Excerpt from Major-General Sir Frederick S. Roberts: A Memoir The roll of England's victories - chequered at distant inter vals by reverses - beginning at Cressy, has been prolonged to Candahar and tel-el-kebir. 'not even the annals of Rome can show such a record of victory, achieved over races the most savage and warlike, assisted by the forces of Nature when arrayed in her most austere and rugged mood. In climes where the eagles of her great prototype never penetrated, the standards of Britain have been planted, and ...
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Excerpt from Major-General Sir Frederick S. Roberts: A Memoir The roll of England's victories - chequered at distant inter vals by reverses - beginning at Cressy, has been prolonged to Candahar and tel-el-kebir. 'not even the annals of Rome can show such a record of victory, achieved over races the most savage and warlike, assisted by the forces of Nature when arrayed in her most austere and rugged mood. In climes where the eagles of her great prototype never penetrated, the standards of Britain have been planted, and countries having to her people only a legendary existence - fest Africa, the land of Prester John, and China - have been subjugated by her arms or compelled to sign an ignominious peace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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