HE OVERTOOK THE PAIR JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO SEEK REFUGE IN A VILLAGE, AND ENGAGED THEM BOTH AT ONCE.—Frontispiece.—[See p. 75.]
THE BOOK
OF THE
V.C.
A Record of the Deeds of Heroism for which the Victoria Cross has been bestowed, from its Institution in 1857, to the Present Time
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