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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... squadron training began . " B " Squad- ron moved across the Kurram River , out of the hot - house atmosphere of Bannu to the open plain of Mamroz . For a delightful month we camped there . We were on the route by which Alexander invaded ...
... squadron training began . " B " Squad- ron moved across the Kurram River , out of the hot - house atmosphere of Bannu to the open plain of Mamroz . For a delightful month we camped there . We were on the route by which Alexander invaded ...
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... squadron to fol- low me . Afterwards , the trumpeter said I had given the order to gallop , but I imagine he mistook some unconscious movement of mine for a signal . Whatever the reason , when I looked over my shoulder I saw the squadron ...
... squadron to fol- low me . Afterwards , the trumpeter said I had given the order to gallop , but I imagine he mistook some unconscious movement of mine for a signal . Whatever the reason , when I looked over my shoulder I saw the squadron ...
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... squadron commander agreed , and it was thus , thanks in- directly to the hare , that I found myself in that city at the end of Squadron Training . I learned more than the knowledge required to pass the Higher Standard examination in ...
... squadron commander agreed , and it was thus , thanks in- directly to the hare , that I found myself in that city at the end of Squadron Training . I learned more than the knowledge required to pass the Higher Standard examination in ...
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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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