"Picquet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Ayoub opened fire on the citadel from Picquet hill, an elevation north-westward of the city, and a few days later he brought guns into action from the villages of Deh Khoja and Deh Khati on the east and south. This fire, steadily maintained though it was day after day, ...
— The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 • Archibald Forbes |
