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C.E. NNP 17778 128 1 Warde Warde NNP 17778 128 2 , , , 17778 128 3 one one CD 17778 128 4 of of IN 17778 128 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 128 6 closest close JJS 17778 128 7 friends friend NNS 17778 128 8 , , , 17778 128 9 gives give VBZ 17778 128 10 the the DT 17778 128 11 following follow VBG 17778 128 12 description description NN 17778 128 13 of of IN 17778 128 14 the the DT 17778 128 15 man man NN 17778 128 16 . . . 17778 129 1 " " `` 17778 129 2 Although although IN 17778 129 3 he -PRON- PRP 17778 129 4 never never RB 17778 129 5 attempted attempt VBD 17778 129 6 to to TO 17778 129 7 go go VB 17778 129 8 to to IN 17778 129 9 the the DT 17778 129 10 Staff Staff NNP 17778 129 11 College College NNP 17778 129 12 he -PRON- PRP 17778 129 13 was be VBD 17778 129 14 continually continually RB 17778 129 15 studying study VBG 17778 129 16 military military JJ 17778 129 17 works work NNS 17778 129 18 , , , 17778 129 19 and and CC 17778 129 20 often often RB 17778 129 21 , , , 17778 129 22 when when WRB 17778 129 23 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 129 24 brother brother NN 17778 129 25 subalterns subaltern NNS 17778 129 26 were be VBD 17778 129 27 at at IN 17778 129 28 polo polo NN 17778 129 29 or or CC 17778 129 30 other other JJ 17778 129 31 afternoon afternoon NN 17778 129 32 amusements amusement NNS 17778 129 33 , , , 17778 129 34 he -PRON- PRP 17778 129 35 would would MD 17778 129 36 remain remain VB 17778 129 37 in in IN 17778 129 38 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 129 39 room room NN 17778 129 40 reading read VBG 17778 129 41 Von Von NNP 17778 129 42 Schmidt Schmidt NNP 17778 129 43 , , , 17778 129 44 Jomini Jomini NNP 17778 129 45 , , , 17778 129 46 or or CC 17778 129 47 other other JJ 17778 129 48 books book NNS 17778 129 49 on on IN 17778 129 50 strategy strategy NN 17778 129 51 . . . 17778 130 1 I -PRON- PRP 17778 130 2 recollect recollect VBP 17778 130 3 once once RB 17778 130 4 travelling travel VBG 17778 130 5 by by IN 17778 130 6 rail rail NN 17778 130 7 with with IN 17778 130 8 him -PRON- PRP 17778 130 9 in in IN 17778 130 10 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 130 11 subaltern subaltern JJ 17778 130 12 days day NNS 17778 130 13 , , , 17778 130 14 when when WRB 17778 130 15 after after IN 17778 130 16 observing observe VBG 17778 130 17 the the DT 17778 130 18 country country NN 17778 130 19 for for IN 17778 130 20 some some DT 17778 130 21 time time NN 17778 130 22 , , , 17778 130 23 he -PRON- PRP 17778 130 24 broke break VBD 17778 130 25 out out RP 17778 130 26 : : : 17778 130 27 ' ' '' 17778 130 28 There there EX 17778 130 29 is be VBZ 17778 130 30 where where WRB 17778 130 31 I -PRON- PRP 17778 130 32 should should MD 17778 130 33 put put VB 17778 130 34 my -PRON- PRP$ 17778 130 35 artillery artillery NN 17778 130 36 . . . 17778 130 37 ' ' '' 17778 131 1 ' ' `` 17778 131 2 There there EX 17778 131 3 is be VBZ 17778 131 4 where where WRB 17778 131 5 I -PRON- PRP 17778 131 6 should should MD 17778 131 7 put put VB 17778 131 8 my -PRON- PRP$ 17778 131 9 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 131 10 ' ' '' 17778 131 11 and and CC 17778 131 12 so so RB 17778 131 13 on on RB 17778 131 14 to to IN 17778 131 15 the the DT 17778 131 16 journey journey NN 17778 131 17 's 's POS 17778 131 18 end end NN 17778 131 19 . . . 17778 131 20 " " '' 17778 132 1 In in IN 17778 132 2 spite spite NN 17778 132 3 of of IN 17778 132 4 these these DT 17778 132 5 evidences evidence NNS 17778 132 6 of of IN 17778 132 7 a a DT 17778 132 8 soldier soldier NN 17778 132 9 's 's POS 17778 132 10 eye eye NN 17778 132 11 for for IN 17778 132 12 country country NN 17778 132 13 , , , 17778 132 14 there there EX 17778 132 15 is be VBZ 17778 132 16 nothing nothing NN 17778 132 17 to to TO 17778 132 18 show show VB 17778 132 19 that that IN 17778 132 20 French French NNP 17778 132 21 had have VBD 17778 132 22 developed develop VBN 17778 132 23 any any DT 17778 132 24 abnormal abnormal JJ 17778 132 25 devotion devotion NN 17778 132 26 for for IN 17778 132 27 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 132 28 work work NN 17778 132 29 . . . 17778 133 1 He -PRON- PRP 17778 133 2 was be VBD 17778 133 3 interested interested JJ 17778 133 4 but but CC 17778 133 5 not not RB 17778 133 6 absorbed absorb VBN 17778 133 7 . . . 17778 134 1 In in IN 17778 134 2 1880 1880 CD 17778 134 3 a a DT 17778 134 4 captaincy captaincy NN 17778 134 5 and and CC 17778 134 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 134 7 marriage marriage NN 17778 134 8 probably probably RB 17778 134 9 did do VBD 17778 134 10 something something NN 17778 134 11 to to TO 17778 134 12 make make VB 17778 134 13 him -PRON- PRP 17778 134 14 take take VB 17778 134 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 134 16 career career NN 17778 134 17 more more RBR 17778 134 18 seriously seriously RB 17778 134 19 . . . 17778 135 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 135 2 wife wife NN 17778 135 3 , , , 17778 135 4 Lady Lady NNP 17778 135 5 French French NNP 17778 135 6 , , , 17778 135 7 was be VBD 17778 135 8 a a DT 17778 135 9 daughter daughter NN 17778 135 10 of of IN 17778 135 11 Mr. Mr. NNP 17778 135 12 R.W. R.W. NNP 17778 136 1 Selby Selby NNP 17778 136 2 - - HYPH 17778 136 3 Lowndes Lowndes NNP 17778 136 4 , , , 17778 136 5 of of IN 17778 136 6 Bletchley Bletchley NNP 17778 136 7 , , , 17778 136 8 Bucks Bucks NNP 17778 136 9 . . . 17778 137 1 They -PRON- PRP 17778 137 2 have have VBP 17778 137 3 two two CD 17778 137 4 sons son NNS 17778 137 5 and and CC 17778 137 6 a a DT 17778 137 7 daughter daughter NN 17778 137 8 . . . 17778 138 1 A a DT 17778 138 2 few few JJ 17778 138 3 months month NNS 17778 138 4 after after IN 17778 138 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 138 6 marriage marriage NN 17778 138 7 he -PRON- PRP 17778 138 8 accepted accept VBD 17778 138 9 an an DT 17778 138 10 adjutancy adjutancy NN 17778 138 11 in in IN 17778 138 12 the the DT 17778 138 13 Northumberland Northumberland NNP 17778 138 14 Yeomanry Yeomanry NNP 17778 138 15 . . . 17778 139 1 For for IN 17778 139 2 four four CD 17778 139 3 uneventful uneventful JJ 17778 139 4 years year NNS 17778 139 5 he -PRON- PRP 17778 139 6 was be VBD 17778 139 7 stationed station VBN 17778 139 8 at at IN 17778 139 9 Newcastle Newcastle NNP 17778 139 10 , , , 17778 139 11 where where WRB 17778 139 12 the the DT 17778 139 13 work work NN 17778 139 14 was be VBD 17778 139 15 monotonous monotonous JJ 17778 139 16 and and CC 17778 139 17 the the DT 17778 139 18 opportunities opportunity NNS 17778 139 19 almost almost RB 17778 139 20 _ _ NNP 17778 139 21 nil nil NNP 17778 139 22 _ _ NNP 17778 139 23 . . . 17778 140 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 140 2 Page page NN 17778 140 3 Heading heading NN 17778 140 4 : : : 17778 140 5 THE the DT 17778 140 6 WAITING WAITING NNP 17778 140 7 GAME GAME NNP 17778 140 8 ] ] -RRB- 17778 140 9 Naturally naturally RB 17778 140 10 the the DT 17778 140 11 young young JJ 17778 140 12 man man NN 17778 140 13 fretted fret VBD 17778 140 14 very very RB 17778 140 15 much much RB 17778 140 16 at at IN 17778 140 17 being be VBG 17778 140 18 left leave VBN 17778 140 19 behind behind RB 17778 140 20 with with IN 17778 140 21 the the DT 17778 140 22 Yeomanry Yeomanry NNP 17778 140 23 when when WRB 17778 140 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 140 25 regiment regiment NN 17778 140 26 was be VBD 17778 140 27 ordered order VBN 17778 140 28 to to TO 17778 140 29 embark embark VB 17778 140 30 for for IN 17778 140 31 Egypt Egypt NNP 17778 140 32 in in IN 17778 140 33 1882 1882 CD 17778 140 34 . . . 17778 141 1 And and CC 17778 141 2 he -PRON- PRP 17778 141 3 never never RB 17778 141 4 rested rest VBD 17778 141 5 until until IN 17778 141 6 he -PRON- PRP 17778 141 7 was be VBD 17778 141 8 allowed allow VBN 17778 141 9 to to TO 17778 141 10 follow follow VB 17778 141 11 it -PRON- PRP 17778 141 12 out out RP 17778 141 13 in in IN 17778 141 14 1884 1884 CD 17778 141 15 . . . 17778 142 1 It -PRON- PRP 17778 142 2 was be VBD 17778 142 3 in in IN 17778 142 4 many many JJ 17778 142 5 ways way NNS 17778 142 6 a a DT 17778 142 7 new new JJ 17778 142 8 19th 19th NN 17778 142 9 which which WDT 17778 142 10 the the DT 17778 142 11 young young JJ 17778 142 12 officer officer NN 17778 142 13 re re NN 17778 142 14 - - VBN 17778 142 15 joined join VBD 17778 142 16 in in IN 17778 142 17 Egypt Egypt NNP 17778 142 18 . . . 17778 143 1 The the DT 17778 143 2 regiment regiment NN 17778 143 3 hurried hurry VBD 17778 143 4 out out RP 17778 143 5 in in IN 17778 143 6 1882 1882 CD 17778 143 7 had have VBD 17778 143 8 at at IN 17778 143 9 last last JJ 17778 143 10 come come NN 17778 143 11 under under IN 17778 143 12 a a DT 17778 143 13 commander commander NN 17778 143 14 of of IN 17778 143 15 real real JJ 17778 143 16 genius genius NN 17778 143 17 in in IN 17778 143 18 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 143 19 Percy Percy NNP 17778 143 20 Barrow Barrow NNP 17778 143 21 , , , 17778 143 22 C.B. C.B. NNP 17778 143 23 , , , 17778 143 24 and and CC 17778 143 25 in in IN 17778 143 26 that that DT 17778 143 27 commander commander NN 17778 143 28 French French NNP 17778 143 29 was be VBD 17778 143 30 to to TO 17778 143 31 find find VB 17778 143 32 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 143 33 first first JJ 17778 143 34 real real JJ 17778 143 35 military military JJ 17778 143 36 inspiration inspiration NN 17778 143 37 . . . 17778 144 1 It -PRON- PRP 17778 144 2 is be VBZ 17778 144 3 difficult difficult JJ 17778 144 4 to to TO 17778 144 5 judge judge VB 17778 144 6 what what WP 17778 144 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 144 8 future future NN 17778 144 9 might may MD 17778 144 10 have have VB 17778 144 11 been be VBN 17778 144 12 but but CC 17778 144 13 for for IN 17778 144 14 this this DT 17778 144 15 one one CD 17778 144 16 man man NN 17778 144 17 and and CC 17778 144 18 the the DT 17778 144 19 Nile Nile NNP 17778 144 20 Expedition Expedition NNP 17778 144 21 , , , 17778 144 22 which which WDT 17778 144 23 proved prove VBD 17778 144 24 the the DT 17778 144 25 turning turning NN 17778 144 26 point point NN 17778 144 27 in in IN 17778 144 28 French French NNP 17778 144 29 's 's POS 17778 144 30 career career NN 17778 144 31 as as IN 17778 144 32 it -PRON- PRP 17778 144 33 did do VBD 17778 144 34 in in IN 17778 144 35 that that DT 17778 144 36 of of IN 17778 144 37 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 144 38 regiment regiment NN 17778 144 39 . . . 17778 145 1 Then then RB 17778 145 2 , , , 17778 145 3 as as IN 17778 145 4 ever ever RB 17778 145 5 , , , 17778 145 6 French French NNP 17778 145 7 was be VBD 17778 145 8 a a DT 17778 145 9 man man NN 17778 145 10 who who WP 17778 145 11 had have VBD 17778 145 12 to to TO 17778 145 13 wait wait VB 17778 145 14 for for IN 17778 145 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 145 16 opportunities opportunity NNS 17778 145 17 . . . 17778 146 1 He -PRON- PRP 17778 146 2 was be VBD 17778 146 3 thirty thirty CD 17778 146 4 - 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W.T. 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Berber Berber NNP 17778 258 32 would would MD 17778 258 33 have have VB 17778 258 34 been be VBN 17778 258 35 simply simply RB 17778 258 36 suicidal suicidal JJ 17778 258 37 . . . 17778 259 1 Buller Buller NNP 17778 259 2 accordingly accordingly RB 17778 259 3 determined determine VBD 17778 259 4 on on IN 17778 259 5 a a DT 17778 259 6 retreat retreat NN 17778 259 7 . . . 17778 260 1 On on IN 17778 260 2 February February NNP 17778 260 3 13 13 CD 17778 260 4 he -PRON- PRP 17778 260 5 evacuated evacuate VBD 17778 260 6 Gubat Gubat NNP 17778 260 7 . . . 17778 261 1 On on IN 17778 261 2 March March NNP 17778 261 3 1 1 CD 17778 261 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 261 5 advance advance NN 17778 261 6 guard guard NN 17778 261 7 had have VBD 17778 261 8 reached reach VBN 17778 261 9 Korti Korti NNP 17778 261 10 . . . 17778 262 1 In in IN 17778 262 2 this this DT 17778 262 3 retreat retreat NN 17778 262 4 the the DT 17778 262 5 19th 19th JJ 17778 262 6 Hussars Hussars NNPS 17778 262 7 again again RB 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have VBD 17778 266 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 266 8 first first JJ 17778 266 9 experience experience NN 17778 266 10 in in IN 17778 266 11 " " `` 17778 266 12 masterly masterly JJ 17778 266 13 retreat retreat NN 17778 266 14 . . . 17778 266 15 " " '' 17778 267 1 How how WRB 17778 267 2 sorely sorely RB 17778 267 3 the the DT 17778 267 4 column column NN 17778 267 5 was be VBD 17778 267 6 pressed press VBN 17778 267 7 may may MD 17778 267 8 be be VB 17778 267 9 shown show VBN 17778 267 10 from from IN 17778 267 11 one one CD 17778 267 12 incident incident NN 17778 267 13 . . . 17778 268 1 While while IN 17778 268 2 he -PRON- PRP 17778 268 3 was be VBD 17778 268 4 preparing prepare VBG 17778 268 5 to to TO 17778 268 6 evacuate evacuate VB 17778 268 7 Abu Abu NNP 17778 268 8 Klea Klea NNP 17778 268 9 , , , 17778 268 10 Buller Buller NNP 17778 268 11 received receive VBD 17778 268 12 information information NN 17778 268 13 to to IN 17778 268 14 the the DT 17778 268 15 effect effect NN 17778 268 16 that that IN 17778 268 17 the the DT 17778 268 18 enemy enemy NN 17778 268 19 was be VBD 17778 268 20 advancing advance VBG 17778 268 21 upon upon IN 17778 268 22 him -PRON- PRP 17778 268 23 with with IN 17778 268 24 a a DT 17778 268 25 force force NN 17778 268 26 of of IN 17778 268 27 eight eight CD 17778 268 28 thousand thousand CD 17778 268 29 men man NNS 17778 268 30 . . . 17778 269 1 He -PRON- PRP 17778 269 2 determined determine VBD 17778 269 3 upon upon IN 17778 269 4 a a DT 17778 269 5 desperate desperate JJ 17778 269 6 measure measure NN 17778 269 7 . . . 17778 270 1 He -PRON- PRP 17778 270 2 left leave VBD 17778 270 3 standing stand VBG 17778 270 4 the the DT 17778 270 5 forts fort NNS 17778 270 6 which which WDT 17778 270 7 he -PRON- PRP 17778 270 8 had have VBD 17778 270 9 intended intend VBN 17778 270 10 to to TO 17778 270 11 demolish demolish VB 17778 270 12 and and CC 17778 270 13 filled fill VBD 17778 270 14 up up RP 17778 270 15 the the DT 17778 270 16 larger large JJR 17778 270 17 wells well NNS 17778 270 18 . . . 17778 271 1 A a DT 17778 271 2 desert desert NN 17778 271 3 well well UH 17778 271 4 , , , 17778 271 5 to to IN 17778 271 6 the the DT 17778 271 7 Oriental Oriental NNP 17778 271 8 , , , 17778 271 9 is be VBZ 17778 271 10 almost almost RB 17778 271 11 sacred sacred JJ 17778 271 12 , , , 17778 271 13 and and CC 17778 271 14 never never RB 17778 271 15 even even RB 17778 271 16 in in IN 17778 271 17 savage savage NN 17778 271 18 warfare warfare NN 17778 271 19 would would MD 17778 271 20 such such PDT 17778 271 21 a a DT 17778 271 22 course course NN 17778 271 23 have have VBP 17778 271 24 been be VBN 17778 271 25 adopted adopt VBN 17778 271 26 . . . 17778 272 1 But but CC 17778 272 2 Buller Buller NNP 17778 272 3 knew know VBD 17778 272 4 that that IN 17778 272 5 the the DT 17778 272 6 absence absence NN 17778 272 7 of of IN 17778 272 8 water water NN 17778 272 9 was be VBD 17778 272 10 the the DT 17778 272 11 only only JJ 17778 272 12 thing thing NN 17778 272 13 that that WDT 17778 272 14 could could MD 17778 272 15 check check VB 17778 272 16 the the DT 17778 272 17 rush rush NN 17778 272 18 of of IN 17778 272 19 the the DT 17778 272 20 oncoming oncoming JJ 17778 272 21 hordes horde NNS 17778 272 22 , , , 17778 272 23 and and CC 17778 272 24 this this DT 17778 272 25 deed deed NN 17778 272 26 , , , 17778 272 27 terrible terrible JJ 17778 272 28 as as IN 17778 272 29 it -PRON- PRP 17778 272 30 may may MD 17778 272 31 have have VB 17778 272 32 seemed seem VBN 17778 272 33 to to IN 17778 272 34 the the DT 17778 272 35 Eastern eastern JJ 17778 272 36 mind mind NN 17778 272 37 , , , 17778 272 38 was be VBD 17778 272 39 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 272 40 sole sole JJ 17778 272 41 means mean NNS 17778 272 42 of of IN 17778 272 43 covering cover VBG 17778 272 44 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 272 45 retreat retreat NN 17778 272 46 . . . 17778 273 1 Orders order NNS 17778 273 2 were be VBD 17778 273 3 therefore therefore RB 17778 273 4 given give VBN 17778 273 5 to to TO 17778 273 6 fill fill VB 17778 273 7 up up RP 17778 273 8 all all PDT 17778 273 9 the the DT 17778 273 10 principal principal JJ 17778 273 11 wells well NNS 17778 273 12 with with IN 17778 273 13 stones stone NNS 17778 273 14 and and CC 17778 273 15 rubbish rubbish NN 17778 273 16 . . . 