"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."

Richard Francis Burton, English Explorer

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"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."

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