 ... break of day. The time arrives, and quietly surrounding the village while its occupants are still sleeping, they fire the grass huts in all directions, and pour volleys of musketry through the flaming thatch. Panic-stricken, the unfortunate victims...  Africa Unveiled - Стр. 173авторы: Henry Rowley - 1876 - Страниц: 313Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1876 - Страниц: 782
...and forms an alliance to attack a hostile neighbor. Marching through the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the...attack, about half an hour before the break of day. Quietlysurrounding the sleeping village, they fire the grass huts in all directions, and pour vollies... | |
 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1867 - Страниц: 430
...their alliance to attack a hostile neighbour. Marching throughout the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the...village doomed to an attack about half an hour before break of day. The time arrives, and, quietly surrounding the village while its occupants are still... | |
 | 1867 - Страниц: 510
...hostile neighbour; marching throughout the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac wiihin an hour's march of the unsuspecting village, doomed to an attack about half an hour before break of day. The time arrives, and quietly surrounding the village while its occupants are still sleeping,... | |
 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1868 - Страниц: 430
...their alliance to attack a hostile neighbour. Marching throughout the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the...village doomed to an attack about half an hour before break of day. The time arrives, and, quietly surrounding the village while its occupants are still... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1870 - Страниц: 376
...their alliance to attack a hostile neighbour ; marching throughout the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the...village, doomed to an attack about half an hour before break of day. The time arrives, and quietly surrounding the village while its occupants are still sleeping,... | |
 | 1876 - Страниц: 778
...and forms an alliance to attack a hostile neighbor. Marching through the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the...attack, about half an hour before the break of day. Quietly surrounding the sleeping village, they fire the grass huts in all directions, and pour vollies... | |
 | 1876 - Страниц: 792
...neighbor. Marching through the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's inarch of the unsuspecting village, doomed to an attack, about half an hour before the break of day. . Quietly surrounding the sleeping village, they fire the grass huts in all directions, and pour vollies... | |
 | 1877 - Страниц: 748
...attack made upon a village for slaves, as follows : " Marching through the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the...attack about half an hour before the break of day. Quietly surrounding the sleeping villages, they fire the grass huts in all directions and pour volleys... | |
 | 1878 - Страниц: 822
...attack made upon a village for slaves, as follows : Marching through the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the...attack about half an hour before the break of day. Quietly surrounding the sleeping villages, they fire the grass huts in all directions and pour volleys... | |
 | Marianne Farningham - 1886 - Страниц: 396
...their alliance to attack a hostile neighbour. Marching throughout the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac within an hour's march of the unsuspecting village doomed to an attack, about half-an-hour before the break of day. The time arrives, and quietly surrounding the village while its... | |
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