17778 274 1 It -PRON- PRP 17778 274 2 was be VBD 17778 274 3 certainly certainly RB 17778 274 4 an an DT 17778 274 5 effectual effectual JJ 17778 274 6 measure measure NN 17778 274 7 , , , 17778 274 8 for for IN 17778 274 9 the the DT 17778 274 10 enemy enemy NN 17778 274 11 would would MD 17778 274 12 be be VB 17778 274 13 delayed delay VBN 17778 274 14 for for IN 17778 274 15 many many JJ 17778 274 16 hours hour NNS 17778 274 17 , , , 17778 274 18 perhaps perhaps RB 17778 274 19 days day NNS 17778 274 20 , , , 17778 274 21 before before IN 17778 274 22 he -PRON- PRP 17778 274 23 could could MD 17778 274 24 restore restore VB 17778 274 25 the the DT 17778 274 26 wells well NNS 17778 274 27 and and CC 17778 274 28 obtain obtain VB 17778 274 29 sufficient sufficient JJ 17778 274 30 water water NN 17778 274 31 to to TO 17778 274 32 enable enable VB 17778 274 33 him -PRON- PRP 17778 274 34 to to TO 17778 274 35 continue continue VB 17778 274 36 in in IN 17778 274 37 pursuit pursuit NN 17778 274 38 of of IN 17778 274 39 the the DT 17778 274 40 British british JJ 17778 274 41 force force NN 17778 274 42 which which WDT 17778 274 43 was be VBD 17778 274 44 so so RB 17778 274 45 hopelessly hopelessly RB 17778 274 46 outnumbered outnumbered JJ 17778 274 47 . . . 17778 275 1 In in IN 17778 275 2 the the DT 17778 275 3 circumstances circumstance NNS 17778 275 4 Buller Buller NNP 17778 275 5 could could MD 17778 275 6 not not RB 17778 275 7 be be VB 17778 275 8 blamed blame VBN 17778 275 9 for for IN 17778 275 10 saving save VBG 17778 275 11 British british JJ 17778 275 12 lives life NNS 17778 275 13 at at IN 17778 275 14 the the DT 17778 275 15 price price NN 17778 275 16 of of IN 17778 275 17 Oriental oriental JJ 17778 275 18 tradition tradition NN 17778 275 19 . . . 17778 276 1 Sir Sir NNP 17778 276 2 Evelyn Evelyn NNP 17778 276 3 Wood Wood NNP 17778 276 4 was be VBD 17778 276 5 also also RB 17778 276 6 sent send VBN 17778 276 7 with with IN 17778 276 8 reinforcements reinforcement NNS 17778 276 9 from from IN 17778 276 10 Korti Korti NNP 17778 276 11 to to TO 17778 276 12 strengthen strengthen VB 17778 276 13 the the DT 17778 276 14 force force NN 17778 276 15 at at IN 17778 276 16 Gakdul Gakdul NNP 17778 276 17 Wells Wells NNP 17778 276 18 . . . 17778 277 1 There there RB 17778 277 2 he -PRON- PRP 17778 277 3 met meet VBD 17778 277 4 French French NNP 17778 277 5 for for IN 17778 277 6 the the DT 17778 277 7 first first JJ 17778 277 8 time time NN 17778 277 9 . . . 17778 278 1 " " `` 17778 278 2 I -PRON- PRP 17778 278 3 saw see VBD 17778 278 4 him -PRON- PRP 17778 278 5 , , , 17778 278 6 " " '' 17778 278 7 Sir Sir NNP 17778 278 8 Evelyn Evelyn NNP 17778 278 9 relates relate VBZ 17778 278 10 , , , 17778 278 11 " " `` 17778 278 12 when when WRB 17778 278 13 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 278 14 people people NNS 17778 278 15 were be VBD 17778 278 16 coming come VBG 17778 278 17 back back RB 17778 278 18 across across IN 17778 278 19 the the DT 17778 278 20 desert desert NN 17778 278 21 after after IN 17778 278 22 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 278 23 failure failure NN 17778 278 24 , , , 17778 278 25 the the DT 17778 278 26 whole whole JJ 17778 278 27 force force NN 17778 278 28 depressed depress VBN 17778 278 29 by by IN 17778 278 30 the the DT 17778 278 31 death death NN 17778 278 32 of of IN 17778 278 33 Gordon Gordon NNP 17778 278 34 . . . 17778 279 1 I -PRON- PRP 17778 279 2 came come VBD 17778 279 3 on on IN 17778 279 4 him -PRON- PRP 17778 279 5 about about IN 17778 279 6 a a DT 17778 279 7 hundred hundred CD 17778 279 8 miles mile NNS 17778 279 9 from from IN 17778 279 10 the the DT 17778 279 11 river river NN 17778 279 12 -- -- : 17778 279 13 the the DT 17778 279 14 last last JJ 17778 279 15 man man NN 17778 279 16 of of IN 17778 279 17 the the DT 17778 279 18 last last JJ 17778 279 19 section section NN 17778 279 20 of of IN 17778 279 21 the the DT 17778 279 22 rear rear JJ 17778 279 23 guard guard NN 17778 279 24 ! ! . 17778 280 1 We -PRON- PRP 17778 280 2 were be VBD 17778 280 3 followed follow VBN 17778 280 4 by by IN 17778 280 5 bands band NNS 17778 280 6 of of IN 17778 280 7 Arabs Arabs NNPS 17778 280 8 . . . 17778 281 1 They -PRON- PRP 17778 281 2 came come VBD 17778 281 3 into into IN 17778 281 4 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 281 5 bivouac bivouac NNS 17778 281 6 on on IN 17778 281 7 the the DT 17778 281 8 night night NN 17778 281 9 of of IN 17778 281 10 which which WDT 17778 281 11 I -PRON- PRP 17778 281 12 am be VBP 17778 281 13 speaking speak VBG 17778 281 14 , , , 17778 281 15 and and CC 17778 281 16 the the DT 17778 281 17 night night NN 17778 281 18 following follow VBG 17778 281 19 they -PRON- PRP 17778 281 20 carried carry VBD 17778 281 21 off off RP 17778 281 22 some some DT 17778 281 23 of of IN 17778 281 24 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 281 25 slaughter slaughter NN 17778 281 26 cattle cattle NNS 17778 281 27 . . . 17778 282 1 " " `` 17778 282 2 [ [ -LRB- 17778 282 3 4 4 CD 17778 282 4 ] ] -RRB- 17778 282 5 [ [ -LRB- 17778 282 6 Page page NN 17778 282 7 Heading heading NN 17778 282 8 : : : 17778 282 9 MENTIONED mentioned NN 17778 282 10 IN in IN 17778 282 11 DISPATCHES DISPATCHES NNP 17778 282 12 ] ] -RRB- 17778 282 13 Major Major NNP 17778 282 14 French French NNP 17778 282 15 was be VBD 17778 282 16 quickly quickly RB 17778 282 17 able able JJ 17778 282 18 to to TO 17778 282 19 distinguish distinguish VB 17778 282 20 himself -PRON- PRP 17778 282 21 in in IN 17778 282 22 the the DT 17778 282 23 retreat retreat NN 17778 282 24 . . . 17778 283 1 For for IN 17778 283 2 Buller Buller NNP 17778 283 3 was be VBD 17778 283 4 a a DT 17778 283 5 believer believer NN 17778 283 6 in in IN 17778 283 7 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 283 8 and and CC 17778 283 9 used use VBD 17778 283 10 it -PRON- PRP 17778 283 11 wherever wherever WRB 17778 283 12 possible possible JJ 17778 283 13 . . . 17778 284 1 In in IN 17778 284 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 284 3 dispatch dispatch NN 17778 284 4 on on IN 17778 284 5 the the DT 17778 284 6 retreat retreat NN 17778 284 7 he -PRON- PRP 17778 284 8 paid pay VBD 17778 284 9 French French NNP 17778 284 10 the the DT 17778 284 11 following follow VBG 17778 284 12 handsome handsome JJ 17778 284 13 tribute tribute NN 17778 284 14 : : : 17778 284 15 " " `` 17778 284 16 I -PRON- PRP 17778 284 17 wish wish VBP 17778 284 18 expressly expressly RB 17778 284 19 to to TO 17778 284 20 remark remark VB 17778 284 21 on on IN 17778 284 22 the the DT 17778 284 23 excellent excellent JJ 17778 284 24 work work NN 17778 284 25 that that WDT 17778 284 26 has have VBZ 17778 284 27 been be VBN 17778 284 28 done do VBN 17778 284 29 by by IN 17778 284 30 a a DT 17778 284 31 small small JJ 17778 284 32 detachment detachment NN 17778 284 33 of of IN 17778 284 34 the the DT 17778 284 35 19th 19th JJ 17778 284 36 Hussars Hussars NNPS 17778 284 37 , , , 17778 284 38 both both CC 17778 284 39 during during IN 17778 284 40 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 284 41 occupation occupation NN 17778 284 42 of of IN 17778 284 43 Abu Abu NNP 17778 284 44 Klea Klea NNP 17778 284 45 and and CC 17778 284 46 during during IN 17778 284 47 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 284 48 retirement retirement NN 17778 284 49 . . . 17778 285 1 Each each DT 17778 285 2 man man NN 17778 285 3 has have VBZ 17778 285 4 done do VBN 17778 285 5 the the DT 17778 285 6 work work NN 17778 285 7 of of IN 17778 285 8 ten ten CD 17778 285 9 ; ; : 17778 285 10 and and CC 17778 285 11 it -PRON- PRP 17778 285 12 is be VBZ 17778 285 13 not not RB 17778 285 14 too too RB 17778 285 15 much much JJ 17778 285 16 to to TO 17778 285 17 say say VB 17778 285 18 that that IN 17778 285 19 the the DT 17778 285 20 force force NN 17778 285 21 owes owe VBZ 17778 285 22 much much JJ 17778 285 23 to to IN 17778 285 24 Major Major NNP 17778 285 25 French French NNP 17778 285 26 and and CC 17778 285 27 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 285 28 thirteen thirteen CD 17778 285 29 troopers trooper NNS 17778 285 30 . . . 17778 285 31 " " '' 17778 286 1 The the DT 17778 286 2 flying fly VBG 17778 286 3 column column NN 17778 286 4 occupied occupy VBD 17778 286 5 just just RB 17778 286 6 two two CD 17778 286 7 months month NNS 17778 286 8 in in IN 17778 286 9 its -PRON- PRP$ 17778 286 10 fruitless fruitless JJ 17778 286 11 expedition expedition NN 17778 286 12 . . . 17778 287 1 But but CC 17778 287 2 no no DT 17778 287 3 more more RBR 17778 287 4 trying trying JJ 17778 287 5 experience experience NN 17778 287 6 was be VBD 17778 287 7 ever ever RB 17778 287 8 packed pack VBN 17778 287 9 into into IN 17778 287 10 so so RB 17778 287 11 short short JJ 17778 287 12 a a DT 17778 287 13 time time NN 17778 287 14 . . . 17778 288 1 On on IN 17778 288 2 that that DT 17778 288 3 march march NN 17778 288 4 across across IN 17778 288 5 the the DT 17778 288 6 Bayuda Bayuda NNP 17778 288 7 desert desert NN 17778 288 8 history history NN 17778 288 9 has have VBZ 17778 288 10 only only RB 17778 288 11 one one CD 17778 288 12 verdict verdict NN 17778 288 13 . . . 17778 289 1 It -PRON- PRP 17778 289 2 is be VBZ 17778 289 3 that that DT 17778 289 4 pronounced pronounce VBN 17778 289 5 by by IN 17778 289 6 Count Count NNP 17778 289 7 von von NNP 17778 289 8 Moltke Moltke NNP 17778 289 9 on on IN 17778 289 10 the the DT 17778 289 11 men man NNS 17778 289 12 who who WP 17778 289 13 accomplished accomplish VBD 17778 289 14 it:--"They it:--"They NNP 17778 289 15 were be VBD 17778 289 16 not not RB 17778 289 17 soldiers soldier NNS 17778 289 18 but but CC 17778 289 19 heroes hero NNS 17778 289 20 . . . 17778 289 21 " " '' 17778 290 1 None none NN 17778 290 2 of of IN 17778 290 3 the the DT 17778 290 4 men man NNS 17778 290 5 earned earn VBD 17778 290 6 the the DT 17778 290 7 title title NN 17778 290 8 more more RBR 17778 290 9 thoroughly thoroughly RB 17778 290 10 than than IN 17778 290 11 Major Major NNP 17778 290 12 French French NNP 17778 290 13 and and CC 17778 290 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 290 15 troopers trooper NNS 17778 290 16 . . . 17778 291 1 " " `` 17778 291 2 During during IN 17778 291 3 the the DT 17778 291 4 whole whole JJ 17778 291 5 march march NN 17778 291 6 from from IN 17778 291 7 Korti Korti NNP 17778 291 8 , , , 17778 291 9 " " '' 17778 291 10 says say VBZ 17778 291 11 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 291 12 Biddulph Biddulph NNP 17778 291 13 , , , 17778 291 14 " " '' 17778 291 15 the the DT 17778 291 16 entire entire JJ 17778 291 17 scouting scouting JJ 17778 291 18 duty duty NN 17778 291 19 had have VBD 17778 291 20 been be VBN 17778 291 21 taken take VBN 17778 291 22 by by IN 17778 291 23 the the DT 17778 291 24 19th 19th JJ 17778 291 25 Hussars Hussars NNPS 17778 291 26 , , , 17778 291 27 so so IN 17778 291 28 that that IN 17778 291 29 each each DT 17778 291 30 day day NN 17778 291 31 they -PRON- PRP 17778 291 32 covered cover VBD 17778 291 33 far far RB 17778 291 34 more more JJR 17778 291 35 ground ground NN 17778 291 36 than than IN 17778 291 37 the the DT 17778 291 38 rest rest NN 17778 291 39 of of IN 17778 291 40 the the DT 17778 291 41 force force NN 17778 291 42 . . . 17778 292 1 " " `` 17778 292 2 [ [ -LRB- 17778 292 3 5 5 CD 17778 292 4 ] ] -RRB- 17778 292 5 The the DT 17778 292 6 enemy enemy NN 17778 292 7 themselves -PRON- PRP 17778 292 8 came come VBD 17778 292 9 to to TO 17778 292 10 respect respect VB 17778 292 11 the the DT 17778 292 12 little little JJ 17778 292 13 force force NN 17778 292 14 of of IN 17778 292 15 cavalrymen cavalryman NNS 17778 292 16 . . . 17778 293 1 " " `` 17778 293 2 Even even RB 17778 293 3 the the DT 17778 293 4 fierce fierce JJ 17778 293 5 Baggara Baggara NNP 17778 293 6 horsemen horseman NNS 17778 293 7 appeared appear VBD 17778 293 8 unwilling unwilling JJ 17778 293 9 to to TO 17778 293 10 cross cross VB 17778 293 11 swords sword NNS 17778 293 12 with with IN 17778 293 13 our -PRON- PRP$ 17778 293 14 Hussars hussar NNS 17778 293 15 , , , 17778 293 16 " " '' 17778 293 17 wrote write VBD 17778 293 18 one one CD 17778 293 19 who who WP 17778 293 20 accompanied accompany VBD 17778 293 21 the the DT 17778 293 22 column column NN 17778 293 23 . . . 17778 294 1 Major Major NNP 17778 294 2 French French NNP 17778 294 3 and and CC 17778 294 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 294 5 regiment regiment NN 17778 294 6 had have VBD 17778 294 7 firmly firmly RB 17778 294 8 established establish VBN 17778 294 9 their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 294 10 reputation reputation NN 17778 294 11 . . . 17778 295 1 FOOTNOTES footnote NNS 17778 295 2 : : : 17778 295 3 [ [ -LRB- 17778 295 4 1 1 CD 17778 295 5 ] ] -RRB- 17778 295 6 _ _ NNP 17778 295 7 With with IN 17778 295 8 the the DT 17778 295 9 Camel Camel NNP 17778 295 10 Corps Corps NNP 17778 295 11 up up RP 17778 295 12 the the DT 17778 295 13 Nile Nile NNP 17778 295 14 _ _ NNP 17778 295 15 , , , 17778 295 16 by by IN 17778 295 17 Count Count NNP 17778 295 18 Gleichen Gleichen NNP 17778 295 19 , , , 17778 295 20 by by IN 17778 295 21 permission permission NN 17778 295 22 of of IN 17778 295 23 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 295 24 Chapman Chapman NNP 17778 295 25 and and CC 17778 295 26 Hall Hall NNP 17778 295 27 . . . 17778 296 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 296 2 2 2 LS 17778 296 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 296 4 _ _ NNP 17778 296 5 With with IN 17778 296 6 the the DT 17778 296 7 Camel Camel NNP 17778 296 8 Corps Corps NNP 17778 296 9 up up RP 17778 296 10 the the DT 17778 296 11 Nile Nile NNP 17778 296 12 _ _ NNP 17778 296 13 , , , 17778 296 14 by by IN 17778 296 15 Count Count NNP 17778 296 16 Gleichen Gleichen NNP 17778 296 17 , , , 17778 296 18 by by IN 17778 296 19 permission permission NN 17778 296 20 of of IN 17778 296 21 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 296 22 Chapman Chapman NNP 17778 296 23 and and CC 17778 296 24 Hall Hall NNP 17778 296 25 . . . 17778 297 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 297 2 3 3 CD 17778 297 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 297 4 _ _ NNP 17778 297 5 With with IN 17778 297 6 the the DT 17778 297 7 Camel Camel NNP 17778 297 8 Corps Corps NNP 17778 297 9 up up RP 17778 297 10 the the DT 17778 297 11 Nile Nile NNP 17778 297 12 _ _ NNP 17778 297 13 , , , 17778 297 14 by by IN 17778 297 15 Count Count NNP 17778 297 16 Gleichen Gleichen NNP 17778 297 17 , , , 17778 297 18 by by IN 17778 297 19 permission permission NN 17778 297 20 of of IN 17778 297 21 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 297 22 Chapman Chapman NNP 17778 297 23 and and CC 17778 297 24 Hall Hall NNP 17778 297 25 . . . 17778 298 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 298 2 4 4 CD 17778 298 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 298 4 For for IN 17778 298 5 this this DT 17778 298 6 and and CC 17778 298 7 much much JJ 17778 298 8 other other JJ 17778 298 9 valuable valuable JJ 17778 298 10 information information NN 17778 298 11 the the DT 17778 298 12 writer writer NN 17778 298 13 is be VBZ 17778 298 14 indebted indebte VBN 17778 298 15 to to IN 17778 298 16 Field Field NNP 17778 298 17 - - HYPH 17778 298 18 Marshal Marshal NNP 17778 298 19 Sir Sir NNP 17778 298 20 Evelyn Evelyn NNP 17778 298 21 Wood Wood NNP 17778 298 22 . . . 17778 299 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 299 2 5 5 CD 17778 299 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 299 4 _ _ NNP 17778 299 5 The the DT 17778 299 6 Nineteenth Nineteenth NNP 17778 299 7 and and CC 17778 299 8 their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 299 9 Times Times NNP 17778 299 10 _ _ NNP 17778 299 11 , , , 17778 299 12 by by IN 17778 299 13 Col Col NNP 17778 299 14 . . NNP 17778 299 15 J. J. 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enable VB 17778 1293 33 them -PRON- PRP 17778 1293 34 to to TO 17778 1293 35 fit fit VB 17778 1293 36 themselves -PRON- PRP 17778 1293 37 to to TO 17778 1293 38 take take VB 17778 1293 39 part part NN 17778 1293 40 in in IN 17778 1293 41 modern modern JJ 17778 1293 42 fighting fighting NN 17778 1293 43 ; ; : 17778 1293 44 that that IN 17778 1293 45 the the DT 17778 1293 46 times time NNS 17778 1293 47 have have VBP 17778 1293 48 come come VBN 17778 1293 49 when when WRB 17778 1293 50 the the DT 17778 1293 51 methods method NNS 17778 1293 52 of of IN 17778 1293 53 warfare warfare NN 17778 1293 54 should should MD 17778 1293 55 be be VB 17778 1293 56 changed change VBN 17778 1293 57 ; ; : 17778 1293 58 and and CC 17778 1293 59 that that IN 17778 1293 60 the the DT 17778 1293 61 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1293 62 must must MD 17778 1293 63 determine determine VB 17778 1293 64 to to TO 17778 1293 65 defeat defeat VB 17778 1293 66 the the DT 17778 1293 67 enemy enemy NN 17778 1293 68 by by IN 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overthrow VBN 17778 1315 8 , , , 17778 1315 9 the the DT 17778 1315 10 work work NN 17778 1315 11 of of IN 17778 1315 12 the the DT 17778 1315 13 mounted mount VBN 17778 1315 14 infantryman infantryman NNP 17778 1315 15 can can MD 17778 1315 16 not not RB 17778 1315 17 begin begin VB 17778 1315 18 . . . 