 | Richard Danes - South African War, 1899-1902 - 1903 - 946 pages
...the captured end of Vaal Krantz, while the Devons made themselves snug a little way down the slope, so as to be able to go to the assistance of the men at the top, if assistance should be required. The men soon became weary, as hour after hour they... | |
 | Lord Edward Gleichen - Sudan - 1905 - 418 pages
...escape this she will most probably be imprisoned for an indefinite time, owing to the river blocking on either side of her. During the stormy season, it...any means of generating steam in her boilers. The Bahr El Ghazal sudd is, as has been said, of a different kind to that of the Bahr El Jebel. It is,... | |
 | Scotland - 1920 - 1130 pages
...Fifth Army, the weakest point of the line, and ready to support it. The Dauphine portion is situated so as to be able to go to the assistance of the Swiss or the Italians, in the unlikely event- of their being attaoked, or to rejoin the rest of the... | |
 | Peter E. Wright - World War, 1914-1918 - 1921 - 240 pages
...Fifth Army, the weakest point of the line, and ready to support it. The Dauphinee portion is situated so as to be able to go to the assistance of the Swiss or the Italians, in the unlikely event of their being attacked, or to rejoin the rest of the... | |
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... on either side of her. During the stormy season, it should if possible always be arranged that two steamers should work in conjunction, one remaining down-stream, so as to be able to go to the assistance of the other if necessary. As no fuel is to... 