The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Band 10Viking Press, 1930 - 299 Seiten Autobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the Western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience. |
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... night , when the temperature had risen apoplectically ( for a ceiling of thunderclouds had closed in on us ) and I lay gasping on the roof of my quarters , a revolver shot rang out from a neighbouring bungalow . A moment be- fore I had ...
... night , when the temperature had risen apoplectically ( for a ceiling of thunderclouds had closed in on us ) and I lay gasping on the roof of my quarters , a revolver shot rang out from a neighbouring bungalow . A moment be- fore I had ...
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... night - wheeling and charging and cursing the rear rank - the rear rank is always cursed - and scouting and sketching and doing outpost schemes ; those days were amongst the happiest of my life . The men were brothers to us . After ...
... night - wheeling and charging and cursing the rear rank - the rear rank is always cursed - and scouting and sketching and doing outpost schemes ; those days were amongst the happiest of my life . The men were brothers to us . After ...
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... night . Over our madeira , the squadron leader and I discussed the necessity for speaking to the Pathan in his own lan- guage . " Urdu won't do , " said my Major , " you must know Pushtu if you want to command these blighters . " Now to ...
... night . Over our madeira , the squadron leader and I discussed the necessity for speaking to the Pathan in his own lan- guage . " Urdu won't do , " said my Major , " you must know Pushtu if you want to command these blighters . " Now to ...
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New Years Eve 1905 | 3 |
Durbar and a Dog Fight | 14 |
Masheen of the Mirrored Thumbs | 31 |
Urheberrecht | |
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