The Romance of Modern Sieges
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The Sally from the Fort at Kumassi
Led by Capt. Armitage, some two hundred loyal natives sallied forth. At their head marched the native chiefs, prominent amongst whom was the young king of Aguna. He was covered back and front with fetish charms, and on his feet were boots, and where these ended his black legs began.
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN SIEGES
DESCRIBING THE PERSONAL ADVENTURES, RESOURCE AND DARING OF BESIEGERS AND BESIEGED IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
BY EDWARD GILLIAT, M.A. SOMETIME MASTER AT HARROW SCHOOL AUTHOR OF “FOREST OUTLAWS,” “IN LINCOLN GREEN,” &c., &c.
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY LONDON: SEELEY & CO. LIMITED 1908