17 miles long , connects Massowah and Saati , and a telegraph line of 319 miles communi- cates with Assab , where it connects with one of 62 miles running to Perim . Massowah is also connected by wire with the military ...
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... military spirit and prowess of the Afghans , and preserve their friendship , so that they will make a stand in defense of their own country instead of allowing a free passage , or perhaps joining the invaders , as they have done in for ...
... military spirit and prowess of the Afghans , and preserve their friendship , so that they will make a stand in defense of their own country instead of allowing a free passage , or perhaps joining the invaders , as they have done in for ...
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... military escort no larger than would be necessary for protection , should demarcate the boundary as thus defined . The British Government was permitted to ar- range for the representation on the Commission of the Ameer of Afghanistan ...
... military escort no larger than would be necessary for protection , should demarcate the boundary as thus defined . The British Government was permitted to ar- range for the representation on the Commission of the Ameer of Afghanistan ...
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... military men were now convinced that Chitral was of no strategical value , but that , having once estab- lished themselves there , the British could not now retire without weakening their prestige along the whole frontier . The Chitrali ...
... military men were now convinced that Chitral was of no strategical value , but that , having once estab- lished themselves there , the British could not now retire without weakening their prestige along the whole frontier . The Chitrali ...
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... military oc- cupation of Waziristan by a large force under Sir William Lockhart . Flying columns went through the country in January , 1895 , and de- stroyed the villages of the Mahsuds , whose mollahs and chiefs had opposed the British ...
... military oc- cupation of Waziristan by a large force under Sir William Lockhart . Flying columns went through the country in January , 1895 , and de- stroyed the villages of the Mahsuds , whose mollahs and chiefs had opposed the British ...
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