QuedahOxford University Press, 1857 - 360 Seiten |
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... our Blockade . - Severity towards the Malays . — A Prahu full of Fugitives captured . Intelligence suddenly gained of Siamese Army . - Deserters . - The Malay Forces out- - CONTENTS . xiii manœuvred . — Serious Losses of the.
... our Blockade . - Severity towards the Malays . — A Prahu full of Fugitives captured . Intelligence suddenly gained of Siamese Army . - Deserters . - The Malay Forces out- - CONTENTS . xiii manœuvred . — Serious Losses of the.
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... forces being very disproportionate . This fact sharpened our eagerness , and we naturally longed for an equally good opportunity , an anxiety which was soon likely to be gratified , as the traders from Cochin - China and Siam had ...
... forces being very disproportionate . This fact sharpened our eagerness , and we naturally longed for an equally good opportunity , an anxiety which was soon likely to be gratified , as the traders from Cochin - China and Siam had ...
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... forces , and then like hawks pounced upon their prey . Dashing at once into the rivers with their light vessels , they stockaded the mouths ; and knowing that at that season our men - of - war could not approach close enough to injure ...
... forces , and then like hawks pounced upon their prey . Dashing at once into the rivers with their light vessels , they stockaded the mouths ; and knowing that at that season our men - of - war could not approach close enough to injure ...
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... force to re- conquer Quedah . To a wish expressed by Captain Warren , that they would come out and have a fair fight in open water , Mahomet Alee replied , that although he had never fought a British man - of - war , he was one who ...
... force to re- conquer Quedah . To a wish expressed by Captain Warren , that they would come out and have a fair fight in open water , Mahomet Alee replied , that although he had never fought a British man - of - war , he was one who ...
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... force of armed prahus which they might possess up the river ; but I was not idle , and , under Jadee's tuition , was fast learning the simple and beautiful language of Malaya . The interest taken by my serang , in repeating over for my ...
... force of armed prahus which they might possess up the river ; but I was not idle , and , under Jadee's tuition , was fast learning the simple and beautiful language of Malaya . The interest taken by my serang , in repeating over for my ...
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