17778 1316 1 So so RB 17778 1316 2 long long RB 17778 1316 3 as as IN 17778 1316 4 opposing oppose VBG 17778 1316 5 countries country NNS 17778 1316 6 train train VBP 17778 1316 7 efficient efficient JJ 17778 1316 8 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1316 9 , , , 17778 1316 10 the the DT 17778 1316 11 clash clash NN 17778 1316 12 of of IN 17778 1316 13 the the DT 17778 1316 14 rival rival JJ 17778 1316 15 horsemen horseman NNS 17778 1316 16 is be VBZ 17778 1316 17 the the DT 17778 1316 18 inevitable inevitable JJ 17778 1316 19 preliminary preliminary JJ 17778 1316 20 of of IN 17778 1316 21 any any DT 17778 1316 22 campaign campaign NN 17778 1316 23 . . . 17778 1317 1 At at IN 17778 1317 2 the the DT 17778 1317 3 same same JJ 17778 1317 4 time time NN 17778 1317 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1317 6 views view NNS 17778 1317 7 on on IN 17778 1317 8 the the DT 17778 1317 9 specialisation specialisation NN 17778 1317 10 of of IN 17778 1317 11 training training NN 17778 1317 12 are be VBP 17778 1317 13 far far RB 17778 1317 14 from from IN 17778 1317 15 extreme extreme JJ 17778 1317 16 . . . 17778 1318 1 The the DT 17778 1318 2 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1318 3 spirit spirit NN 17778 1318 4 must must MD 17778 1318 5 be be VB 17778 1318 6 encouraged encourage VBN 17778 1318 7 : : : 17778 1318 8 but but CC 17778 1318 9 it -PRON- PRP 17778 1318 10 must must MD 17778 1318 11 not not RB 17778 1318 12 be be VB 17778 1318 13 permitted permit VBN 17778 1318 14 to to TO 17778 1318 15 overshadow overshadow VB 17778 1318 16 that that IN 17778 1318 17 wider wide JJR 17778 1318 18 _ _ NNP 17778 1318 19 camaraderie camaraderie NN 17778 1318 20 _ _ NNP 17778 1318 21 which which WDT 17778 1318 22 is be VBZ 17778 1318 23 the the DT 17778 1318 24 Army Army NNP 17778 1318 25 spirit spirit NN 17778 1318 26 . . . 17778 1319 1 " " `` 17778 1319 2 It -PRON- PRP 17778 1319 3 is be VBZ 17778 1319 4 not not RB 17778 1319 5 only only RB 17778 1319 6 possible possible JJ 17778 1319 7 but but CC 17778 1319 8 necessary necessary JJ 17778 1319 9 , , , 17778 1319 10 " " '' 17778 1319 11 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1319 12 says say VBZ 17778 1319 13 , , , 17778 1319 14 " " `` 17778 1319 15 to to TO 17778 1319 16 preach preach VB 17778 1319 17 the the DT 17778 1319 18 Army Army NNP 17778 1319 19 spirit spirit NN 17778 1319 20 , , , 17778 1319 21 or or CC 17778 1319 22 , , , 17778 1319 23 in in IN 17778 1319 24 other other JJ 17778 1319 25 words word NNS 17778 1319 26 , , , 17778 1319 27 the the DT 17778 1319 28 close close JJ 17778 1319 29 comradeship comradeship NN 17778 1319 30 of of IN 17778 1319 31 all all DT 17778 1319 32 arms arm NNS 17778 1319 33 in in IN 17778 1319 34 battle battle NN 17778 1319 35 , , , 17778 1319 36 and and CC 17778 1319 37 at at IN 17778 1319 38 the the DT 17778 1319 39 same same JJ 17778 1319 40 time time NN 17778 1319 41 to to TO 17778 1319 42 develop develop VB 17778 1319 43 the the DT 17778 1319 44 highest high JJS 17778 1319 45 qualities quality NNS 17778 1319 46 and and CC 17778 1319 47 the the DT 17778 1319 48 special special JJ 17778 1319 49 attributes attribute NNS 17778 1319 50 of of IN 17778 1319 51 each each DT 17778 1319 52 branch branch NN 17778 1319 53 . . . 17778 1320 1 The the DT 17778 1320 2 particular particular JJ 17778 1320 3 spirit spirit NN 17778 1320 4 which which WDT 17778 1320 5 we -PRON- PRP 17778 1320 6 seek seek VBP 17778 1320 7 to to TO 17778 1320 8 encourage encourage VB 17778 1320 9 is be VBZ 17778 1320 10 different different JJ 17778 1320 11 for for IN 17778 1320 12 each each DT 17778 1320 13 arm arm NN 17778 1320 14 . . . 17778 1321 1 Were be VBD 17778 1321 2 we -PRON- PRP 17778 1321 3 to to TO 17778 1321 4 seek seek VB 17778 1321 5 to to TO 17778 1321 6 endow endow NNP 17778 1321 7 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1321 8 with with IN 17778 1321 9 the the DT 17778 1321 10 tenacity tenacity NN 17778 1321 11 and and CC 17778 1321 12 stiffness stiffness NN 17778 1321 13 of of IN 17778 1321 14 infantry infantry NN 17778 1321 15 , , , 17778 1321 16 or or CC 17778 1321 17 to to TO 17778 1321 18 take take VB 17778 1321 19 from from IN 17778 1321 20 the the DT 17778 1321 21 mounted mounted JJ 17778 1321 22 arm arm NN 17778 1321 23 the the DT 17778 1321 24 mobility mobility NN 17778 1321 25 and and CC 17778 1321 26 the the DT 17778 1321 27 cult cult NN 17778 1321 28 of of IN 17778 1321 29 the the DT 17778 1321 30 offensive offensive NN 17778 1321 31 which which WDT 17778 1321 32 are be VBP 17778 1321 33 the the DT 17778 1321 34 breath breath NN 17778 1321 35 of of IN 17778 1321 36 its -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1321 37 life life NN 17778 1321 38 , , , 17778 1321 39 we -PRON- PRP 17778 1321 40 should should MD 17778 1321 41 ruin ruin VB 17778 1321 42 not not RB 17778 1321 43 only only RB 17778 1321 44 the the DT 17778 1321 45 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1321 46 , , , 17778 1321 47 but but CC 17778 1321 48 the the DT 17778 1321 49 Army Army NNP 17778 1321 50 besides besides RB 17778 1321 51 . . . 17778 1322 1 Those those DT 17778 1322 2 who who WP 17778 1322 3 scoff scoff VBP 17778 1322 4 at at IN 17778 1322 5 the the DT 17778 1322 6 spirit spirit NNP 17778 1322 7 , , , 17778 1322 8 whether whether IN 17778 1322 9 of of IN 17778 1322 10 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1322 11 , , , 17778 1322 12 of of IN 17778 1322 13 artillery artillery NN 17778 1322 14 , , , 17778 1322 15 or or CC 17778 1322 16 of of IN 17778 1322 17 infantry infantry NN 17778 1322 18 , , , 17778 1322 19 are be VBP 17778 1322 20 people people NNS 17778 1322 21 who who WP 17778 1322 22 have have VBP 17778 1322 23 had have VBN 17778 1322 24 no no DT 17778 1322 25 practical practical JJ 17778 1322 26 experience experience NN 17778 1322 27 of of IN 17778 1322 28 the the DT 17778 1322 29 actual actual JJ 17778 1322 30 training training NN 17778 1322 31 of of IN 17778 1322 32 troops troop NNS 17778 1322 33 in in IN 17778 1322 34 peace peace NN 17778 1322 35 , , , 17778 1322 36 or or CC 17778 1322 37 of of IN 17778 1322 38 the the DT 17778 1322 39 personal personal JJ 17778 1322 40 leadership leadership NN 17778 1322 41 in in IN 17778 1322 42 war war NN 17778 1322 43 . . . 17778 1323 1 Such such JJ 17778 1323 2 men man NNS 17778 1323 3 are be VBP 17778 1323 4 blind blind JJ 17778 1323 5 guides guide NNS 17778 1323 6 indeed indeed RB 17778 1323 7 . . . 17778 1324 1 " " `` 17778 1324 2 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1324 3 19 19 CD 17778 1324 4 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1324 5 For for IN 17778 1324 6 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1324 7 , , , 17778 1324 8 then then RB 17778 1324 9 , , , 17778 1324 10 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1324 11 John John NNP 17778 1324 12 French French NNP 17778 1324 13 sees see VBZ 17778 1324 14 a a DT 17778 1324 15 brilliant brilliant JJ 17778 1324 16 future future NN 17778 1324 17 . . . 17778 1325 1 " " `` 17778 1325 2 The the DT 17778 1325 3 opinion opinion NN 17778 1325 4 which which WDT 17778 1325 5 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1325 6 hold hold VBP 17778 1325 7 and and CC 17778 1325 8 have have VBP 17778 1325 9 often often RB 17778 1325 10 expressed express VBN 17778 1325 11 is be VBZ 17778 1325 12 that that IN 17778 1325 13 the the DT 17778 1325 14 _ _ NNP 17778 1325 15 true true JJ 17778 1325 16 rôle rôle NNP 17778 1325 17 of of IN 17778 1325 18 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1325 19 on on IN 17778 1325 20 the the DT 17778 1325 21 battlefield battlefield NN 17778 1325 22 is be VBZ 17778 1325 23 to to IN 17778 1325 24 reconnoitre reconnoitre NNP 17778 1325 25 , , , 17778 1325 26 to to TO 17778 1325 27 deceive deceive VB 17778 1325 28 and and CC 17778 1325 29 to to TO 17778 1325 30 support support VB 17778 1325 31 _ _ NNP 17778 1325 32 . . . 17778 1326 1 If if IN 17778 1326 2 the the DT 17778 1326 3 enemy enemy NN 17778 1326 4 's 's POS 17778 1326 5 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1326 6 has have VBZ 17778 1326 7 been be VBN 17778 1326 8 overthrown overthrow VBN 17778 1326 9 , , , 17778 1326 10 the the DT 17778 1326 11 rôle rôle NNP 17778 1326 12 of of IN 17778 1326 13 reconnaissance reconnaissance NN 17778 1326 14 will will MD 17778 1326 15 have have VB 17778 1326 16 been be VBN 17778 1326 17 rendered render VBN 17778 1326 18 easier easy JJR 17778 1326 19 . . . 17778 1327 1 In in IN 17778 1327 2 the the DT 17778 1327 3 rôles rã´le NNS 17778 1327 4 of of IN 17778 1327 5 deception deception NN 17778 1327 6 and and CC 17778 1327 7 support support NN 17778 1327 8 , , , 17778 1327 9 such such PDT 17778 1327 10 an an DT 17778 1327 11 immense immense JJ 17778 1327 12 and and CC 17778 1327 13 fruitful fruitful JJ 17778 1327 14 field field NN 17778 1327 15 of of IN 17778 1327 16 usefulness usefulness NN 17778 1327 17 and and CC 17778 1327 18 enterprise enterprise NN 17778 1327 19 is be VBZ 17778 1327 20 laid lay VBN 17778 1327 21 open open JJ 17778 1327 22 to to IN 17778 1327 23 a a DT 17778 1327 24 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1327 25 division division NN 17778 1327 26 which which WDT 17778 1327 27 has have VBZ 17778 1327 28 thought think VBN 17778 1327 29 out out RP 17778 1327 30 and and CC 17778 1327 31 practised practise VBD 17778 1327 32 these these DT 17778 1327 33 rôles rã´le NNS 17778 1327 34 in in IN 17778 1327 35 its -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1327 36 peace peace NN 17778 1327 37 training training NN 17778 1327 38 , , , 17778 1327 39 and and CC 17778 1327 40 is be VBZ 17778 1327 41 accustomed accustom VBN 17778 1327 42 to to TO 17778 1327 43 act act VB 17778 1327 44 in in IN 17778 1327 45 large large JJ 17778 1327 46 bodies body NNS 17778 1327 47 dismounted dismount VBN 17778 1327 48 , , , 17778 1327 49 that that IN 17778 1327 50 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1327 51 can can MD 17778 1327 52 not not RB 17778 1327 53 bring bring VB 17778 1327 54 myself -PRON- PRP 17778 1327 55 to to TO 17778 1327 56 believe believe VB 17778 1327 57 that that IN 17778 1327 58 any any DT 17778 1327 59 equivalent equivalent NN 17778 1327 60 for for IN 17778 1327 61 such such JJ 17778 1327 62 manifest manif JJS 17778 1327 63 advantages advantage NNS 17778 1327 64 can can MD 17778 1327 65 be be VB 17778 1327 66 found find VBN 17778 1327 67 even even RB 17778 1327 68 in in IN 17778 1327 69 the the DT 17778 1327 70 most most RBS 17778 1327 71 successful successful JJ 17778 1327 72 raid raid NN 17778 1327 73 against against IN 17778 1327 74 the the DT 17778 1327 75 enemy enemy NN 17778 1327 76 's 's POS 17778 1327 77 communications communication NNS 17778 1327 78 by by IN 17778 1327 79 mounted mount VBN 17778 1327 80 troops troop NNS 17778 1327 81 . . . 17778 1328 1 " " `` 17778 1328 2 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1328 3 20 20 CD 17778 1328 4 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1328 5 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1328 6 Page page NN 17778 1328 7 Heading heading NN 17778 1328 8 : : : 17778 1328 9 A a DT 17778 1328 10 HISTORIC historic JJ 17778 1328 11 PHRASE phrase NN 17778 1328 12 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1328 13 How how WRB 17778 1328 14 brilliantly brilliantly RB 17778 1328 15 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1328 16 John John NNP 17778 1328 17 French French NNP 17778 1328 18 trained train VBD 17778 1328 19 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1328 20 men man NNS 17778 1328 21 to to TO 17778 1328 22 accomplish accomplish VB 17778 1328 23 these these DT 17778 1328 24 multiple multiple JJ 17778 1328 25 activities activity NNS 17778 1328 26 , , , 17778 1328 27 recent recent JJ 17778 1328 28 history history NN 17778 1328 29 has have VBZ 17778 1328 30 shown show VBN 17778 1328 31 . . . 17778 1329 1 We -PRON- PRP 17778 1329 2 may may MD 17778 1329 3 note note VB 17778 1329 4 in in IN 17778 1329 5 passing pass VBG 17778 1329 6 , , , 17778 1329 7 however however RB 17778 1329 8 , , , 17778 1329 9 that that IN 17778 1329 10 mechanics mechanic NNS 17778 1329 11 have have VBP 17778 1329 12 now now RB 17778 1329 13 divested divest VBN 17778 1329 14 the the DT 17778 1329 15 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1329 16 of of IN 17778 1329 17 one one CD 17778 1329 18 of of IN 17778 1329 19 their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1329 20 chief chief JJ 17778 1329 21 functions function NNS 17778 1329 22 . . . 17778 1330 1 The the DT 17778 1330 2 aeroplane aeroplane NN 17778 1330 3 is be VBZ 17778 1330 4 now now RB 17778 1330 5 the the DT 17778 1330 6 eye eye NN 17778 1330 7 of of IN 17778 1330 8 the the DT 17778 1330 9 army army NN 17778 1330 10 and and CC 17778 1330 11 the the DT 17778 1330 12 strategical strategical JJ 17778 1330 13 rôle rôle NNP 17778 1330 14 of of IN 17778 1330 15 the the DT 17778 1330 16 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1330 17 is be VBZ 17778 1330 18 no no RB 17778 1330 19 more more JJR 17778 1330 20 . . . 17778 1331 1 The the DT 17778 1331 2 mounted mounted JJ 17778 1331 3 arm arm NN 17778 1331 4 will will MD 17778 1331 5 almost almost RB 17778 1331 6 certainly certainly RB 17778 1331 7 now now RB 17778 1331 8 be be VB 17778 1331 9 confined confine VBN 17778 1331 10 to to IN 17778 1331 11 screening screen VBG 17778 1331 12 operations operation NNS 17778 1331 13 and and CC 17778 1331 14 to to TO 17778 1331 15 shock shock VB 17778 1331 16 tactics tactic NNS 17778 1331 17 , , , 17778 1331 18 after after IN 17778 1331 19 the the DT 17778 1331 20 opposing oppose VBG 17778 1331 21 armies army NNS 17778 1331 22 have have VBP 17778 1331 23 come come VBN 17778 1331 24 into into IN 17778 1331 25 touch touch NN 17778 1331 26 with with IN 17778 1331 27 one one CD 17778 1331 28 another another DT 17778 1331 29 . . . 17778 1332 1 History history NN 17778 1332 2 , , , 17778 1332 3 therefore therefore RB 17778 1332 4 , , , 17778 1332 5 has have VBZ 17778 1332 6 obviously obviously RB 17778 1332 7 justified justify VBN 17778 1332 8 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1332 9 John John NNP 17778 1332 10 French French NNP 17778 1332 11 in in IN 17778 1332 12 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1332 13 championship championship NN 17778 1332 14 of of IN 17778 1332 15 the the DT 17778 1332 16 cavalry cavalry NNP 17778 1332 17 spirit spirit NNP 17778 1332 18 . . . 17778 1333 1 Without without IN 17778 1333 2 it -PRON- PRP 17778 1333 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1333 4 horsemen horseman NNS 17778 1333 5 would would MD 17778 1333 6 have have VB 17778 1333 7 been be VBN 17778 1333 8 no no DT 17778 1333 9 match match NN 17778 1333 10 for for IN 17778 1333 11 the the DT 17778 1333 12 German german JJ 17778 1333 13 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1333 14 . . . 17778 1334 1 Thanks thank NNS 17778 1334 2 to to IN 17778 1334 3 their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1334 4 training training NN 17778 1334 5 , , , 17778 1334 6 they -PRON- PRP 17778 1334 7 " " `` 17778 1334 8 went go VBD 17778 1334 9 through through IN 17778 1334 10 the the DT 17778 1334 11 Uhlans Uhlans NNPS 17778 1334 12 like like IN 17778 1334 13 brown brown JJ 17778 1334 14 paper paper NN 17778 1334 15 " " '' 17778 1334 16 in in IN 17778 1334 17 General General NNP 17778 1334 18 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1334 19 Philip Philip NNP 17778 1334 20 Chetwode Chetwode NNP 17778 1334 21 's 's POS 17778 1334 22 historic historic JJ 17778 1334 23 phrase phrase NN 17778 1334 24 . . . 17778 1335 1 FOOTNOTES footnote NNS 17778 1335 2 : : : 17778 1335 3 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1335 4 16 16 CD 17778 1335 5 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1335 6 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1335 7 John John NNP 17778 1335 8 French French NNP 17778 1335 9 's 's POS 17778 1335 10 Preface Preface NNP 17778 1335 11 to to IN 17778 1335 12 _ _ NNP 17778 1335 13 Cavalry Cavalry NNP 17778 1335 14 _ _ NNP 17778 1335 15 by by IN 17778 1335 16 General General NNP 17778 1335 17 von von NNP 17778 1335 18 Bernhardi Bernhardi NNP 17778 1335 19 . . . 17778 1336 1 By by IN 17778 1336 2 permission permission NN 17778 1336 3 of of IN 17778 1336 4 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 1336 5 Hugh Hugh NNP 17778 1336 6 Rees Rees NNPS 17778 1336 7 , , , 17778 1336 8 Ltd. Ltd. NNP 17778 1336 9 , , , 17778 1336 10 and and CC 17778 1336 11 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 1336 12 Hodder Hodder NNP 17778 1336 13 & & CC 17778 1336 14 Stoughton Stoughton NNP 17778 1336 15 . . . 17778 1337 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1337 2 17 17 CD 17778 1337 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1337 4 _ _ NNP 17778 1337 5 The the DT 17778 1337 6 Great Great NNP 17778 1337 7 Boer Boer NNP 17778 1337 8 War War NNP 17778 1337 9 _ _ NNP 17778 1337 10 , , , 17778 1337 11 by by IN 17778 1337 12 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1337 13 Arthur Arthur NNP 17778 1337 14 Conan Conan NNP 17778 1337 15 Doyle Doyle NNP 17778 1337 16 . . . 