 | George Bourchier - 1858 - 256 Seiten
...to the left having been cleared by Brigadier Hope and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon. " The Shah Nujeef is a domed mosque with a garden, of which the most had been made by the enemy. The walls of the enclosure were pierced by a double tier of loop-holes. The entrance to it had been covered... | |
 | George Dodd - 1859 - 668 Seiten
...strong post by the enemy ; the wall of the enclosure had been loopholed with great care ; the entrance had been covered by a regular work in masonry ; and the top of the building had been crowned with a parapet. Peel was aided by a fieldbattery and some mortars ; while the village... | |
 | 1860 - 1518 Seiten
...Siege-Train then went to the front, and advanced towards the Shah Nujjeef, together with the field-battery and some mortars, the village to the left having been...the most had been made by the enemy. The wall of the inclosure of the mosque •as loophuled with great care. The entrance to it kid been covered by a regular... | |
 | Henry Beveridge - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...i>f ... the Shah despatch : — " The Shah Nujeef is a domed mosque with a garden, of which Nujeof. the most had been made by the enemy. The wall of the inclosure of the mosque was loopholed with great care. The entrance to it had been covered by a regular... | |
 | William Brock - 1876 - 362 Seiten
...gar-; den, protected by a strong wall. "The wall of the enclosure of the mosque," says Sir Colin, " was loop-holed with great care. The entrance to it...the top of the building was crowned with a parapet. Prom this, and from the defences in the garden, an unceasing fire of musketry was kept up from the... | |
 | James Grant - 1876 - 690 Seiten
...the summit of dome and minaret. It was surrounded by a garden, the wall of which was also loopholed. The entrance to it had been covered by a regular work in masonry, and from every point an unceasing fire of musketry was flashing out after the commencement of the attack.... | |
 | John Alexander Ewart - 1881 - 418 Seiten
...village to the left having been cleared by Brigadier Hope and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon. The Shah Xujjoef is a domed mosque with a garden, of which the most had been made by the enemy. The wall of the inclosure of the mosque was loopholed with great care. The entrance to it had been covered by a regular... | |
 | Thomas Archer - 1883 - 786 Seiten
...siegetrain then went to the front, and advanced towards the Shah Nujjeef, together with the field battalion and some mortars, the village to the left having been...the most had been made by the enemy. The wall of the inclosure of the mosque was loopholed with great care. The entrance to it had been covered by a regular... | |
 | Thomas Archer (historical writer.) - 1883 - 754 Seiten
...siegetrain then went to the front, and advanced towards the Shah Nujjeef, together with the field battalion and some mortars, the village to the left having been...the most had been made by the enemy. The wall of the inclosure of the mosque was loopholed with great care. The entrance to it had been covered by a regular... | |
 | Roderick Hamilton Burgoyne - 1883 - 496 Seiten
...to the left having been cleared by Brigadier Hope and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon. " The Shah Nujjif is a domed mosque with a garden, of which the most had been made by the enemy. The wall of the inclosure of the mosque was loopholed with great care. The entrance to it had been covered by a regular... | |
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wall of the enclosure of the mosque was loopholed with " great care. The entrance to it had been covered by a " regular work in masonry, and the top of the building " was crowned with a parapet. From this, and from the " defences in the garden, an unceasing... 
