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“timothy gowing”

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  • A Soldier's Experience or a Voice from the Ranks, Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure

    by Timothy Gowing ...
    First published in 1896. "A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE RANKS; THE INDIAN MUTINY, AND SOME OF ITS ATROCITIES; THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. ALSO SKETCHES OF THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF SIR H. HAVELOCK, K.C.B., AND CAPTAIN HEDLEY VICARS. TOGETHER WITH SOME THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. BY ONE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS." ... Read more

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  • A Soldier's Experience or a Voice from the Ranks

    by Timothy Gowing ...
    First published in 1896. "A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE RANKS; THE INDIAN MUTINY, AND SOME OF ITS ATROCITIES; THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. ALSO SKETCHES OF THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF SIR H. HAVELOCK, K.C.B., AND CAPTAIN HEDLEY VICARS. TOGETHER WITH SOME THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. BY ONE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS." ... Read more

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