The Punjab and Delhi in 1857: Being a Narrative of the Measures by which the Punjab was Saved and Delhi Recovered During the Indian Mutiny, Volum 2William Blackwood and Sons, 1861 |
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... English were boldly holding their own , and seeming to gain ground . Ever and anon would float up whispered rumours of a coming assault . All this tended to raise hope in the camp itself , as well as in the Punjab . But men the while ...
... English were boldly holding their own , and seeming to gain ground . Ever and anon would float up whispered rumours of a coming assault . All this tended to raise hope in the camp itself , as well as in the Punjab . But men the while ...
Side 16
... English gentleman , and won for him the personal regard of the whole force . The brave old man never spared himself when duty called ; he never shrank from work nor shunned danger ; but palpable inexperi- ence and consequent want of ...
... English gentleman , and won for him the personal regard of the whole force . The brave old man never spared himself when duty called ; he never shrank from work nor shunned danger ; but palpable inexperi- ence and consequent want of ...
Side 43
... English soldier cannot endure ; it is fatal to subordination - fatal to the morale of an army : both subordination and morale were already shaken , and a retreat would have ruined all . Corunna , of chivalrous yet bloody memories ...
... English soldier cannot endure ; it is fatal to subordination - fatal to the morale of an army : both subordination and morale were already shaken , and a retreat would have ruined all . Corunna , of chivalrous yet bloody memories ...
Side 79
... English words of command were heard at every point from the rebels ; the gun was swung round , and brought to bear on the advancing column , but happily was elevated too high to do much harm . On pushed the 52d in admirable order , and ...
... English words of command were heard at every point from the rebels ; the gun was swung round , and brought to bear on the advancing column , but happily was elevated too high to do much harm . On pushed the 52d in admirable order , and ...
Side 96
... use all his influence to alienate his chief from the " unclean cow - slaying English ; " that now was the time to strike the blow ; every hill rajah and rana were ready to rise , and STATE OF THE PUNJAB PRECARIOUS . 97 felt the shock.
... use all his influence to alienate his chief from the " unclean cow - slaying English ; " that now was the time to strike the blow ; every hill rajah and rana were ready to rise , and STATE OF THE PUNJAB PRECARIOUS . 97 felt the shock.
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1st Fusiliers 1st Punjab Infantry 60th Rifles advance arms army artillery assault attack Bahadoor Bastion batteries Bengal Brigadier Cabul camp Captain carried Cashmere Cis-Sutlej Coke's Rifles Colonel column command corps danger disarmed district duty enemy English escape European Ferozepore fire force gallant gallantry Gogaira Government guard guns hands Hindoo Hindostanee Hodson honour horses India Irregular Cavalry Jheend Jhelum Jhujjur Jullundhur July Khan killed King of Delhi Kurnal Lahore Lahore Gate lakhs Lieut Lieutenant Loodiana loss Ludlow Castle Major Major-General Meerut ment Mohammedan month Mooltan morning mutiny Nabba native Nawab Nicholson NUJUFFGHUR officers once outbreak passed Peshawur Philour picquet police Poorbeah position punishment Punjab Infantry Puttiala Rajah Rawul Pindee reached rebellion rebels regiment road Rohtuk Sealkote sepoys September 14 serai shot siege Siege of Delhi Sikhs Sir John Lawrence soldiers sowars station Sutlej tion traitors treachery troops Umballa Umritsur village whole wing wounded
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Side 156 - Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not. The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the...