"What do you call a nullah?" inquired Seymour. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Own] Reference
A half company was posted in a nullah near the railway. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
A little nullah was by, and into that I hobbled and sat down. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
They entered the nullah by one of the hastily constructed roads and. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
In a nullah in far-away South Africa lay about a dozen wounded men. From Wordnik.com. [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference
Bengalis and rushed up the slope to the hackeri nearest the nullah. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
The Turkish losses in the nullah and ravine are estimated at 1,500 to. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
The R.E. wired our front across the nullah, and we ourselves extended. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
It was this part of the line just east of Krithia nullah we had to take over. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
This made us hurry still more, then the nullah had to be crossed to the south side. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
Men were sent out with dummy figures to a nullah about 300 yards from the Turkish line. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
We were then in a kind of shallow nullah situated about half-way down a gently sloping hill. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
Slowly the two hackeris began to move, till the wheels of one hung over the edge of the nullah. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
To avoid being surrounded, the little band instinctively backed towards the edge of the nullah. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Their waggons were about 800 yards behind, the horses and men sheltering in a deep narrow nullah. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
They were in a khor, or nullah, into which we had to drop, and they lined it twenty deep in places. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
They entered the nullah by a different route, drank their fill and went out again by yet another road. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
The ground sloped sharply outward from the carts, and the rear of the position was formed by the nullah. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Turks massed in a nullah, to the northeast of our newly-captured trenches, and attempted several attacks. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
The engineers immediately seized upon the nullah and proceeded to transform it into a gigantic reservoir. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
The men took shelter in the nullah, working the figures into position by a rope and Verey lights were fired. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
A few bullets were sweeping down the nullah as they crossed, but fortunately none of the little party was hit. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
Battalion, while "A" Company relieved part of the Drake Battalion and the 6th H.L.I. on the east of the nullah. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
Private Ives of "A" squadron picked up a wounded comrade in the nullah, and got chased and separated from his regiment. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
The following day we received orders to relieve the 7th H.L.I. in the firing-line to the right of the Achi Baba nullah. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
It was closely followed by two other parties, all three being clear of the nullah five minutes after the exploding of the mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
A terrible débâcle was prevented by the quick presence of mind of one who scrambled to the lip of the nullah and called a halt. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
On the afternoon of July 15th, "C" and "D" Companies took over the trenches on the west of the Achi Baba nullah from the Plymouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
The Turks are said to have suffered enormously, being taken by surprise in a nullah along which they were marching in close formation. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
Star shells were thrown over us, and we hid in the nullah while we were loading the stretchers and raising them to the top of the bank. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
But below him was the nullah, thirty feet deep, eighty yards wide, soon to be a swollen torrent dashing towards the Hugli, but now dry. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Bombs dropped in the nullah itself had no better effect, and if the object of the Turks was to stampede the horses, it failed miserably. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
On the trek forward two men of "A" Company (Captain D.E. Brand now in command) were wounded near Clapham Junction in the Krithia nullah. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
The jackals were much disappointed, and followed listlessly for a short distance, then slunk off down a nullah to avoid the light of day. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
Lieut. Kirbe, in charge of another party detailed to deal with the barricade at the nullah, was also killed a few minutes after leaving the tunnel, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
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