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Page 414
... never so happy as when under a hot fire , the handsomest , bravest , and vainest man in the British Army . Are we not living witnesses to something of the same kind at this moment ? Is there not a certain taciturn , inarticulate Scot ...
... never so happy as when under a hot fire , the handsomest , bravest , and vainest man in the British Army . Are we not living witnesses to something of the same kind at this moment ? Is there not a certain taciturn , inarticulate Scot ...
Page 415
... never think he does too much . Officers are to attend the looks of their men and , if they are thinner and paler than usual , the reasons of their falling off may be enquired into , and proper means used to restore them to their former ...
... never think he does too much . Officers are to attend the looks of their men and , if they are thinner and paler than usual , the reasons of their falling off may be enquired into , and proper means used to restore them to their former ...
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... never stopped growing . He made himself , for instance , a Greek scholar and an enthusiast for the Greek classics when he was of full middle age . But , as I can testify , he never to the end lost his interest in military matters ; and ...
... never stopped growing . He made himself , for instance , a Greek scholar and an enthusiast for the Greek classics when he was of full middle age . But , as I can testify , he never to the end lost his interest in military matters ; and ...
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191819 | 19 |
RALEIGH LECTURE ON HISTORY 1920 THE BRITISH SOLDIER | 29 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191920 | 31 |
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