Famous Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 4

action advance Afghan Arabi arms army artillery attack Ayoub's Baggara battalions battery battle Boers bombardment brigade British bullets camp Candahar Caney Captain cavalry Cavite Chinese close Colonel column command Corregidor Cronje Custer darkness dead defeated defence Dervishes Dewey Domokos Egyptian El Caney enemy enemy's fell fight flag flagship flank fleet force forts Frederick Roberts front garrison GEORGE DEWEY Gordon Greek ground gunboats guns heavy Highlanders hill horses hundred yards infantry Japanese Kassassin Kerreri Khalifa Khartoum killed laager Lieutenant Mahdists Maiwand Manila miles morning mounted moved night Nile officers Omdurman opened fire parapet Pasha Pharsala Ping-yang Port Port Arthur position rear regiments ridge rifle river Rorke's Drift rush Russians San Juan Sangley Point sent ships shot side Sirdar soldiers Soudan Soudanese Spaniards Spanish squadron steamers Tekman thousand tion Transvaal trenches troops Turks valley victory village wounded Zulus