17778 1338 1 By by IN 17778 1338 2 permission permission NN 17778 1338 3 of of IN 17778 1338 4 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 1338 5 Smith Smith NNP 17778 1338 6 , , , 17778 1338 7 Elder Elder NNP 17778 1338 8 & & CC 17778 1338 9 Co. Co. NNP 17778 1338 10 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1338 11 18 18 CD 17778 1338 12 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1338 13 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1338 14 John John NNP 17778 1338 15 French French NNP 17778 1338 16 's 's POS 17778 1338 17 Preface Preface NNP 17778 1338 18 to to IN 17778 1338 19 _ _ NNP 17778 1338 20 Cavalry Cavalry NNP 17778 1338 21 in in IN 17778 1338 22 Future Future NNP 17778 1338 23 Wars Wars NNPS 17778 1338 24 _ _ NNP 17778 1338 25 , , , 17778 1338 26 by by IN 17778 1338 27 General General NNP 17778 1338 28 von von NNP 17778 1338 29 Bernhardi Bernhardi NNP 17778 1338 30 . . . 17778 1339 1 By by IN 17778 1339 2 permission permission NN 17778 1339 3 of of IN 17778 1339 4 Mr. Mr. NNP 17778 1339 5 John John NNP 17778 1339 6 Murray Murray NNP 17778 1339 7 . . . 17778 1340 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1340 2 19 19 CD 17778 1340 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1340 4 From from IN 17778 1340 5 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1340 6 John John NNP 17778 1340 7 French French NNP 17778 1340 8 's 's POS 17778 1340 9 Introduction introduction NN 17778 1340 10 to to IN 17778 1340 11 _ _ NNP 17778 1340 12 Cavalry Cavalry NNP 17778 1340 13 _ _ NNP 17778 1340 14 , , , 17778 1340 15 by by IN 17778 1340 16 General General NNP 17778 1340 17 F. F. NNP 17778 1340 18 von von NNP 17778 1340 19 Bernhardi Bernhardi NNP 17778 1340 20 , , , 17778 1340 21 by by IN 17778 1340 22 permission permission NN 17778 1340 23 of of IN 17778 1340 24 Mr. Mr. NNP 17778 1340 25 Hugh Hugh NNP 17778 1340 26 Rees Rees NNPS 17778 1340 27 and and CC 17778 1340 28 Messrs. Messrs. NNPS 17778 1340 29 Hodder Hodder NNP 17778 1340 30 & & CC 17778 1340 31 Stoughton Stoughton NNP 17778 1340 32 . . . 17778 1341 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1341 2 20 20 CD 17778 1341 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1341 4 From from IN 17778 1341 5 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1341 6 John John NNP 17778 1341 7 French French NNP 17778 1341 8 's 's POS 17778 1341 9 Introduction introduction NN 17778 1341 10 to to IN 17778 1341 11 _ _ NNP 17778 1341 12 Cavalry Cavalry NNP 17778 1341 13 _ _ NNP 17778 1341 14 , , , 17778 1341 15 by by IN 17778 1341 16 General General NNP 17778 1341 17 F. F. NNP 17778 1341 18 von von NNP 17778 1341 19 Bernhardi Bernhardi NNP 17778 1341 20 , , , 17778 1341 21 by by IN 17778 1341 22 permission permission NN 17778 1341 23 of of IN 17778 1341 24 Mr. Mr. NNP 17778 1341 25 Hugh Hugh NNP 17778 1341 26 Rees Rees NNPS 17778 1341 27 and and CC 17778 1341 28 Messrs. Messrs. NNPS 17778 1341 29 Hodder Hodder NNP 17778 1341 30 & & CC 17778 1341 31 Stoughton Stoughton NNP 17778 1341 32 . . . 17778 1342 1 CHAPTER chapter NN 17778 1342 2 XI XI NNP 17778 1342 3 THE the DT 17778 1342 4 MODERN MODERN NNS 17778 1342 5 MARLBOROUGH MARLBOROUGH NNP 17778 1342 6 Europe Europe NNP 17778 1342 7 's 's POS 17778 1342 8 Need need NN 17778 1342 9 -- -- : 17778 1342 10 The the DT 17778 1342 11 Plight Plight NNP 17778 1342 12 of of IN 17778 1342 13 France France NNP 17778 1342 14 -- -- : 17778 1342 15 A a DT 17778 1342 16 Delicate delicate JJ 17778 1342 17 Situation situation NN 17778 1342 18 -- -- : 17778 1342 19 The the DT 17778 1342 20 Man man NN 17778 1342 21 of of IN 17778 1342 22 " " `` 17778 1342 23 Grip"--A Grip"--A NNP 17778 1342 24 Magnificent Magnificent NNP 17778 1342 25 Retreat Retreat NNP 17778 1342 26 . . . 17778 1343 1 On on IN 17778 1343 2 August August NNP 17778 1343 3 4 4 CD 17778 1343 4 , , , 17778 1343 5 Great Great NNP 17778 1343 6 Britain Britain NNP 17778 1343 7 woke wake VBD 17778 1343 8 up up RP 17778 1343 9 to to TO 17778 1343 10 find find VB 17778 1343 11 herself -PRON- PRP 17778 1343 12 engaged engage VBN 17778 1343 13 in in IN 17778 1343 14 one one CD 17778 1343 15 of of IN 17778 1343 16 the the DT 17778 1343 17 most most RBS 17778 1343 18 terrific terrific JJ 17778 1343 19 contests contest NNS 17778 1343 20 in in IN 17778 1343 21 history history NN 17778 1343 22 . . . 17778 1344 1 Out out IN 17778 1344 2 of of IN 17778 1344 3 an an DT 17778 1344 4 assassination assassination NN 17778 1344 5 at at IN 17778 1344 6 Serajevo Serajevo NNP 17778 1344 7 had have VBD 17778 1344 8 sprung spring VBN 17778 1344 9 a a DT 17778 1344 10 European european JJ 17778 1344 11 war war NN 17778 1344 12 . . . 17778 1345 1 In in IN 17778 1345 2 demanding demanding JJ 17778 1345 3 apologies apology NNS 17778 1345 4 for for IN 17778 1345 5 the the DT 17778 1345 6 death death NN 17778 1345 7 of of IN 17778 1345 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1345 9 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of IN 17778 1591 15 the the DT 17778 1591 16 war war NN 17778 1591 17 in in IN 17778 1591 18 South South NNP 17778 1591 19 Africa Africa NNP 17778 1591 20 reached reach VBD 17778 1591 21 French French NNP 17778 1591 22 , , , 17778 1591 23 momentarily momentarily RB 17778 1591 24 obeying obey VBG 17778 1591 25 a a DT 17778 1591 26 natural natural JJ 17778 1591 27 impulse impulse NN 17778 1591 28 , , , 17778 1591 29 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1591 30 waved wave VBD 17778 1591 31 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1591 32 hand hand NN 17778 1591 33 and and CC 17778 1591 34 cried cry VBD 17778 1591 35 , , , 17778 1591 36 " " '' 17778 1591 37 Hurrah Hurrah NNP 17778 1591 38 for for IN 17778 1591 39 South South NNP 17778 1591 40 Africa Africa NNP 17778 1591 41 . . . 17778 1591 42 " " '' 17778 1592 1 If if IN 17778 1592 2 anyone anyone NN 17778 1592 3 had have VBD 17778 1592 4 any any DT 17778 1592 5 right right NN 17778 1592 6 to to TO 17778 1592 7 thank thank VB 17778 1592 8 Heaven Heaven NNP 17778 1592 9 for for IN 17778 1592 10 that that DT 17778 1592 11 particular particular JJ 17778 1592 12 campaign campaign NN 17778 1592 13 , , , 17778 1592 14 it -PRON- PRP 17778 1592 15 was be VBD 17778 1592 16 certainly certainly RB 17778 1592 17 French french JJ 17778 1592 18 . . . 17778 1593 1 But but CC 17778 1593 2 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1593 3 would would MD 17778 1593 4 have have VB 17778 1593 5 " " `` 17778 1593 6 hurrahed hurrah VBN 17778 1593 7 " " '' 17778 1593 8 any any DT 17778 1593 9 campaign campaign NN 17778 1593 10 that that WDT 17778 1593 11 gave give VBD 17778 1593 12 opportunity opportunity NN 17778 1593 13 for for IN 17778 1593 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1593 15 powers power NNS 17778 1593 16 . . . 17778 1594 1 After after RB 17778 1594 2 all all RB 17778 1594 3 , , , 17778 1594 4 the the DT 17778 1594 5 soldier soldier NN 17778 1594 6 's 's POS 17778 1594 7 stage stage NN 17778 1594 8 is be VBZ 17778 1594 9 the the DT 17778 1594 10 battlefield battlefield NN 17778 1594 11 . . . 17778 1595 1 Without without IN 17778 1595 2 wars war NNS 17778 1595 3 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1595 4 is be VBZ 17778 1595 5 without without IN 17778 1595 6 an an DT 17778 1595 7 active active JJ 17778 1595 8 rôle rã´le NN 17778 1595 9 , , , 17778 1595 10 and and CC 17778 1595 11 must must MD 17778 1595 12 spend spend VB 17778 1595 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1595 14 years year NNS 17778 1595 15 drudging drudge VBG 17778 1595 16 in in IN 17778 1595 17 the the DT 17778 1595 18 rehearsal rehearsal JJ 17778 1595 19 theatre theatre NN 17778 1595 20 of of IN 17778 1595 21 the the DT 17778 1595 22 Colonies Colonies NNPS 17778 1595 23 . . . 17778 1596 1 If if IN 17778 1596 2 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1596 3 be be VBP 17778 1596 4 so so RB 17778 1596 5 original original JJ 17778 1596 6 and and CC 17778 1596 7 so so RB 17778 1596 8 thorough thorough JJ 17778 1596 9 a a DT 17778 1596 10 soldier soldier NN 17778 1596 11 as as IN 17778 1596 12 French French NNP 17778 1596 13 , , , 17778 1596 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1596 15 abilities ability NNS 17778 1596 16 will will MD 17778 1596 17 be be VB 17778 1596 18 at at IN 17778 1596 19 an an DT 17778 1596 20 even even RB 17778 1596 21 graver graver JJ 17778 1596 22 discount discount NN 17778 1596 23 . . . 17778 1597 1 For for IN 17778 1597 2 the the DT 17778 1597 3 rehearsal rehearsal NN 17778 1597 4 is be VBZ 17778 1597 5 not not RB 17778 1597 6 the the DT 17778 1597 7 play play NN 17778 1597 8 ; ; : 17778 1597 9 and and CC 17778 1597 10 the the DT 17778 1597 11 best good JJS 17778 1597 12 Generals general NNS 17778 1597 13 , , , 17778 1597 14 like like IN 17778 1597 15 the the DT 17778 1597 16 ablest able JJS 17778 1597 17 actors actor NNS 17778 1597 18 , , , 17778 1597 19 are be VBP 17778 1597 20 notoriously notoriously RB 17778 1597 21 weak weak JJ 17778 1597 22 at at IN 17778 1597 23 rehearsal rehearsal NN 17778 1597 24 , , , 17778 1597 25 which which WDT 17778 1597 26 does do VBZ 17778 1597 27 not not RB 17778 1597 28 pluck pluck VB 17778 1597 29 fully fully RB 17778 1597 30 at at IN 17778 1597 31 their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1597 32 energies energy NNS 17778 1597 33 . . . 17778 1598 1 Probably probably RB 17778 1598 2 French French NNP 17778 1598 3 would would MD 17778 1598 4 have have VB 17778 1598 5 hurrahed hurrah VBN 17778 1598 6 for for IN 17778 1598 7 South South NNP 17778 1598 8 Africa Africa NNP 17778 1598 9 , , , 17778 1598 10 however however RB 17778 1598 11 , , , 17778 1598 12 had have VBD 17778 1598 13 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1598 14 had have VBN 17778 1598 15 no no DT 17778 1598 16 special special JJ 17778 1598 17 abilities ability NNS 17778 1598 18 at at RB 17778 1598 19 all all RB 17778 1598 20 . . . 17778 1599 1 For for IN 17778 1599 2 nowhere nowhere RB 17778 1599 3 is be VBZ 17778 1599 4 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1599 5 happier happy JJR 17778 1599 6 than than IN 17778 1599 7 on on IN 17778 1599 8 the the DT 17778 1599 9 battlefield battlefield NN 17778 1599 10 . . . 17778 1600 1 If if IN 17778 1600 2 the the DT 17778 1600 3 grisly grisly JJ 17778 1600 4 game game NN 17778 1600 5 of of IN 17778 1600 6 war war NN 17778 1600 7 must must MD 17778 1600 8 be be VB 17778 1600 9 played play VBN 17778 1600 10 , , , 17778 1600 11 French French NNP 17778 1600 12 plays play VBZ 17778 1600 13 it -PRON- PRP 17778 1600 14 with with IN 17778 1600 15 all all DT 17778 1600 16 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1600 17 heart heart NN 17778 1600 18 . . . 17778 1601 1 It -PRON- PRP 17778 1601 2 is be VBZ 17778 1601 3 the the DT 17778 1601 4 game game NN 17778 1601 5 which which WDT 17778 1601 6 destiny destiny NN 17778 1601 7 put put VBD 17778 1601 8 him -PRON- PRP 17778 1601 9 on on IN 17778 1601 10 the the DT 17778 1601 11 stage stage NN 17778 1601 12 to to TO 17778 1601 13 play play VB 17778 1601 14 ; ; : 17778 1601 15 the the DT 17778 1601 16 game game NN 17778 1601 17 which which WDT 17778 1601 18 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1601 19 has have VBZ 17778 1601 20 devoted devote VBN 17778 1601 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1601 22 life life NN 17778 1601 23 to to IN 17778 1601 24 mastering master VBG 17778 1601 25 ; ; : 17778 1601 26 and and CC 17778 1601 27 the the DT 17778 1601 28 only only JJ 17778 1601 29 game game NN 17778 1601 30 in in IN 17778 1601 31 which which WDT 17778 1601 32 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1601 33 has have VBZ 17778 1601 34 ever ever RB 17778 1601 35 seriously seriously RB 17778 1601 36 interested interested JJ 17778 1601 37 himself -PRON- PRP 17778 1601 38 . . . 17778 1602 1 Luck luck NN 17778 1602 2 invariably invariably RB 17778 1602 3 follows follow VBZ 17778 1602 4 the the DT 17778 1602 5 man man NN 17778 1602 6 who who WP 17778 1602 7 is be VBZ 17778 1602 8 utterly utterly RB 17778 1602 9 absorbed absorb VBN 17778 1602 10 in in IN 17778 1602 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1602 12 profession profession NN 17778 1602 13 , , , 17778 1602 14 for for IN 17778 1602 15 the the DT 17778 1602 16 simply simply RB 17778 1602 17 reason reason NN 17778 1602 18 that that IN 17778 1602 19 , , , 17778 1602 20 being be VBG 17778 1602 21 always always RB 17778 1602 22 engrossed engross VBN 17778 1602 23 in in IN 17778 1602 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1602 25 work work NN 17778 1602 26 , , , 17778 1602 27 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1602 28 is be VBZ 17778 1602 29 always always RB 17778 1602 30 alive alive JJ 17778 1602 31 to to IN 17778 1602 32 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1602 33 opportunities opportunity NNS 17778 1602 34 . . . 17778 1603 1 French French NNP 17778 1603 2 's 's POS 17778 1603 3 luck luck NN 17778 1603 4 consists consist VBZ 17778 1603 5 solely solely RB 17778 1603 6 in in IN 17778 1603 7 the the DT 17778 1603 8 fact fact NN 17778 1603 9 that that IN 17778 1603 10 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1603 11 happens happen VBZ 17778 1603 12 to to TO 17778 1603 13 be be VB 17778 1603 14 a a DT 17778 1603 15 soldier soldier NN 17778 1603 16 . . . 17778 1604 1 Men men NN 17778 1604 2 of of IN 17778 1604 3 Kitchener Kitchener NNP 17778 1604 4 's 's POS 17778 1604 5 organising organising NN 17778 1604 6 genius genius NN 17778 1604 7 may may MD 17778 1604 8 be be VB 17778 1604 9 many many JJ 17778 1604 10 things thing NNS 17778 1604 11 ; ; : 17778 1604 12 in in IN 17778 1604 13 nothing nothing NN 17778 1604 14 , , , 17778 1604 15 not not RB 17778 1604 16 even even RB 17778 1604 17 in in IN 17778 1604 18 the the DT 17778 1604 19 arts art NNS 17778 1604 20 , , , 17778 1604 21 are be VBP 17778 1604 22 they -PRON- PRP 17778 1604 23 likely likely JJ 17778 1604 24 to to TO 17778 1604 25 seriously seriously RB 17778 1604 26 fail fail VB 17778 1604 27 . . . 17778 1605 1 But but CC 17778 1605 2 French French NNP 17778 1605 3 is be VBZ 17778 1605 4 a a DT 17778 1605 5 soldier soldier NN 17778 1605 6 in in IN 17778 1605 7 the the DT 17778 1605 8 sense sense NN 17778 1605 9 quite quite RB 17778 1605 10 other other JJ 17778 1605 11 than than IN 17778 1605 12 Kitchener Kitchener NNP 17778 1605 13 . . . 17778 1606 1 He -PRON- PRP 17778 1606 2 is be VBZ 17778 1606 3 a a DT 17778 1606 4 man man NN 17778 1606 5 made make VBN 17778 1606 6 for for IN 17778 1606 7 the the DT 17778 1606 8 endurance endurance NN 17778 1606 9 of of IN 17778 1606 10 hardship hardship NN 17778 1606 11 and and CC 17778 1606 12 for for IN 17778 1606 13 the the DT 17778 1606 14 facing facing NN 17778 1606 15 of of IN 17778 1606 16 hard hard JJ 17778 1606 17 practical practical JJ 17778 1606 18 difficulties difficulty NNS 17778 1606 19 in in IN 17778 1606 20 the the DT 17778 1606 21 field field NN 17778 1606 22 . . . 17778 1607 1 It -PRON- PRP 17778 1607 2 is be VBZ 17778 1607 3 as as RB 17778 1607 4 natural natural JJ 17778 1607 5 for for IN 17778 1607 6 him -PRON- PRP 17778 1607 7 to to TO 17778 1607 8 conduct conduct VB 17778 1607 9 a a DT 17778 1607 10 campaign campaign NN 17778 1607 11 as as IN 17778 1607 12 it -PRON- PRP 17778 1607 13 was be VBD 17778 1607 14 for for IN 17778 1607 15 Pope Pope NNP 17778 1607 16 to to TO 17778 1607 17 " " `` 17778 1607 18 lisp lisp VB 17778 1607 19 in in IN 17778 1607 20 numbers number NNS 17778 1607 21 , , , 17778 1607 22 for for IN 17778 1607 23 the the DT 17778 1607 24 numbers number NNS 17778 1607 25 came come VBD 17778 1607 26 . . . 17778 1607 27 " " '' 17778 1608 1 He -PRON- PRP 17778 1608 2 is be VBZ 17778 1608 3 the the DT 17778 1608 4 Happy Happy NNP 17778 1608 5 Warrior Warrior NNP 17778 1608 6 in in IN 17778 1608 7 being be VBG 17778 1608 8 . . . 17778 1609 1 FINIS finis NN 17778 1609 2 FOOTNOTES footnote NNS 17778 1609 3 : : : 17778 1609 4 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1609 5 22 22 CD 17778 1609 6 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1609 7 From from IN 17778 1609 8 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1609 9 John John NNP 17778 1609 10 French French NNP 17778 1609 11 's 's POS 17778 1609 12 Preface Preface NNP 17778 1609 13 to to TO 17778 1609 14 _ _ NNP 17778 1609 15 The the DT 17778 1609 16 Defence Defence NNP 17778 1609 17 of of IN 17778 1609 18 Plevna Plevna NNP 17778 1609 19 _ _ NNP 17778 1609 20 , , , 17778 1609 21 by by IN 17778 1609 22 Capt Capt NNP 17778 1609 23 . . . 17778 1610 1 Frederick Frederick NNP 17778 1610 2 von von NNP 17778 1610 3 Herbert Herbert NNP 17778 1610 4 , , , 17778 1610 5 by by IN 17778 1610 6 permission permission NN 17778 1610 7 of of IN 17778 1610 8 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 1610 9 Smith Smith NNP 17778 1610 10 , , , 17778 1610 11 Elder Elder NNP 17778 1610 12 . . . 