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The Defence of Duffer's Drift

✍ Scribed by Swinton, Ernest Dunlop


Book ID
106739215
Tongue
English
Weight
136 KB
Category
Fiction

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"The Defence of Duffers Drift" is a fictional account of a young, inexperienced British officer, who is tasked with holding a river crossing with 50 troops against a larger enemy force. His initial failures and eventual victory serve as an entertaining and instructive vehicle to convey the principle

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