17778 1611 1 [ [ -LRB- 17778 1611 2 23 23 CD 17778 1611 3 ] ] -RRB- 17778 1611 4 From from IN 17778 1611 5 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1611 6 John John NNP 17778 1611 7 French French NNP 17778 1611 8 's 's POS 17778 1611 9 Preface Preface NNP 17778 1611 10 to to TO 17778 1611 11 _ _ NNP 17778 1611 12 The the DT 17778 1611 13 Defence Defence NNP 17778 1611 14 of of IN 17778 1611 15 Plevna Plevna NNP 17778 1611 16 _ _ NNP 17778 1611 17 , , , 17778 1611 18 by by IN 17778 1611 19 Capt Capt NNP 17778 1611 20 . . . 17778 1612 1 Frederick Frederick NNP 17778 1612 2 von von NNP 17778 1612 3 Herbert Herbert NNP 17778 1612 4 , , , 17778 1612 5 by by IN 17778 1612 6 permission permission NN 17778 1612 7 of of IN 17778 1612 8 Messrs. Messrs. NNP 17778 1612 9 Smith Smith NNP 17778 1612 10 , , , 17778 1612 11 Elder Elder NNP 17778 1612 12 . . . 17778 1613 1 APPENDIX APPENDIX NNP 17778 1613 2 THE the DT 17778 1613 3 MONS MONS NNP 17778 1613 4 DESPATCH DESPATCH NNP 17778 1613 5 _ _ XX 17778 1613 6 To to IN 17778 1613 7 the the DT 17778 1613 8 Secretary Secretary NNP 17778 1613 9 of of IN 17778 1613 10 State State NNP 17778 1613 11 for for IN 17778 1613 12 War War NNP 17778 1613 13 _ _ NNP 17778 1613 14 _ _ NNP 17778 1613 15 September September NNP 17778 1613 16 7 7 CD 17778 1613 17 , , , 17778 1613 18 1914 1914 CD 17778 1613 19 . . . 17778 1613 20 _ _ NNP 17778 1613 21 MY MY NNP 17778 1613 22 LORD LORD NNP 17778 1613 23 , , , 17778 1613 24 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1613 25 have have VBP 17778 1613 26 the the DT 17778 1613 27 honour honour NN 17778 1613 28 to to TO 17778 1613 29 report report VB 17778 1613 30 the the DT 17778 1613 31 proceedings proceeding NNS 17778 1613 32 of of IN 17778 1613 33 the the DT 17778 1613 34 Field Field 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to to TO 17778 1617 21 make make VB 17778 1617 22 dispositions disposition NNS 17778 1617 23 to to TO 17778 1617 24 move move VB 17778 1617 25 the the DT 17778 1617 26 Force Force NNP 17778 1617 27 during during IN 17778 1617 28 Saturday Saturday NNP 17778 1617 29 , , , 17778 1617 30 the the DT 17778 1617 31 22nd 22nd NN 17778 1617 32 , , , 17778 1617 33 to to IN 17778 1617 34 positions position NNS 17778 1617 35 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1617 36 considered consider VBD 17778 1617 37 most most RBS 17778 1617 38 favourable favourable JJ 17778 1617 39 from from IN 17778 1617 40 which which WDT 17778 1617 41 to to TO 17778 1617 42 commence commence VB 17778 1617 43 operations operation NNS 17778 1617 44 which which WDT 17778 1617 45 the the DT 17778 1617 46 French french JJ 17778 1617 47 Commander commander NN 17778 1617 48 - - HYPH 17778 1617 49 in in IN 17778 1617 50 - - HYPH 17778 1617 51 Chief Chief NNP 17778 1617 52 , , , 17778 1617 53 General General NNP 17778 1617 54 Joffre Joffre NNP 17778 1617 55 , , , 17778 1617 56 requested request VBD 17778 1617 57 me -PRON- PRP 17778 1617 58 to to TO 17778 1617 59 undertake undertake VB 17778 1617 60 in in IN 17778 1617 61 pursuance pursuance NN 17778 1617 62 of of IN 17778 1617 63 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1617 64 plans plan NNS 17778 1617 65 in in IN 17778 1617 66 prosecution prosecution NN 17778 1617 67 of of IN 17778 1617 68 the the DT 17778 1617 69 campaign campaign NN 17778 1617 70 . . . 17778 1618 1 The the DT 17778 1618 2 line line NN 17778 1618 3 taken take VBN 17778 1618 4 up up RP 17778 1618 5 extended extended JJ 17778 1618 6 along along IN 17778 1618 7 the the DT 17778 1618 8 line line NN 17778 1618 9 of of IN 17778 1618 10 the the DT 17778 1618 11 canal canal NN 17778 1618 12 from from IN 17778 1618 13 Conde Conde NNP 17778 1618 14 on on IN 17778 1618 15 the the DT 17778 1618 16 west west NN 17778 1618 17 , , , 17778 1618 18 through through IN 17778 1618 19 Mons Mons NNP 17778 1618 20 and and CC 17778 1618 21 Binche 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posted post VBN 17778 1619 35 . . . 17778 1620 1 The the DT 17778 1620 2 5th 5th JJ 17778 1620 3 Cavalry Cavalry NNP 17778 1620 4 Brigade Brigade NNP 17778 1620 5 was be VBD 17778 1620 6 placed place VBN 17778 1620 7 at at IN 17778 1620 8 Binche Binche NNP 17778 1620 9 . . . 17778 1621 1 In in IN 17778 1621 2 the the DT 17778 1621 3 absence absence NN 17778 1621 4 of of IN 17778 1621 5 my -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1621 6 3rd 3rd JJ 17778 1621 7 Army Army NNP 17778 1621 8 Corps Corps NNP 17778 1621 9 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1621 10 desired desire VBD 17778 1621 11 to to TO 17778 1621 12 keep keep VB 17778 1621 13 the the DT 17778 1621 14 Cavalry Cavalry NNP 17778 1621 15 Division Division NNP 17778 1621 16 as as RB 17778 1621 17 much much RB 17778 1621 18 as as RB 17778 1621 19 possible possible JJ 17778 1621 20 as as IN 17778 1621 21 a a DT 17778 1621 22 reserve reserve NN 17778 1621 23 to to TO 17778 1621 24 act act VB 17778 1621 25 on on IN 17778 1621 26 my -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1621 27 outer outer 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General General NNP 17778 1622 23 Allenby Allenby NNP 17778 1622 24 to to TO 17778 1622 25 send send VB 17778 1622 26 forward forward RB 17778 1622 27 a a DT 17778 1622 28 few few JJ 17778 1622 29 squadrons squadron NNS 17778 1622 30 to to TO 17778 1622 31 assist assist VB 17778 1622 32 in in IN 17778 1622 33 this this DT 17778 1622 34 work work NN 17778 1622 35 . . . 17778 1623 1 During during IN 17778 1623 2 August August NNP 17778 1623 3 22 22 CD 17778 1623 4 and and CC 17778 1623 5 23 23 CD 17778 1623 6 these these DT 17778 1623 7 advanced advanced JJ 17778 1623 8 squadrons squadron NNS 17778 1623 9 did do VBD 17778 1623 10 some some DT 17778 1623 11 excellent excellent JJ 17778 1623 12 work work NN 17778 1623 13 , , , 17778 1623 14 some some DT 17778 1623 15 of of IN 17778 1623 16 them -PRON- PRP 17778 1623 17 penetrating penetrate VBG 17778 1623 18 as as RB 17778 1623 19 far far RB 17778 1623 20 as as IN 17778 1623 21 Soignies Soignies NNP 17778 1623 22 , , , 17778 1623 23 and 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1632 40 on on IN 17778 1632 41 this this DT 17778 1632 42 salient salient NN 17778 1632 43 too too RB 17778 1632 44 long long RB 17778 1632 45 , , , 17778 1632 46 but but CC 17778 1632 47 , , , 17778 1632 48 if if IN 17778 1632 49 threatened threaten VBD 17778 1632 50 seriously seriously RB 17778 1632 51 , , , 17778 1632 52 to to TO 17778 1632 53 draw draw VB 17778 1632 54 back back RP 17778 1632 55 the the DT 17778 1632 56 centre centre NN 17778 1632 57 behind behind IN 17778 1632 58 Mons Mons NNP 17778 1632 59 . . . 17778 1633 1 This this DT 17778 1633 2 was be VBD 17778 1633 3 done do VBN 17778 1633 4 before before IN 17778 1633 5 dark dark NN 17778 1633 6 . . . 17778 1634 1 In in IN 17778 1634 2 the the DT 17778 1634 3 meantime meantime NN 17778 1634 4 , , , 17778 1634 5 about about RB 17778 1634 6 5 5 CD 17778 1634 7 p.m. p.m. NN 17778 1634 8 , , , 17778 1634 9 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1634 10 received receive VBD 17778 1634 11 a a DT 17778 1634 12 most most RBS 17778 1634 13 unexpected 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some some DT 17778 1700 31 of of IN 17778 1700 32 the the DT 17778 1700 33 enemy enemy NN 17778 1700 34 on on IN 17778 1700 35 Cambrai Cambrai NNP 17778 1700 36 . . . 17778 1701 1 General General NNP 17778 1701 2 D'Amade D'Amade NNP 17778 1701 3 also also RB 17778 1701 4 , , , 17778 1701 5 with with IN 17778 1701 6 the the DT 17778 1701 7 61st 61st JJ 17778 1701 8 and and CC 17778 1701 9 62nd 62nd JJ 17778 1701 10 French French NNP 17778 1701 11 Reserve Reserve NNP 17778 1701 12 Divisions Divisions NNPS 17778 1701 13 , , , 17778 1701 14 moved move VBD 17778 1701 15 down down RB 17778 1701 16 from from IN 17778 1701 17 the the DT 17778 1701 18 neighbourhood neighbourhood NN 17778 1701 19 of of IN 17778 1701 20 Arras Arras NNP 17778 1701 21 on on IN 17778 1701 22 the the DT 17778 1701 23 enemy enemy NN 17778 1701 24 's 's POS 17778 1701 25 right right JJ 17778 1701 26 flank flank NN 17778 1701 27 and and CC 17778 1701 28 took take VBD 17778 1701 29 much much JJ 17778 1701 30 pressure 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battle NN 17778 1702 29 . . . 17778 1703 1 At at IN 17778 1703 2 this this DT 17778 1703 3 point point NN 17778 1703 4 , , , 17778 1703 5 therefore therefore RB 17778 1703 6 , , , 17778 1703 7 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1703 8 propose propose VBP 17778 1703 9 to to TO 17778 1703 10 close close VB 17778 1703 11 the the DT 17778 1703 12 present present JJ 17778 1703 13 despatch despatch NN 17778 1703 14 . . . 17778 1704 1 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1704 2 deeply deeply RB 17778 1704 3 deplore deplore VBP 17778 1704 4 the the DT 17778 1704 5 very very RB 17778 1704 6 serious serious JJ 17778 1704 7 losses loss NNS 17778 1704 8 which which WDT 17778 1704 9 the the DT 17778 1704 10 British british JJ 17778 1704 11 Forces Forces NNPS 17778 1704 12 have have VBP 17778 1704 13 suffered suffer VBN 17778 1704 14 in in IN 17778 1704 15 this this DT 17778 1704 16 great great JJ 17778 1704 17 battle battle NN 17778 1704 18 ; ; : 17778 1704 19 but but CC 17778 1704 20 they -PRON- PRP 17778 1704 21 were be VBD 17778 1704 22 inevitable inevitable JJ 17778 1704 23 in in IN 17778 1704 24 view view NN 17778 1704 25 of of IN 17778 1704 26 the the DT 17778 1704 27 fact fact NN 17778 1704 28 that that IN 17778 1704 29 the the DT 17778 1704 30 British british JJ 17778 1704 31 Army Army NNP 17778 1704 32 -- -- : 17778 1704 33 only only RB 17778 1704 34 two two CD 17778 1704 35 days day NNS 17778 1704 36 after after IN 17778 1704 37 a a DT 17778 1704 38 concentration concentration NN 17778 1704 39 by by IN 17778 1704 40 rail rail NN 17778 1704 41 -- -- : 17778 1704 42 was be VBD 17778 1704 43 called call VBN 17778 1704 44 upon upon IN 17778 1704 45 to to TO 17778 1704 46 withstand withstand VB 17778 1704 47 a a DT 17778 1704 48 vigorous vigorous JJ 17778 1704 49 attack attack NN 17778 1704 50 of of IN 17778 1704 51 five five CD 17778 1704 52 German german JJ 17778 1704 53 Army Army NNP 17778 1704 54 Corps Corps NNP 17778 1704 55 . . . 17778 1705 1 It -PRON- PRP 17778 1705 2 is be VBZ 17778 1705 3 impossible impossible JJ 17778 1705 4 for for IN 17778 1705 5 me -PRON- PRP 17778 1705 6 to to TO 17778 1705 7 speak speak VB 17778 1705 8 too too RB 17778 1705 9 highly highly RB 17778 1705 10 of of IN 17778 1705 11 the the DT 17778 1705 12 skill skill NN 17778 1705 13 evinced evince VBN 17778 1705 14 by by IN 17778 1705 15 the the DT 17778 1705 16 two two CD 17778 1705 17 General General NNP 17778 1705 18 Officers Officers NNPS 17778 1705 19 commanding command VBG 17778 1705 20 Army Army NNP 17778 1705 21 Corps Corps NNP 17778 1705 22 ; ; : 17778 1705 23 the the DT 17778 1705 24 self self NN 17778 1705 25 - - HYPH 17778 1705 26 sacrificing sacrifice VBG 17778 1705 27 and and CC 17778 1705 28 devoted devoted JJ 17778 1705 29 exertions exertion NNS 17778 1705 30 of of IN 17778 1705 31 their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1705 32 Staffs staff NNS 17778 1705 33 ; ; : 17778 1705 34 the the DT 17778 1705 35 direction direction NN 17778 1705 36 of of IN 17778 1705 37 the the DT 17778 1705 38 troops troop NNS 17778 1705 39 by by IN 17778 1705 40 Divisional Divisional NNP 17778 1705 41 Brigade Brigade NNP 17778 1705 42 and and CC 17778 1705 43 Regimental Regimental NNP 17778 1705 44 Leaders Leaders NNPS 17778 1705 45 ; ; : 17778 1705 46 the the DT 17778 1705 47 command command NN 17778 1705 48 of of IN 17778 1705 49 the the DT 17778 1705 50 smaller small JJR 17778 1705 51 units unit NNS 17778 1705 52 by by IN 17778 1705 53 their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1705 54 officers officer NNS 17778 1705 55 ; ; : 17778 1705 56 and and CC 17778 1705 57 the the DT 17778 1705 58 magnificent magnificent JJ 17778 1705 59 fighting fighting NN 17778 1705 60 spirit spirit NN 17778 1705 61 displayed display VBN 17778 1705 62 by by IN 17778 1705 63 non non JJ 17778 1705 64 - - JJ 17778 1705 65 commissioned commission VBN 17778 1705 66 officers officer NNS 17778 1705 67 and and CC 17778 1705 68 men man NNS 17778 1705 69 . . . 17778 1706 1 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1706 2 wish wish VBP 17778 1706 3 particularly particularly RB 17778 1706 4 to to TO 17778 1706 5 bring bring VB 17778 1706 6 to to IN 17778 1706 7 your -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1706 8 Lordship lordship NN 17778 1706 9 's 's POS 17778 1706 10 notice notice NN 17778 1706 11 the the DT 17778 1706 12 admirable admirable JJ 17778 1706 13 work work NN 17778 1706 14 done do VBN 17778 1706 15 by by IN 17778 1706 16 the the DT 17778 1706 17 Royal Royal NNP 17778 1706 18 Flying Flying NNP 17778 1706 19 Corps Corps NNP 17778 1706 20 under under IN 17778 1706 21 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1706 22 David David NNP 17778 1706 23 Henderson Henderson NNP 17778 1706 24 . . . 17778 1707 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1707 2 skill skill NN 17778 1707 3 , , , 17778 1707 4 energy energy NN 17778 1707 5 , , , 17778 1707 6 and and CC 17778 1707 7 perseverance perseverance NN 17778 1707 8 have have VBP 17778 1707 9 been be VBN 17778 1707 10 beyond beyond IN 17778 1707 11 all all DT 17778 1707 12 praise praise NN 17778 1707 13 . . . 17778 1708 1 They -PRON- PRP 17778 1708 2 have have VBP 17778 1708 3 furnished furnish VBN 17778 1708 4 me -PRON- PRP 17778 1708 5 with with IN 17778 1708 6 the the DT 17778 1708 7 most most RBS 17778 1708 8 complete complete JJ 17778 1708 9 and and CC 17778 1708 10 accurate accurate JJ 17778 1708 11 information information NN 17778 1708 12 , , , 17778 1708 13 which which WDT 17778 1708 14 has have VBZ 17778 1708 15 been be VBN 17778 1708 16 of of IN 17778 1708 17 incalculable incalculable JJ 17778 1708 18 value value NN 17778 1708 19 in in IN 17778 1708 20 the the DT 17778 1708 21 conduct conduct NN 17778 1708 22 of of IN 17778 1708 23 the the DT 17778 1708 24 operations operation NNS 17778 1708 25 . . . 17778 1709 1 Fired fire VBN 17778 1709 2 at at IN 17778 1709 3 constantly constantly RB 17778 1709 4 both both CC 17778 1709 5 by by IN 17778 1709 6 friend friend NN 17778 1709 7 and and CC 17778 1709 8 foe foe NN 17778 1709 9 , , , 17778 1709 10 and and CC 17778 1709 11 not not RB 17778 1709 12 hesitating hesitate VBG 17778 1709 13 to to TO 17778 1709 14 fly fly VB 17778 1709 15 in in IN 17778 1709 16 every every DT 17778 1709 17 kind kind NN 17778 1709 18 of of IN 17778 1709 19 weather weather NN 17778 1709 20 , , , 17778 1709 21 they -PRON- PRP 17778 1709 22 have have VBP 17778 1709 23 remained remain VBN 17778 1709 24 undaunted undaunte VBN 17778 1709 25 throughout throughout IN 17778 1709 26 . . . 17778 1710 1 Further further RB 17778 1710 2 , , , 17778 1710 3 by by IN 17778 1710 4 actually actually RB 17778 1710 5 fighting fight VBG 17778 1710 6 in in IN 17778 1710 7 the the DT 17778 1710 8 air air NN 17778 1710 9 , , , 17778 1710 10 they -PRON- PRP 17778 1710 11 have have VBP 17778 1710 12 succeeded succeed VBN 17778 1710 13 in in IN 17778 1710 14 destroying destroy VBG 17778 1710 15 five five CD 17778 1710 16 of of IN 17778 1710 17 the the DT 17778 1710 18 enemy enemy NN 17778 1710 19 's 's POS 17778 1710 20 machines machine NNS 17778 1710 21 . . . 17778 1711 1 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1711 2 wish wish VBP 17778 1711 3 to to TO 17778 1711 4 acknowledge acknowledge VB 17778 1711 5 with with IN 17778 1711 6 deep deep JJ 17778 1711 7 gratitude gratitude NN 17778 1711 8 the the DT 17778 1711 9 incalculable incalculable JJ 17778 1711 10 assistance assistance NN 17778 1711 11 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1711 12 received receive VBD 17778 1711 13 from from IN 17778 1711 14 the the DT 17778 1711 15 General General NNP 17778 1711 16 and and CC 17778 1711 17 Personal Personal NNP 17778 1711 18 Staffs Staffs NNP 17778 1711 19 at at IN 17778 1711 20 Headquarters headquarter NNS 17778 1711 21 during during IN 17778 1711 22 this this DT 17778 1711 23 trying try VBG 17778 1711 24 period period NN 17778 1711 25 . . . 17778 1712 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 17778 1712 2 - - HYPH 17778 1712 3 General General NNP 17778 1712 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1712 5 Archibald Archibald NNP 17778 1712 6 Murray Murray NNP 17778 1712 7 , , , 17778 1712 8 Chief Chief NNP 17778 1712 9 of of IN 17778 1712 10 the the DT 17778 1712 11 General General NNP 17778 1712 12 Staff Staff NNP 17778 1712 13 ; ; : 17778 1712 14 Major Major NNP 17778 1712 15 - - HYPH 17778 1712 16 General General NNP 17778 1712 17 Wilson Wilson NNP 17778 1712 18 , , , 17778 1712 19 Sub Sub NNP 17778 1712 20 - - NNP 17778 1712 21 Chief Chief NNP 17778 1712 22 of of IN 17778 1712 23 the the DT 17778 1712 24 General General NNP 17778 1712 25 Staff Staff NNP 17778 1712 26 ; ; : 17778 1712 27 and and CC 17778 1712 28 all all DT 17778 1712 29 under under IN 17778 1712 30 them -PRON- PRP 17778 1712 31 have have VBP 17778 1712 32 worked work VBN 17778 1712 33 day day NN 17778 1712 34 and and CC 17778 1712 35 night night NN 17778 1712 36 unceasingly unceasingly RB 17778 1712 37 with with IN 17778 1712 38 the the DT 17778 1712 39 utmost utmost JJ 17778 1712 40 skill skill NN 17778 1712 41 , , , 17778 1712 42 self self NN 17778 1712 43 - - HYPH 17778 1712 44 sacrifice sacrifice NN 17778 1712 45 and and CC 17778 1712 46 devotion devotion NN 17778 1712 47 ; ; , 17778 1712 48 and and CC 17778 1712 49 the the DT 17778 1712 50 same same JJ 17778 1712 51 acknowledgment acknowledgment NN 17778 1712 52 is be VBZ 17778 1712 53 due due JJ 17778 1712 54 by by IN 17778 1712 55 me -PRON- PRP 17778 1712 56 to to IN 17778 1712 57 Brigadier Brigadier NNP 17778 1712 58 - - HYPH 17778 1712 59 General General NNP 17778 1712 60 Hon Hon NNP 17778 1712 61 . . . 17778 1713 1 W. W. NNP 17778 1713 2 Lambton Lambton NNP 17778 1713 3 , , , 17778 1713 4 my -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1713 5 Military Military NNP 17778 1713 6 Secretary Secretary NNP 17778 1713 7 , , , 17778 1713 8 and and CC 17778 1713 9 the the DT 17778 1713 10 Personal Personal NNP 17778 1713 11 Staff Staff NNP 17778 1713 12 . . . 17778 1714 1 In in IN 17778 1714 2 such such JJ 17778 1714 3 operations operation NNS 17778 1714 4 as as IN 17778 1714 5 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1714 6 have have VBP 17778 1714 7 described describe VBN 17778 1714 8 the the DT 17778 1714 9 work work NN 17778 1714 10 of of IN 17778 1714 11 the the DT 17778 1714 12 Quartermaster Quartermaster NNP 17778 1714 13 - - HYPH 17778 1714 14 General General NNP 17778 1714 15 is be VBZ 17778 1714 16 of of IN 17778 1714 17 an an DT 17778 1714 18 extremely extremely RB 17778 1714 19 onerous onerous JJ 17778 1714 20 nature nature NN 17778 1714 21 . . . 17778 1715 1 Major Major NNP 17778 1715 2 - - HYPH 17778 1715 3 General General NNP 17778 1715 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1715 5 William William NNP 17778 1715 6 Robertson Robertson NNP 17778 1715 7 has have VBZ 17778 1715 8 met meet VBN 17778 1715 9 what what WP 17778 1715 10 appeared appear VBD 17778 1715 11 to to TO 17778 1715 12 be be VB 17778 1715 13 almost almost RB 17778 1715 14 insuperable insuperable JJ 17778 1715 15 difficulties difficulty NNS 17778 1715 16 with with IN 17778 1715 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1715 18 characteristic characteristic JJ 17778 1715 19 energy energy NN 17778 1715 20 , , , 17778 1715 21 skill skill NN 17778 1715 22 and and CC 17778 1715 23 determination determination NN 17778 1715 24 ; ; : 17778 1715 25 and and CC 17778 1715 26 it -PRON- PRP 17778 1715 27 is be VBZ 17778 1715 28 largely largely RB 17778 1715 29 owing owe VBG 17778 1715 30 to to IN 17778 1715 31 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1715 32 exertions exertion NNS 17778 1715 33 that that IN 17778 1715 34 the the DT 17778 1715 35 hardships hardship NNS 17778 1715 36 and and CC 17778 1715 37 sufferings suffering NNS 17778 1715 38 of of IN 17778 1715 39 the the DT 17778 1715 40 troops troop NNS 17778 1715 41 -- -- : 17778 1715 42 inseparable inseparable JJ 17778 1715 43 from from IN 17778 1715 44 such such JJ 17778 1715 45 operations operation NNS 17778 1715 46 -- -- : 17778 1715 47 were be VBD 17778 1715 48 not not RB 17778 1715 49 much much RB 17778 1715 50 greater great JJR 17778 1715 51 . . . 17778 1716 1 Major Major NNP 17778 1716 2 - - HYPH 17778 1716 3 General General NNP 17778 1716 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1716 5 Nevil Nevil NNP 17778 1716 6 Macready Macready NNP 17778 1716 7 , , , 17778 1716 8 the the DT 17778 1716 9 Adjutant Adjutant NNP 17778 1716 10 - - HYPH 17778 1716 11 General General NNP 17778 1716 12 , , , 17778 1716 13 has have VBZ 17778 1716 14 also also RB 17778 1716 15 been be VBN 17778 1716 16 confronted confront VBN 17778 1716 17 with with IN 17778 1716 18 most most JJS 17778 1716 19 onerous onerous JJ 17778 1716 20 and and CC 17778 1716 21 difficult difficult JJ 17778 1716 22 tasks task NNS 17778 1716 23 in in IN 17778 1716 24 connection connection NN 17778 1716 25 with with IN 17778 1716 26 disciplinary disciplinary JJ 17778 1716 27 arrangements arrangement NNS 17778 1716 28 and and CC 17778 1716 29 the the DT 17778 1716 30 preparation preparation NN 17778 1716 31 of of IN 17778 1716 32 casualty casualty NN 17778 1716 33 lists list NNS 17778 1716 34 . . . 17778 1717 1 He -PRON- PRP 17778 1717 2 has have VBZ 17778 1717 3 been be VBN 17778 1717 4 indefatigable indefatigable JJ 17778 1717 5 in in IN 17778 1717 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1717 7 exertions exertion NNS 17778 1717 8 to to TO 17778 1717 9 meet meet VB 17778 1717 10 the the DT 17778 1717 11 difficult difficult JJ 17778 1717 12 situations situation NNS 17778 1717 13 which which WDT 17778 1717 14 arose arise VBD 17778 1717 15 . . . 17778 1718 1 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1718 2 have have VBP 17778 1718 3 not not RB 17778 1718 4 yet yet RB 17778 1718 5 been be VBN 17778 1718 6 able able JJ 17778 1718 7 to to TO 17778 1718 8 complete complete VB 17778 1718 9 the the DT 17778 1718 10 list list NN 17778 1718 11 of of IN 17778 1718 12 officers officer NNS 17778 1718 13 whose whose WP$ 17778 1718 14 names name NNS 17778 1718 15 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1718 16 desire desire VBP 17778 1718 17 to to TO 17778 1718 18 bring bring VB 17778 1718 19 to to IN 17778 1718 20 your -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1718 21 Lordship lordship NN 17778 1718 22 's 's POS 17778 1718 23 notice notice NN 17778 1718 24 for for IN 17778 1718 25 services service NNS 17778 1718 26 rendered render VBN 17778 1718 27 during during IN 17778 1718 28 the the DT 17778 1718 29 period period NN 17778 1718 30 under under IN 17778 1718 31 review review NN 17778 1718 32 ; ; : 17778 1718 33 and and CC 17778 1718 34 , , , 17778 1718 35 as as IN 17778 1718 36 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1718 37 understand understand VBP 17778 1718 38 it -PRON- PRP 17778 1718 39 is be VBZ 17778 1718 40 of of IN 17778 1718 41 importance importance NN 17778 1718 42 that that IN 17778 1718 43 this this DT 17778 1718 44 despatch despatch NN 17778 1718 45 should should MD 17778 1718 46 no no RB 17778 1718 47 longer longer RB 17778 1718 48 be be VB 17778 1718 49 delayed delay VBN 17778 1718 50 , , , 17778 1718 51 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1718 52 propose propose VBP 17778 1718 53 to to IN 17778 1718 54 forward forward RB 17778 1718 55 this this DT 17778 1718 56 list list NN 17778 1718 57 , , , 17778 1718 58 separately separately RB 17778 1718 59 , , , 17778 1718 60 as as RB 17778 1718 61 soon soon RB 17778 1718 62 as as IN 17778 1718 63 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1718 64 can can MD 17778 1718 65 . . . 17778 1719 1 I -PRON- PRP 17778 1719 2 have have VBP 17778 1719 3 the the DT 17778 1719 4 honour honour NN 17778 1719 5 to to TO 17778 1719 6 be be VB 17778 1719 7 , , , 17778 1719 8 Your -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1719 9 Lordship lordship NN 17778 1719 10 's 's POS 17778 1719 11 most most RBS 17778 1719 12 obedient obedient JJ 17778 1719 13 Servant servant NN 17778 1719 14 , , , 17778 1719 15 ( ( -LRB- 17778 1719 16 Signed sign VBN 17778 1719 17 ) ) -RRB- 17778 1719 18 J.D.P. J.D.P. NNP 17778 1720 1 FRENCH FRENCH NNP 17778 1720 2 , , , 17778 1720 3 Field field NN 17778 1720 4 - - HYPH 17778 1720 5 Marshal Marshal NNP 17778 1720 6 , , , 17778 1720 7 Commander Commander NNP 17778 1720 8 - - HYPH 17778 1720 9 in in IN 17778 1720 10 - - HYPH 17778 1720 11 Chief chief NN 17778 1720 12 , , , 17778 1720 13 British british JJ 17778 1720 14 Forces Forces NNPS 17778 1720 15 in in IN 17778 1720 16 the the DT 17778 1720 17 Field field NN 17778 1720 18 . . . 17778 1721 1 INDEX INDEX NNP 17778 1721 2 Abu Abu NNP 17778 1721 3 Klea Klea NNP 17778 1721 4 , , , 17778 1721 5 battle battle NN 17778 1721 6 of of IN 17778 1721 7 , , , 17778 1721 8 17 17 CD 17778 1721 9 . . . 17778 1722 1 Asquith Asquith NNP 17778 1722 2 , , , 17778 1722 3 H.H. H.H. NNP 17778 1722 4 , , , 17778 1722 5 103 103 CD 17778 1722 6 . . . 17778 1723 1 Baden Baden NNP 17778 1723 2 - - HYPH 17778 1723 3 Powell Powell NNP 17778 1723 4 , , , 17778 1723 5 Lieut.-General Lieut.-General NNP 17778 1723 6 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1723 7 Robert Robert NNP 17778 1723 8 , , , 17778 1723 9 26 26 CD 17778 1723 10 . . . 17778 1724 1 Barrow Barrow NNP 17778 1724 2 , , , 17778 1724 3 Col Col NNP 17778 1724 4 . . NNP 17778 1724 5 Percy Percy NNP 17778 1724 6 , , , 17778 1724 7 12 12 CD 17778 1724 8 , , , 17778 1724 9 18 18 CD 17778 1724 10 , , , 17778 1724 11 19 19 CD 17778 1724 12 , , , 17778 1724 13 23 23 CD 17778 1724 14 . . . 17778 1725 1 Beresford Beresford NNP 17778 1725 2 , , , 17778 1725 3 Lord Lord NNP 17778 1725 4 Charles Charles NNP 17778 1725 5 : : : 17778 1725 6 Knocked Knocked NNP 17778 1725 7 senseless senseless NNP 17778 1725 8 , , , 17778 1725 9 15 15 CD 17778 1725 10 . . . 17778 1726 1 Bernhardi Bernhardi NNP 17778 1726 2 , , , 17778 1726 3 General General NNP 17778 1726 4 von von NNP 17778 1726 5 , , , 17778 1726 6 33 33 CD 17778 1726 7 , , , 17778 1726 8 127 127 CD 17778 1726 9 . . . 17778 1727 1 Bewicke Bewicke NNP 17778 1727 2 Copley Copley NNP 17778 1727 3 , , , 17778 1727 4 General General NNP 17778 1727 5 -- -- : 17778 1727 6 Admiration Admiration NNP 17778 1727 7 of of IN 17778 1727 8 French French NNP 17778 1727 9 , , , 17778 1727 10 24 24 CD 17778 1727 11 . . . 17778 1728 1 Bloemfontein Bloemfontein NNP 17778 1728 2 , , , 17778 1728 3 75 75 CD 17778 1728 4 , , , 17778 1728 5 85 85 CD 17778 1728 6 , , , 17778 1728 7 86 86 CD 17778 1728 8 . . . 17778 1729 1 Botha Botha NNP 17778 1729 2 , , , 17778 1729 3 General General NNP 17778 1729 4 , , , 17778 1729 5 56 56 CD 17778 1729 6 . . . 17778 1730 1 Buller Buller NNP 17778 1730 2 , , , 17778 1730 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1730 4 Redvers Redvers NNP 17778 1730 5 : : : 17778 1730 6 Relief relief NN 17778 1730 7 for for IN 17778 1730 8 the the DT 17778 1730 9 Expedition Expedition NNP 17778 1730 10 , , , 17778 1730 11 18 18 CD 17778 1730 12 . . . 17778 1731 1 Desperate desperate JJ 17778 1731 2 measure measure NN 17778 1731 3 , , , 17778 1731 4 A a NN 17778 1731 5 , , , 17778 1731 6 19 19 CD 17778 1731 7 . . . 17778 1732 1 Checking check VBG 17778 1732 2 the the DT 17778 1732 3 enemy enemy NN 17778 1732 4 's 's POS 17778 1732 5 advance advance NN 17778 1732 6 , , , 17778 1732 7 20 20 CD 17778 1732 8 . . . 17778 1733 1 Tribute tribute NN 17778 1733 2 to to IN 17778 1733 3 French French NNP 17778 1733 4 , , , 17778 1733 5 21 21 CD 17778 1733 6 . . . 17778 1734 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1734 2 knowledge knowledge NN 17778 1734 3 of of IN 17778 1734 4 French French NNP 17778 1734 5 's 's POS 17778 1734 6 value value NN 17778 1734 7 , , , 17778 1734 8 34 34 CD 17778 1734 9 . . . 17778 1735 1 Oppressed oppress VBN 17778 1735 2 by by IN 17778 1735 3 misgivings misgiving NNS 17778 1735 4 , , , 17778 1735 5 53 53 CD 17778 1735 6 . . . 17778 1736 1 Preparing prepare VBG 17778 1736 2 to to TO 17778 1736 3 relieve relieve VB 17778 1736 4 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 17778 1736 5 , , , 17778 1736 6 54 54 CD 17778 1736 7 . . . 17778 1737 1 Disaster disaster NN 17778 1737 2 at at IN 17778 1737 3 Colenso Colenso NNP 17778 1737 4 , , , 17778 1737 5 56 56 CD 17778 1737 6 . . . 17778 1738 1 Butcher Butcher NNP 17778 1738 2 Major Major NNP 17778 1738 3 E.E.A. E.E.A. NNP 17778 1739 1 : : : 17778 1739 2 Ingenious ingenious JJ 17778 1739 3 solution solution NN 17778 1739 4 of of IN 17778 1739 5 a a DT 17778 1739 6 difficulty difficulty NN 17778 1739 7 , , , 17778 1739 8 62 62 CD 17778 1739 9 , , , 17778 1739 10 63 63 CD 17778 1739 11 . . . 17778 1740 1 Carleton Carleton NNP 17778 1740 2 , , , 17778 1740 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1740 4 , , , 17778 1740 5 46 46 CD 17778 1740 6 , , , 17778 1740 7 47 47 CD 17778 1740 8 , , , 17778 1740 9 48 48 CD 17778 1740 10 , , , 17778 1740 11 49 49 CD 17778 1740 12 . . . 17778 1741 1 Cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1741 2 : : : 17778 1741 3 Test test VB 17778 1741 4 against against IN 17778 1741 5 camels camel NNS 17778 1741 6 , , , 17778 1741 7 12 12 CD 17778 1741 8 . . . 17778 1742 1 Distinguishing distinguish VBG 17778 1742 2 themselves -PRON- PRP 17778 1742 3 , , , 17778 1742 4 14 14 CD 17778 1742 5 . . . 17778 1743 1 Buller Buller NNP 17778 1743 2 's 's POS 17778 1743 3 belief belief NN 17778 1743 4 in in IN 17778 1743 5 , , , 17778 1743 6 21 21 CD 17778 1743 7 . . . 17778 1744 1 Enemy enemy NN 17778 1744 2 's 's POS 17778 1744 3 respect respect NN 17778 1744 4 for for IN 17778 1744 5 , , , 17778 1744 6 22 22 CD 17778 1744 7 . . . 17778 1745 1 Cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1745 2 regiments regiment NNS 17778 1745 3 in in IN 17778 1745 4 India India NNP 17778 1745 5 , , , 17778 1745 6 25 25 CD 17778 1745 7 . . . 17778 1746 1 French French NNP 17778 1746 2 's 's POS 17778 1746 3 , , , 17778 1746 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1746 5 , , , 17778 1746 6 J. 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NNP 17778 1746 7 , , , 17778 1746 8 idea idea NN 17778 1746 9 of of IN 17778 1746 10 the the DT 17778 1746 11 function function NN 17778 1746 12 of of IN 17778 1746 13 , , , 17778 1746 14 26 26 CD 17778 1746 15 . . . 17778 1747 1 Opinion opinion NN 17778 1747 2 of of IN 17778 1747 3 the the DT 17778 1747 4 late late JJ 17778 1747 5 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1747 6 Robert Robert NNP 17778 1747 7 Russell Russell NNP 17778 1747 8 , , , 17778 1747 9 27 27 CD 17778 1747 10 . . . 17778 1748 1 British british JJ 17778 1748 2 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1748 3 reform reform NN 17778 1748 4 , , , 17778 1748 5 28 28 CD 17778 1748 6 . . . 17778 1749 1 Worrying worry VBG 17778 1749 2 the the DT 17778 1749 3 enemy enemy NN 17778 1749 4 at at IN 17778 1749 5 Colesberg Colesberg NNP 17778 1749 6 , , , 17778 1749 7 55 55 CD 17778 1749 8 . . . 17778 1750 1 Race race NN 17778 1750 2 for for IN 17778 1750 3 De De NNP 17778 1750 4 Kiel Kiel NNP 17778 1750 5 's 's POS 17778 1750 6 Drift Drift NNP 17778 1750 7 , , , 17778 1750 8 The the DT 17778 1750 9 , , , 17778 1750 10 70 70 CD 17778 1750 11 . . . 17778 1751 1 Popular popular JJ 17778 1751 2 idea idea NN 17778 1751 3 of of IN 17778 1751 4 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1751 5 , , , 17778 1751 6 106 106 CD 17778 1751 7 . . . 17778 1752 1 Use use VB 17778 1752 2 and and CC 17778 1752 3 abuse abuse NN 17778 1752 4 of of IN 17778 1752 5 , , , 17778 1752 6 108 108 CD 17778 1752 7 . . . 17778 1753 1 Lesson Lesson NNP 17778 1753 2 of of IN 17778 1753 3 the the DT 17778 1753 4 Boer Boer NNP 17778 1753 5 War War NNP 17778 1753 6 , , , 17778 1753 7 109 109 CD 17778 1753 8 . . . 17778 1754 1 French French NNP 17778 1754 2 's 's POS 17778 1754 3 , , , 17778 1754 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1754 5 J. 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NNP 17778 1754 6 , , , 17778 1754 7 confidence confidence NN 17778 1754 8 in in RB 17778 1754 9 , , , 17778 1754 10 114 114 CD 17778 1754 11 . . . 17778 1755 1 Mounted mount VBN 17778 1755 2 arm arm NN 17778 1755 3 in in IN 17778 1755 4 modern modern JJ 17778 1755 5 warfare warfare NN 17778 1755 6 , , , 17778 1755 7 The the DT 17778 1755 8 , , , 17778 1755 9 115 115 CD 17778 1755 10 . . . 17778 1756 1 Chisholme Chisholme NNP 17778 1756 2 , , , 17778 1756 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1756 4 Scott Scott NNP 17778 1756 5 , , , 17778 1756 6 36 36 CD 17778 1756 7 , , , 17778 1756 8 38 38 CD 17778 1756 9 . . . 17778 1757 1 Colenso Colenso NNP 17778 1757 2 , , , 17778 1757 3 50 50 CD 17778 1757 4 , , , 17778 1757 5 56 56 CD 17778 1757 6 . . . 17778 1758 1 Colesberg Colesberg NNP 17778 1758 2 , , , 17778 1758 3 33 33 CD 17778 1758 4 , , , 17778 1758 5 55 55 CD 17778 1758 6 , , , 17778 1758 7 59 59 CD 17778 1758 8 , , , 17778 1758 9 62 62 CD 17778 1758 10 , , , 17778 1758 11 64 64 CD 17778 1758 12 , , , 17778 1758 13 84 84 CD 17778 1758 14 , , , 17778 1758 15 127 127 CD 17778 1758 16 , , , 17778 1758 17 134 134 CD 17778 1758 18 . . . 17778 1759 1 Cromer Cromer NNP 17778 1759 2 , , , 17778 1759 3 Lord Lord NNP 17778 1759 4 , , , 17778 1759 5 11 11 CD 17778 1759 6 . . . 17778 1760 1 Cronje Cronje NNP 17778 1760 2 , , , 17778 1760 3 General General NNP 17778 1760 4 , , , 17778 1760 5 56 56 CD 17778 1760 6 , , , 17778 1760 7 68 68 CD 17778 1760 8 , , , 17778 1760 9 69 69 CD 17778 1760 10 , , , 17778 1760 11 73 73 CD 17778 1760 12 , , , 17778 1760 13 73 73 CD 17778 1760 14 , , , 17778 1760 15 79 79 CD 17778 1760 16 , , , 17778 1760 17 80 80 CD 17778 1760 18 , , , 17778 1760 19 81 81 CD 17778 1760 20 , , , 17778 1760 21 82 82 CD 17778 1760 22 . . . 17778 1761 1 Curragh Curragh NNP 17778 1761 2 , , , 17778 1761 3 The the DT 17778 1761 4 , , , 17778 1761 5 7 7 CD 17778 1761 6 , , , 17778 1761 7 104 104 CD 17778 1761 8 . . . 17778 1762 1 Delarey Delarey NNP 17778 1762 2 , , , 17778 1762 3 General General NNP 17778 1762 4 , , , 17778 1762 5 65 65 CD 17778 1762 6 , , , 17778 1762 7 83 83 CD 17778 1762 8 , , , 17778 1762 9 84 84 CD 17778 1762 10 . . . 17778 1763 1 Despard Despard NNP 17778 1763 2 , , , 17778 1763 3 Mrs. Mrs. NNP 17778 1763 4 , , , 17778 1763 5 2 2 CD 17778 1763 6 , , , 17778 1763 7 136 136 CD 17778 1763 8 . . . 17778 1764 1 De De NNP 17778 1764 2 Wet Wet NNP 17778 1764 3 , , , 17778 1764 4 General General NNP 17778 1764 5 , , , 17778 1764 6 65 65 CD 17778 1764 7 , , , 17778 1764 8 83 83 CD 17778 1764 9 , , , 17778 1764 10 84 84 CD 17778 1764 11 , , , 17778 1764 12 129 129 CD 17778 1764 13 . . . 17778 1765 1 Doyle Doyle NNP 17778 1765 2 , , , 17778 1765 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1765 4 Arthur Arthur NNP 17778 1765 5 Conan Conan NNP 17778 1765 6 , , , 17778 1765 7 99 99 CD 17778 1765 8 . . . 17778 1766 1 " " `` 17778 1766 2 Dumpies dumpie NNS 17778 1766 3 , , , 17778 1766 4 " " '' 17778 1766 5 The the DT 17778 1766 6 , , , 17778 1766 7 5 5 CD 17778 1766 8 . . . 17778 1767 1 Eccles Eccles NNP 17778 1767 2 , , , 17778 1767 3 Miss Miss NNP 17778 1767 4 , , , 17778 1767 5 2 2 CD 17778 1767 6 . . . 17778 1768 1 Elandslaagte Elandslaagte NNP 17778 1768 2 , , , 17778 1768 3 40 40 CD 17778 1768 4 , , , 17778 1768 5 41 41 CD 17778 1768 6 , , , 17778 1768 7 52 52 CD 17778 1768 8 , , , 17778 1768 9 135 135 CD 17778 1768 10 . . . 17778 1769 1 Ewart Ewart NNP 17778 1769 2 , , , 17778 1769 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1769 4 J.S. J.S. NNP 17778 1769 5 , , , 17778 1769 6 101 101 CD 17778 1769 7 , , , 17778 1769 8 103 103 CD 17778 1769 9 . . . 17778 1770 1 Fisher Fisher NNP 17778 1770 2 , , , 17778 1770 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1770 4 , , , 17778 1770 5 59 59 CD 17778 1770 6 . . . 17778 1771 1 French French NNP 17778 1771 2 , , , 17778 1771 3 General General NNP 17778 1771 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1771 5 John John NNP 17778 1771 6 : : : 17778 1771 7 Boyhood Boyhood NNP 17778 1771 8 , , , 17778 1771 9 3 3 CD 17778 1771 10 . . . 17778 1772 1 War war JJ 17778 1772 2 game game NN 17778 1772 3 , , , 17778 1772 4 The the DT 17778 1772 5 , , , 17778 1772 6 3 3 CD 17778 1772 7 . . . 17778 1773 1 8th 8th JJ 17778 1773 2 Hussars Hussars NNP 17778 1773 3 , , , 17778 1773 4 Gazetted Gazetted NNP 17778 1773 5 to to IN 17778 1773 6 the the DT 17778 1773 7 , , , 17778 1773 8 5 5 CD 17778 1773 9 . . . 17778 1774 1 Naval naval JJ 17778 1774 2 career career NN 17778 1774 3 , , , 17778 1774 4 Early early RB 17778 1774 5 , , , 17778 1774 6 4 4 CD 17778 1774 7 . . . 17778 1775 1 Sportsman Sportsman NNP 17778 1775 2 , , , 17778 1775 3 As as IN 17778 1775 4 a a DT 17778 1775 5 , , , 17778 1775 6 6 6 CD 17778 1775 7 , , , 17778 1775 8 7 7 CD 17778 1775 9 . . . 17778 1776 1 Nickname nickname NN 17778 1776 2 , , , 17778 1776 3 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1776 4 , , , 17778 1776 5 6 6 CD 17778 1776 6 . . . 17778 1777 1 Strategy strategy NN 17778 1777 2 , , , 17778 1777 3 Interest interest NN 17778 1777 4 in in IN 17778 1777 5 , , , 17778 1777 6 8 8 CD 17778 1777 7 . . . 17778 1778 1 Marriage marriage NN 17778 1778 2 , , , 17778 1778 3 8 8 CD 17778 1778 4 . . . 17778 1779 1 Egypt Egypt NNP 17778 1779 2 , , , 17778 1779 3 Ordered order VBN 17778 1779 4 to to IN 17778 1779 5 , , , 17778 1779 6 9 9 CD 17778 1779 7 . . . 17778 1780 1 Scouting scout VBG 17778 1780 2 in in IN 17778 1780 3 the the DT 17778 1780 4 desert desert NN 17778 1780 5 , , , 17778 1780 6 14 14 CD 17778 1780 7 , , , 17778 1780 8 15 15 CD 17778 1780 9 . . . 17778 1781 1 Wood wood NN 17778 1781 2 , , , 17778 1781 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1781 4 E. 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NNP 17778 1781 5 , , , 17778 1781 6 First first JJ 17778 1781 7 meeting meeting NN 17778 1781 8 with with IN 17778 1781 9 , , , 17778 1781 10 20 20 CD 17778 1781 11 . . . 17778 1782 1 Mentioned mention VBN 17778 1782 2 in in IN 17778 1782 3 Dispatches Dispatches NNP 17778 1782 4 , , , 17778 1782 5 21 21 CD 17778 1782 6 . . . 17778 1783 1 Promotion Promotion NNP 17778 1783 2 , , , 17778 1783 3 23 23 CD 17778 1783 4 . . . 17778 1784 1 Reorganisation reorganisation NN 17778 1784 2 of of IN 17778 1784 3 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1784 4 regiments regiment NNS 17778 1784 5 in in IN 17778 1784 6 India India NNP 17778 1784 7 , , , 17778 1784 8 25 25 CD 17778 1784 9 . . . 17778 1785 1 An an DT 17778 1785 2 enforced enforced JJ 17778 1785 3 retirement retirement NN 17778 1785 4 , , , 17778 1785 5 25 25 CD 17778 1785 6 . . . 17778 1786 1 Function function NN 17778 1786 2 of of IN 17778 1786 3 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1786 4 , , , 17778 1786 5 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1786 6 idea idea NN 17778 1786 7 of of IN 17778 1786 8 the the DT 17778 1786 9 , , , 17778 1786 10 26 26 CD 17778 1786 11 . . . 17778 1787 1 Effect effect NN 17778 1787 2 of of IN 17778 1787 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1787 4 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1787 5 theory theory NN 17778 1787 6 , , , 17778 1787 7 27 27 CD 17778 1787 8 . . . 17778 1788 1 Appointment appointment NN 17778 1788 2 at at IN 17778 1788 3 the the DT 17778 1788 4 War War NNP 17778 1788 5 Office Office NNP 17778 1788 6 , , , 17778 1788 7 28 28 CD 17778 1788 8 . . . 17778 1789 1 Temperament temperament NN 17778 1789 2 , , , 17778 1789 3 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1789 4 , , , 17778 1789 5 29 29 CD 17778 1789 6 . . . 17778 1789 7 Notable notable JJ 17778 1789 8 success success NN 17778 1789 9 , , , 17778 1789 10 A A NNP 17778 1789 11 , , , 17778 1789 12 30 30 CD 17778 1789 13 . . . 17778 1790 1 Promotion promotion NN 17778 1790 2 to to IN 17778 1790 3 Major Major NNP 17778 1790 4 - - HYPH 17778 1790 5 General General NNP 17778 1790 6 , , , 17778 1790 7 31 31 CD 17778 1790 8 . . . 17778 1791 1 Public public JJ 17778 1791 2 ignorance ignorance NN 17778 1791 3 of of IN 17778 1791 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1791 5 work work NN 17778 1791 6 , , , 17778 1791 7 33 33 CD 17778 1791 8 . . . 17778 1792 1 Sketch sketch VB 17778 1792 2 by by IN 17778 1792 3 Major Major NNP 17778 1792 4 Arthur Arthur NNP 17778 1792 5 Griffiths Griffiths NNP 17778 1792 6 , , , 17778 1792 7 34 34 CD 17778 1792 8 . . . 17778 1793 1 Arrival arrival NN 17778 1793 2 at at IN 17778 1793 3 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 17778 1793 4 , , , 17778 1793 5 35 35 CD 17778 1793 6 . . . 17778 1794 1 Result result NN 17778 1794 2 of of IN 17778 1794 3 a a DT 17778 1794 4 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1794 5 charge charge NN 17778 1794 6 , , , 17778 1794 7 36 36 CD 17778 1794 8 . . . 17778 1795 1 Difficult difficult JJ 17778 1795 2 enterprise enterprise NN 17778 1795 3 , , , 17778 1795 4 A a NN 17778 1795 5 , , , 17778 1795 6 37 37 CD 17778 1795 7 . . . 17778 1796 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1796 2 opportunity opportunity NN 17778 1796 3 , , , 17778 1796 4 38 38 CD 17778 1796 5 . . . 17778 1797 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1797 2 first first JJ 17778 1797 3 victory victory NN 17778 1797 4 , , , 17778 1797 5 39 39 CD 17778 1797 6 . . . 17778 1798 1 Impression impression NN 17778 1798 2 of of IN 17778 1798 3 him -PRON- PRP 17778 1798 4 on on IN 17778 1798 5 the the DT 17778 1798 6 battlefield battlefield NN 17778 1798 7 , , , 17778 1798 8 An An NNP 17778 1798 9 , , , 17778 1798 10 40 40 CD 17778 1798 11 . . . 17778 1799 1 Secret Secret NNP 17778 1799 2 of of IN 17778 1799 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1799 4 ability ability NN 17778 1799 5 , , , 17778 1799 6 41 41 CD 17778 1799 7 . . . 17778 1800 1 Won won VB 17778 1800 2 a a DT 17778 1800 3 reputation reputation NN 17778 1800 4 among among IN 17778 1800 5 the the DT 17778 1800 6 Boers Boers NNPS 17778 1800 7 , , , 17778 1800 8 43 43 CD 17778 1800 9 . . . 17778 1801 1 An an DT 17778 1801 2 American american JJ 17778 1801 3 journalist journalist NN 17778 1801 4 's 's POS 17778 1801 5 description description NN 17778 1801 6 , , , 17778 1801 7 44 44 CD 17778 1801 8 . . . 17778 1802 1 Out out RB 17778 1802 2 - - HYPH 17778 1802 3 manoeuvring manoeuvre VBG 17778 1802 4 the the DT 17778 1802 5 Boers Boers NNPS 17778 1802 6 , , , 17778 1802 7 49 49 CD 17778 1802 8 . . . 17778 1803 1 Leaving leave VBG 17778 1803 2 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 17778 1803 3 , , , 17778 1803 4 50 50 CD 17778 1803 5 . . . 17778 1804 1 Confounding confound VBG 17778 1804 2 the the DT 17778 1804 3 critics critic NNS 17778 1804 4 , , , 17778 1804 5 53 53 CD 17778 1804 6 . . . 17778 1805 1 Object object NN 17778 1805 2 at at IN 17778 1805 3 Colesberg Colesberg NNP 17778 1805 4 , , , 17778 1805 5 54 54 CD 17778 1805 6 . . . 17778 1806 1 Cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1806 2 attack attack NN 17778 1806 3 , , , 17778 1806 4 A a NN 17778 1806 5 , , , 17778 1806 6 55 55 CD 17778 1806 7 . . . 17778 1807 1 Cheering cheer VBG 17778 1807 2 Christmas Christmas NNP 17778 1807 3 greeting greeting NN 17778 1807 4 , , , 17778 1807 5 A A NNP 17778 1807 6 , , , 17778 1807 7 57 57 CD 17778 1807 8 . . . 17778 1808 1 Cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1808 2 tactics tactic NNS 17778 1808 3 , , , 17778 1808 4 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1808 5 , , , 17778 1808 6 58 58 CD 17778 1808 7 . . . 17778 1809 1 Brilliant brilliant JJ 17778 1809 2 venture venture NN 17778 1809 3 , , , 17778 1809 4 A a NN 17778 1809 5 , , , 17778 1809 6 59 59 CD 17778 1809 7 . . . 17778 1810 1 Disaster disaster NN 17778 1810 2 to to IN 17778 1810 3 the the DT 17778 1810 4 Suffolks Suffolks NNPS 17778 1810 5 , , , 17778 1810 6 The the DT 17778 1810 7 , , , 17778 1810 8 60 60 CD 17778 1810 9 . . . 17778 1811 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1811 2 remarkable remarkable JJ 17778 1811 3 caution caution NN 17778 1811 4 , , , 17778 1811 5 64 64 CD 17778 1811 6 . . . 17778 1812 1 Problem problem NN 17778 1812 2 -- -- : 17778 1812 3 modern modern JJ 17778 1812 4 warfare warfare NN 17778 1812 5 , , , 17778 1812 6 mastered master VBN 17778 1812 7 , , , 17778 1812 8 A A NNP 17778 1812 9 , , , 17778 1812 10 65 65 CD 17778 1812 11 . . . 17778 1813 1 Ability ability NN 17778 1813 2 for for IN 17778 1813 3 doing do VBG 17778 1813 4 the the DT 17778 1813 5 right right JJ 17778 1813 6 thing thing NN 17778 1813 7 , , , 17778 1813 8 66 66 CD 17778 1813 9 . . . 17778 1814 1 Promise promise NN 17778 1814 2 to to TO 17778 1814 3 relieve relieve VB 17778 1814 4 Kimberley Kimberley NNP 17778 1814 5 , , , 17778 1814 6 67 67 CD 17778 1814 7 . . . 17778 1815 1 Greatness greatness NN 17778 1815 2 of of IN 17778 1815 3 the the DT 17778 1815 4 undertaking undertaking NN 17778 1815 5 , , , 17778 1815 6 68 68 CD 17778 1815 7 , , , 17778 1815 8 69 69 CD 17778 1815 9 . . . 17778 1816 1 Congratulated congratulate VBN 17778 1816 2 by by IN 17778 1816 3 Lords Lords NNP 17778 1816 4 Roberts Roberts NNP 17778 1816 5 and and CC 17778 1816 6 Kitchener Kitchener NNP 17778 1816 7 , , , 17778 1816 8 71 71 CD 17778 1816 9 . . . 17778 1817 1 Boers boer NNS 17778 1817 2 routed route VBD 17778 1817 3 , , , 17778 1817 4 73 73 CD 17778 1817 5 . . . 17778 1818 1 French French NNP 17778 1818 2 _ _ NNP 17778 1818 3 v. v. IN 17778 1818 4 _ _ NNP 17778 1818 5 The the DT 17778 1818 6 Impossible Impossible NNP 17778 1818 7 , , , 17778 1818 8 76 76 CD 17778 1818 9 . . . 17778 1819 1 Kimberley Kimberley NNP 17778 1819 2 relieved relieve VBD 17778 1819 3 , , , 17778 1819 4 78 78 CD 17778 1819 5 . . . 17778 1820 1 Cutting cut VBG 17778 1820 2 off off RP 17778 1820 3 Cronje Cronje NNP 17778 1820 4 's 's POS 17778 1820 5 retreat retreat NN 17778 1820 6 , , , 17778 1820 7 80 80 CD 17778 1820 8 . . . 17778 1821 1 Escape Escape NNP 17778 1821 2 of of IN 17778 1821 3 De De NNP 17778 1821 4 Wet Wet NNP 17778 1821 5 , , , 17778 1821 6 84 84 CD 17778 1821 7 . . . 17778 1822 1 Narrow narrow JJ 17778 1822 2 escape escape NN 17778 1822 3 from from IN 17778 1822 4 death death NN 17778 1822 5 , , , 17778 1822 6 82 82 CD 17778 1822 7 . . . 17778 1823 1 Sitting sit VBG 17778 1823 2 for for IN 17778 1823 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1823 4 portrait portrait NN 17778 1823 5 , , , 17778 1823 6 86 86 CD 17778 1823 7 . . . 17778 1824 1 Command command NN 17778 1824 2 of of IN 17778 1824 3 the the DT 17778 1824 4 forces force NNS 17778 1824 5 in in IN 17778 1824 6 Eastern Eastern NNP 17778 1824 7 Transvaal Transvaal NNP 17778 1824 8 , , , 17778 1824 9 89 89 CD 17778 1824 10 . . . 17778 1825 1 Imitating imitate VBG 17778 1825 2 the the DT 17778 1825 3 Boers Boers NNPS 17778 1825 4 , , , 17778 1825 5 91 91 CD 17778 1825 6 . . . 17778 1826 1 Releasing release VBG 17778 1826 2 Schoeman Schoeman NNP 17778 1826 3 from from IN 17778 1826 4 jail jail NN 17778 1826 5 , , , 17778 1826 6 92 92 CD 17778 1826 7 . . . 17778 1827 1 Command command NN 17778 1827 2 of of IN 17778 1827 3 the the DT 17778 1827 4 operations operation NNS 17778 1827 5 in in IN 17778 1827 6 Cape Cape NNP 17778 1827 7 Colony Colony NNP 17778 1827 8 , , , 17778 1827 9 93 93 CD 17778 1827 10 . . . 17778 1828 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1828 2 modesty modesty NN 17778 1828 3 , , , 17778 1828 4 94 94 CD 17778 1828 5 . . . 17778 1829 1 " " `` 17778 1829 2 Shirt shirt NN 17778 1829 3 - - HYPH 17778 1829 4 sleeved sleeve VBN 17778 1829 5 General General NNP 17778 1829 6 , , , 17778 1829 7 The the DT 17778 1829 8 , , , 17778 1829 9 " " `` 17778 1829 10 95 95 CD 17778 1829 11 . . . 17778 1830 1 Artilleryman Artilleryman NNP 17778 1830 2 's 's POS 17778 1830 3 tribute tribute NN 17778 1830 4 , , , 17778 1830 5 An An NNP 17778 1830 6 , , , 17778 1830 7 96 96 CD 17778 1830 8 . . . 17778 1831 1 Return return NN 17778 1831 2 from from IN 17778 1831 3 South South NNP 17778 1831 4 Africa Africa NNP 17778 1831 5 , , , 17778 1831 6 97 97 CD 17778 1831 7 . . . 17778 1832 1 Appointed appoint VBN 17778 1832 2 Inspector Inspector NNP 17778 1832 3 - - HYPH 17778 1832 4 General General NNP 17778 1832 5 of of IN 17778 1832 6 the the DT 17778 1832 7 forces force NNS 17778 1832 8 , , , 17778 1832 9 98 98 CD 17778 1832 10 . . . 17778 1833 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1833 2 love love NN 17778 1833 3 of of IN 17778 1833 4 efficiency efficiency NN 17778 1833 5 , , , 17778 1833 6 99 99 CD 17778 1833 7 . . . 17778 1834 1 Appointed appoint VBN 17778 1834 2 Chief Chief NNP 17778 1834 3 of of IN 17778 1834 4 the the DT 17778 1834 5 Imperial Imperial NNP 17778 1834 6 General General NNP 17778 1834 7 Staff Staff NNP 17778 1834 8 , , , 17778 1834 9 99 99 CD 17778 1834 10 . . . 17778 1835 1 Gough Gough NNP 17778 1835 2 incident incident NN 17778 1835 3 , , , 17778 1835 4 The the DT 17778 1835 5 , , , 17778 1835 6 100 100 CD 17778 1835 7 , , , 17778 1835 8 101 101 CD 17778 1835 9 . . . 17778 1836 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1836 2 resignation resignation NN 17778 1836 3 , , , 17778 1836 4 103 103 CD 17778 1836 5 . . . 17778 1837 1 Student student NN 17778 1837 2 and and CC 17778 1837 3 an an DT 17778 1837 4 innovator innovator NN 17778 1837 5 , , , 17778 1837 6 107 107 CD 17778 1837 7 . . . 17778 1838 1 Objection objection NN 17778 1838 2 to to IN 17778 1838 3 extremist extremist JJ 17778 1838 4 views view NNS 17778 1838 5 , , , 17778 1838 6 110 110 CD 17778 1838 7 . . . 17778 1839 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1839 2 value value NN 17778 1839 3 in in IN 17778 1839 4 the the DT 17778 1839 5 present present JJ 17778 1839 6 crisis crisis NN 17778 1839 7 , , , 17778 1839 8 118 118 CD 17778 1839 9 . . . 17778 1840 1 Man man NN 17778 1840 2 as as IN 17778 1840 3 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1840 4 is be VBZ 17778 1840 5 , , , 17778 1840 6 The the DT 17778 1840 7 , , , 17778 1840 8 123 123 CD 17778 1840 9 . . . 17778 1841 1 Worship worship NN 17778 1841 2 of of IN 17778 1841 3 Napoleon Napoleon NNP 17778 1841 4 , , , 17778 1841 5 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1841 6 , , , 17778 1841 7 124 124 CD 17778 1841 8 , , , 17778 1841 9 125 125 CD 17778 1841 10 . . . 17778 1842 1 Secret Secret NNP 17778 1842 2 of of IN 17778 1842 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1842 4 popularity popularity NN 17778 1842 5 , , , 17778 1842 6 126 126 CD 17778 1842 7 . . . 17778 1843 1 Literary literary JJ 17778 1843 2 ability ability NN 17778 1843 3 , , , 17778 1843 4 130 130 CD 17778 1843 5 . . . 17778 1844 1 How how WRB 17778 1844 2 he -PRON- PRP 17778 1844 3 regards regard VBZ 17778 1844 4 war war NN 17778 1844 5 , , , 17778 1844 6 133 133 CD 17778 1844 7 . . . 17778 1845 1 French French NNP 17778 1845 2 , , , 17778 1845 3 Lady Lady NNP 17778 1845 4 , , , 17778 1845 5 8 8 CD 17778 1845 6 . . . 17778 1846 1 French french JJ 17778 1846 2 , , , 17778 1846 3 Commander Commander NNP 17778 1846 4 J.T.W. J.T.W. NNP 17778 1846 5 , , , 17778 1846 6 2 2 CD 17778 1846 7 . . . 17778 1847 1 Freyne Freyne NNP 17778 1847 2 , , , 17778 1847 3 Lord Lord NNP 17778 1847 4 de de NNP 17778 1847 5 , , , 17778 1847 6 2 2 CD 17778 1847 7 . . . 17778 1848 1 Gatacre Gatacre NNP 17778 1848 2 , , , 17778 1848 3 General General NNP 17778 1848 4 : : : 17778 1848 5 Boer boer NN 17778 1848 6 invasion invasion NN 17778 1848 7 of of IN 17778 1848 8 Cape Cape NNP 17778 1848 9 Colony Colony NNP 17778 1848 10 , , , 17778 1848 11 54 54 CD 17778 1848 12 . . . 17778 1849 1 Reverse reverse VB 17778 1849 2 at at IN 17778 1849 3 Stormberg Stormberg NNP 17778 1849 4 , , , 17778 1849 5 56 56 CD 17778 1849 6 . . . 17778 1850 1 Gordon Gordon NNP 17778 1850 2 , , , 17778 1850 3 General General NNP 17778 1850 4 , , , 17778 1850 5 11 11 CD 17778 1850 6 . . . 17778 1851 1 Griffiths griffith NNS 17778 1851 2 , , , 17778 1851 3 Major Major NNP 17778 1851 4 Arthur Arthur NNP 17778 1851 5 , , , 17778 1851 6 34 34 CD 17778 1851 7 . . . 17778 1852 1 Grimwood Grimwood NNP 17778 1852 2 , , , 17778 1852 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1852 4 , , , 17778 1852 5 47 47 CD 17778 1852 6 . . . 17778 1853 1 Gough Gough NNP 17778 1853 2 , , , 17778 1853 3 Brigadier Brigadier NNP 17778 1853 4 - - HYPH 17778 1853 5 General General NNP 17778 1853 6 , , , 17778 1853 7 101 101 CD 17778 1853 8 , , , 17778 1853 9 102 102 CD 17778 1853 10 . . . 17778 1854 1 Haig Haig NNP 17778 1854 2 , , , 17778 1854 3 Lieut.-General Lieut.-General NNP 17778 1854 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1854 5 Douglas Douglas NNP 17778 1854 6 , , , 17778 1854 7 26 26 CD 17778 1854 8 , , , 17778 1854 9 83 83 CD 17778 1854 10 , , , 17778 1854 11 119 119 CD 17778 1854 12 . . . 17778 1855 1 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 17778 1855 2 , , , 17778 1855 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1855 4 Ian Ian NNP 17778 1855 5 , , , 17778 1855 6 37 37 CD 17778 1855 7 . . . 17778 1856 1 Hussars Hussars NNP 17778 1856 2 , , , 17778 1856 3 19th 19th NN 17778 1856 4 , , , 17778 1856 5 1 1 CD 17778 1856 6 , , , 17778 1856 7 5 5 CD 17778 1856 8 , , , 17778 1856 9 12 12 CD 17778 1856 10 , , , 17778 1856 11 16 16 CD 17778 1856 12 , , , 17778 1856 13 17 17 CD 17778 1856 14 , , , 17778 1856 15 18 18 CD 17778 1856 16 , , , 17778 1856 17 19 19 CD 17778 1856 18 , , , 17778 1856 19 21 21 CD 17778 1856 20 , , , 17778 1856 21 22 22 CD 17778 1856 22 . . . 17778 1857 1 Joffre Joffre NNP 17778 1857 2 , , , 17778 1857 3 General General NNP 17778 1857 4 , , , 17778 1857 5 2 2 CD 17778 1857 6 , , , 17778 1857 7 119 119 CD 17778 1857 8 , , , 17778 1857 9 137 137 CD 17778 1857 10 . . . 17778 1858 1 Joubert Joubert NNP 17778 1858 2 , , , 17778 1858 3 General General NNP 17778 1858 4 , , , 17778 1858 5 49 49 CD 17778 1858 6 . . . 17778 1859 1 Khartoum Khartoum NNP 17778 1859 2 : : : 17778 1859 3 Besieged Besieged NNP 17778 1859 4 , , , 17778 1859 5 11 11 CD 17778 1859 6 . . . 17778 1860 1 Effort effort NN 17778 1860 2 to to TO 17778 1860 3 relieve relieve VB 17778 1860 4 , , , 17778 1860 5 12 12 CD 17778 1860 6 . . . 17778 1861 1 Fall fall VB 17778 1861 2 of of IN 17778 1861 3 , , , 17778 1861 4 18 18 CD 17778 1861 5 . . . 17778 1862 1 Release Release NNP 17778 1862 2 of of IN 17778 1862 3 the the DT 17778 1862 4 Madhi Madhi NNP 17778 1862 5 's 's POS 17778 1862 6 followers follower NNS 17778 1862 7 , , , 17778 1862 8 19 19 CD 17778 1862 9 . . . 17778 1863 1 Kitchener Kitchener NNP 17778 1863 2 , , , 17778 1863 3 Lord Lord NNP 17778 1863 4 , , , 17778 1863 5 5 5 CD 17778 1863 6 , , , 17778 1863 7 9 9 CD 17778 1863 8 , , , 17778 1863 9 29 29 CD 17778 1863 10 , , , 17778 1863 11 66 66 CD 17778 1863 12 , , , 17778 1863 13 71 71 CD 17778 1863 14 , , , 17778 1863 15 74 74 CD 17778 1863 16 . . . 17778 1864 1 79 79 CD 17778 1864 2 , , , 17778 1864 3 93 93 CD 17778 1864 4 , , , 17778 1864 5 97 97 CD 17778 1864 6 , , , 17778 1864 7 122 122 CD 17778 1864 8 , , , 17778 1864 9 139 139 CD 17778 1864 10 . . . 17778 1865 1 Kimberley Kimberley NNP 17778 1865 2 , , , 17778 1865 3 53 53 CD 17778 1865 4 , , , 17778 1865 5 54 54 CD 17778 1865 6 , , , 17778 1865 7 68 68 CD 17778 1865 8 , , , 17778 1865 9 75 75 CD 17778 1865 10 , , , 17778 1865 11 77 77 CD 17778 1865 12 , , , 17778 1865 13 78 78 CD 17778 1865 14 , , , 17778 1865 15 100 100 CD 17778 1865 16 , , , 17778 1865 17 101 101 CD 17778 1865 18 . . . 17778 1866 1 Kruger Kruger NNP 17778 1866 2 , , , 17778 1866 3 President President NNP 17778 1866 4 , , , 17778 1866 5 84 84 CD 17778 1866 6 . . . 17778 1867 1 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 17778 1867 2 , , , 17778 1867 3 35 35 CD 17778 1867 4 , , , 17778 1867 5 38 38 CD 17778 1867 6 , , , 17778 1867 7 41 41 CD 17778 1867 8 , , , 17778 1867 9 42 42 CD 17778 1867 10 , , , 17778 1867 11 45 45 CD 17778 1867 12 , , , 17778 1867 13 46 46 CD 17778 1867 14 , , , 17778 1867 15 48 48 CD 17778 1867 16 , , , 17778 1867 17 49 49 CD 17778 1867 18 , , , 17778 1867 19 50 50 CD 17778 1867 20 , , , 17778 1867 21 53 53 CD 17778 1867 22 , , , 17778 1867 23 54 54 CD 17778 1867 24 , , , 17778 1867 25 69 69 CD 17778 1867 26 . . . 17778 1868 1 Lambton Lambton NNP 17778 1868 2 , , , 17778 1868 3 Captain Captain NNP 17778 1868 4 Hedworth Hedworth NNP 17778 1868 5 , , , 17778 1868 6 48 48 CD 17778 1868 7 . . . 17778 1869 1 Laycock Laycock NNP 17778 1869 2 , , , 17778 1869 3 Capt Capt NNP 17778 1869 4 . . . 17778 1870 1 J. J. NNP 17778 1870 2 , , , 17778 1870 3 74 74 CD 17778 1870 4 . . . 17778 1871 1 Lombard Lombard NNP 17778 1871 2 's 's POS 17778 1871 3 Cop Cop NNP 17778 1871 4 , , , 17778 1871 5 49 49 CD 17778 1871 6 . . . 17778 1872 1 Luck Luck NNP 17778 1872 2 , , , 17778 1872 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1872 4 George George NNP 17778 1872 5 : : : 17778 1872 6 Opinion opinion NN 17778 1872 7 of of IN 17778 1872 8 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1872 9 regiments regiment NNS 17778 1872 10 in in IN 17778 1872 11 India India NNP 17778 1872 12 , , , 17778 1872 13 25 25 CD 17778 1872 14 . . . 17778 1873 1 Instituting institute VBG 17778 1873 2 cavalry cavalry NN 17778 1873 3 reforms reform NNS 17778 1873 4 at at IN 17778 1873 5 home home NN 17778 1873 6 , , , 17778 1873 7 27 27 CD 17778 1873 8 . . . 17778 1874 1 Mahdi Mahdi NNP 17778 1874 2 , , , 17778 1874 3 The the DT 17778 1874 4 , , , 17778 1874 5 10 10 CD 17778 1874 6 , , , 17778 1874 7 11 11 CD 17778 1874 8 , , , 17778 1874 9 12 12 CD 17778 1874 10 , , , 17778 1874 11 15 15 CD 17778 1874 12 . . . 17778 1875 1 Mafeking Mafeking NNP 17778 1875 2 , , , 17778 1875 3 53 53 CD 17778 1875 4 . . . 17778 1876 1 Magersfontein Magersfontein NNP 17778 1876 2 , , , 17778 1876 3 56 56 CD 17778 1876 4 , , , 17778 1876 5 75 75 CD 17778 1876 6 , , , 17778 1876 7 79 79 CD 17778 1876 8 . . . 17778 1877 1 Methuen Methuen NNP 17778 1877 2 , , , 17778 1877 3 Lord Lord NNP 17778 1877 4 , , , 17778 1877 5 53 53 CD 17778 1877 6 , , , 17778 1877 7 67 67 CD 17778 1877 8 , , , 17778 1877 9 75 75 CD 17778 1877 10 . . . 17778 1878 1 Milbanke Milbanke NNP 17778 1878 2 , , , 17778 1878 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1878 4 John John NNP 17778 1878 5 , , , 17778 1878 6 50 50 CD 17778 1878 7 . . . 17778 1879 1 Modder Modder NNP 17778 1879 2 River River NNP 17778 1879 3 , , , 17778 1879 4 69 69 CD 17778 1879 5 . . . 17778 1880 1 " " `` 17778 1880 2 Modern Modern NNP 17778 1880 3 Marlborough Marlborough NNP 17778 1880 4 , , , 17778 1880 5 The the DT 17778 1880 6 , , , 17778 1880 7 " " '' 17778 1880 8 120 120 CD 17778 1880 9 . . . 17778 1881 1 Moltke Moltke NNP 17778 1881 2 , , , 17778 1881 3 Count Count NNP 17778 1881 4 von von NNP 17778 1881 5 , , , 17778 1881 6 21 21 CD 17778 1881 7 . . . 17778 1882 1 _ _ NNP 17778 1882 2 Morning Morning NNP 17778 1882 3 Post Post NNP 17778 1882 4 , , , 17778 1882 5 The the DT 17778 1882 6 _ _ NNP 17778 1882 7 , , , 17778 1882 8 27 27 CD 17778 1882 9 . . . 17778 1883 1 Nile Nile NNP 17778 1883 2 Expedition Expedition NNP 17778 1883 3 , , , 17778 1883 4 9 9 CD 17778 1883 5 . . . 17778 1884 1 Paget Paget NNP 17778 1884 2 , , , 17778 1884 3 General General NNP 17778 1884 4 , , , 17778 1884 5 101 101 CD 17778 1884 6 . . . 17778 1885 1 Porter Porter NNP 17778 1885 2 , , , 17778 1885 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1885 4 , , , 17778 1885 5 56 56 CD 17778 1885 6 . . . 17778 1886 1 Pretoria Pretoria NNP 17778 1886 2 , , , 17778 1886 3 88 88 CD 17778 1886 4 , , , 17778 1886 5 92 92 CD 17778 1886 6 . . . 17778 1887 1 Relieving Relieving NNP 17778 1887 2 Expedition Expedition NNP 17778 1887 3 , , , 17778 1887 4 18 18 CD 17778 1887 5 . . . 17778 1888 1 Rhodes Rhodes NNP 17778 1888 2 , , , 17778 1888 3 Cecil Cecil NNP 17778 1888 4 , , , 17778 1888 5 67 67 CD 17778 1888 6 , , , 17778 1888 7 68 68 CD 17778 1888 8 . . . 17778 1889 1 Roberts Roberts NNP 17778 1889 2 , , , 17778 1889 3 Earl Earl NNP 17778 1889 4 , , , 17778 1889 5 66 66 CD 17778 1889 6 , , , 17778 1889 7 67 67 CD 17778 1889 8 , , , 17778 1889 9 71 71 CD 17778 1889 10 , , , 17778 1889 11 83 83 CD 17778 1889 12 , , , 17778 1889 13 86 86 CD 17778 1889 14 , , , 17778 1889 15 87 87 CD 17778 1889 16 , , , 17778 1889 17 88 88 CD 17778 1889 18 , , , 17778 1889 19 93 93 CD 17778 1889 20 . . . 17778 1890 1 Seely seely RB 17778 1890 2 , , , 17778 1890 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1890 4 , , , 17778 1890 5 101 101 CD 17778 1890 6 , , , 17778 1890 7 102 102 CD 17778 1890 8 . . . 17778 1891 1 Selby Selby NNP 17778 1891 2 - - HYPH 17778 1891 3 Lowndes Lowndes NNP 17778 1891 4 , , , 17778 1891 5 Richard Richard NNP 17778 1891 6 William William NNP 17778 1891 7 , , , 17778 1891 8 8 8 CD 17778 1891 9 . . . 17778 1892 1 Schoeman Schoeman NNP 17778 1892 2 , , , 17778 1892 3 General General NNP 17778 1892 4 , , , 17778 1892 5 56 56 CD 17778 1892 6 , , , 17778 1892 7 58 58 CD 17778 1892 8 , , , 17778 1892 9 92 92 CD 17778 1892 10 . . . 17778 1893 1 Smith Smith NNP 17778 1893 2 - - HYPH 17778 1893 3 Dorrien Dorrien NNP 17778 1893 4 , , , 17778 1893 5 General General NNP 17778 1893 6 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1893 7 Horace Horace NNP 17778 1893 8 , , , 17778 1893 9 119 119 CD 17778 1893 10 . . . 17778 1894 1 Stead Stead NNP 17778 1894 2 , , , 17778 1894 3 W.T. W.T. NNP 17778 1894 4 , , , 17778 1894 5 11 11 CD 17778 1894 6 . . . 17778 1895 1 Stewart Stewart NNP 17778 1895 2 , , , 17778 1895 3 General General NNP 17778 1895 4 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1895 5 Herbert Herbert NNP 17778 1895 6 : : : 17778 1895 7 Testing test VBG 17778 1895 8 the the DT 17778 1895 9 camels camel NNS 17778 1895 10 , , , 17778 1895 11 12 12 CD 17778 1895 12 . . . 17778 1896 1 Compelling compel VBG 17778 1896 2 the the DT 17778 1896 3 guides guide NNS 17778 1896 4 , , , 17778 1896 5 13 13 CD 17778 1896 6 . . . 17778 1897 1 Outnumbered outnumber VBN 17778 1897 2 by by IN 17778 1897 3 Dervishes dervish NNS 17778 1897 4 , , , 17778 1897 5 15 15 CD 17778 1897 6 . . . 17778 1898 1 Hasty hasty JJ 17778 1898 2 protection protection NN 17778 1898 3 , , , 17778 1898 4 17 17 CD 17778 1898 5 . . . 17778 1899 1 Last last JJ 17778 1899 2 words word NNS 17778 1899 3 , , , 17778 1899 4 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1899 5 , , , 17778 1899 6 18 18 CD 17778 1899 7 . . . 17778 1900 1 Steyn Steyn NNP 17778 1900 2 , , , 17778 1900 3 President President NNP 17778 1900 4 , , , 17778 1900 5 84 84 CD 17778 1900 6 . . . 17778 1901 1 Stormberg Stormberg NNP 17778 1901 2 , , , 17778 1901 3 56 56 CD 17778 1901 4 . . . 17778 1902 1 Talbot Talbot NNP 17778 1902 2 , , , 17778 1902 3 General General NNP 17778 1902 4 , , , 17778 1902 5 29 29 CD 17778 1902 6 , , , 17778 1902 7 30 30 CD 17778 1902 8 . . . 17778 1903 1 Warde Warde NNP 17778 1903 2 , , , 17778 1903 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1903 4 Charles Charles NNP 17778 1903 5 E. E. NNP 17778 1903 6 , , , 17778 1903 7 7 7 CD 17778 1903 8 . . . 17778 1904 1 Watson Watson NNP 17778 1904 2 , , , 17778 1904 3 Lieut.-Colonel Lieut.-Colonel NNP 17778 1904 4 A.J. A.J. NNP 17778 1904 5 , , , 17778 1904 6 60 60 CD 17778 1904 7 , , , 17778 1904 8 61 61 CD 17778 1904 9 , , , 17778 1904 10 134 134 CD 17778 1904 11 . . . 17778 1905 1 Wauchope Wauchope NNP 17778 1905 2 , , , 17778 1905 3 Major Major NNP 17778 1905 4 - - HYPH 17778 1905 5 General General NNP 17778 1905 6 , , , 17778 1905 7 54 54 CD 17778 1905 8 . . . 17778 1906 1 White White NNP 17778 1906 2 , , , 17778 1906 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1906 4 George George NNP 17778 1906 5 : : : 17778 1906 6 French French NNP 17778 1906 7 's 's POS 17778 1906 8 , , , 17778 1906 9 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1906 10 . . . 17778 1907 1 J. J. NNP 17778 1907 2 colleague colleague NN 17778 1907 3 in in IN 17778 1907 4 South South NNP 17778 1907 5 Africa Africa NNP 17778 1907 6 , , , 17778 1907 7 25 25 CD 17778 1907 8 . . . 17778 1908 1 Peril Peril NNP 17778 1908 2 at at IN 17778 1908 3 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 17778 1908 4 , , , 17778 1908 5 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1908 6 , , , 17778 1908 7 35 35 CD 17778 1908 8 . . . 17778 1909 1 Orders order NNS 17778 1909 2 to to IN 17778 1909 3 French French NNP 17778 1909 4 , , , 17778 1909 5 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1909 6 , , , 17778 1909 7 36 36 CD 17778 1909 8 . . . 17778 1910 1 Chivalrous chivalrous JJ 17778 1910 2 reply reply NN 17778 1910 3 , , , 17778 1910 4 A a NN 17778 1910 5 , , , 17778 1910 6 38 38 CD 17778 1910 7 . . . 17778 1911 1 Attempt attempt VB 17778 1911 2 to to TO 17778 1911 3 distract distract VB 17778 1911 4 the the DT 17778 1911 5 enemy enemy NN 17778 1911 6 , , , 17778 1911 7 41 41 CD 17778 1911 8 . . . 17778 1912 1 Difficult difficult JJ 17778 1912 2 retreat retreat NN 17778 1912 3 , , , 17778 1912 4 A a NN 17778 1912 5 , , , 17778 1912 6 42 42 CD 17778 1912 7 . . . 17778 1913 1 Two two CD 17778 1913 2 successful successful JJ 17778 1913 3 engagements engagement NNS 17778 1913 4 , , , 17778 1913 5 45 45 CD 17778 1913 6 . . . 17778 1914 1 An an DT 17778 1914 2 optimistic optimistic JJ 17778 1914 3 plan plan NN 17778 1914 4 , , , 17778 1914 5 46 46 CD 17778 1914 6 . . . 17778 1915 1 Seriousness seriousness JJ 17778 1915 2 of of IN 17778 1915 3 British british JJ 17778 1915 4 position position NN 17778 1915 5 , , , 17778 1915 6 49 49 CD 17778 1915 7 . . . 17778 1916 1 Surrounded surround VBN 17778 1916 2 in in IN 17778 1916 3 Ladysmith Ladysmith NNP 17778 1916 4 , , , 17778 1916 5 53 53 CD 17778 1916 6 . . . 17778 1917 1 Wilford Wilford NNP 17778 1917 2 , , , 17778 1917 3 Colonel Colonel NNP 17778 1917 4 , , , 17778 1917 5 42 42 CD 17778 1917 6 . . . 17778 1918 1 Wolseley Wolseley NNP 17778 1918 2 , , , 17778 1918 3 Lord Lord NNP 17778 1918 4 : : : 17778 1918 5 Khartoum Khartoum NNP 17778 1918 6 , , , 17778 1918 7 Orders Orders NNP 17778 1918 8 to to TO 17778 1918 9 relieve relieve VB 17778 1918 10 , , , 17778 1918 11 11 11 CD 17778 1918 12 . . . 17778 1919 1 Flying fly VBG 17778 1919 2 column column NN 17778 1919 3 , , , 17778 1919 4 Dispatch Dispatch NNP 17778 1919 5 of of IN 17778 1919 6 , , , 17778 1919 7 12 12 CD 17778 1919 8 . . . 17778 1920 1 Wood wood NN 17778 1920 2 , , , 17778 1920 3 Sir Sir NNP 17778 1920 4 Evelyn Evelyn NNP 17778 1920 5 , , , 17778 1920 6 4 4 CD 17778 1920 7 . . . 17778 1921 1 First first JJ 17778 1921 2 meeting meeting NN 17778 1921 3 with with IN 17778 1921 4 French French NNP 17778 1921 5 , , , 17778 1921 6 20 20 CD 17778 1921 7 . . . 17778 1922 1 Discovery Discovery NNP 17778 1922 2 of of IN 17778 1922 3 French French NNP 17778 1922 4 's 's POS 17778 1922 5 value value NN 17778 1922 6 , , , 17778 1922 7 24 24 CD 17778 1922 8 . . . 17778 1923 1 Yule Yule NNP 17778 1923 2 , , , 17778 1923 3 General General NNP 17778 1923 4 : : : 17778 1923 5 Retreat retreat NN 17778 1923 6 from from IN 17778 1923 7 Dundee Dundee NNP 17778 1923 8 , , , 17778 1923 9 41 41 CD 17778 1923 10 . . . 17778 1924 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 17778 1924 2 force force NN 17778 1924 3 saved save VBD 17778 1924 4 , , , 17778 1924 5 42 42 CD 17778 1924 6 , , , 17778 1924 7 45 45 CD 17778 1924 8 . . . 17778 1925 1 * * NFP 17778 1925 2 * * NFP 17778 1925 3 * * NFP 17778 1925 4 * * NFP 17778 1925 5 * * NFP 17778 1925 6 Typographical typographical JJ 17778 1925 7 errors error NNS 17778 1925 8 corrected correct VBN 17778 1925 9 in in IN 17778 1925 10 text text NN 17778 1925 11 : : : 17778 1925 12 Page page NN 17778 1925 13 151 151 CD 17778 1925 14 : : : 17778 1925 15 optimisitc optimisitc NNP 17778 1925 16 replaced replace VBN 17778 1925 17 by by IN 17778 1925 18 optimistic optimistic JJ 17778 1925 19 Page Page NNP 17778 1925 20 73 73 CD 17778 1925 21 : : : 17778 1925 22 pursut pursut NNP 17778 1925 23 replaced replace VBN 17778 1925 24 by by IN 17778 1925 25 pursuit pursuit NN 17778 1925 26 * * NFP 17778 1925 27 * * NFP 17778 1925 28 * * NFP 17778 1925 29 * * NFP 17778 1925 30 * * NFP