Old MemoriesW. Blackwood and sons, 1897 - 236 páginas Account of cavalry officer with Hodson's Horse before, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow during Sepoy Rebellion 1857; inc. winning of Victoria Cross. |
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... body to be tried by court - martial . They were forthwith placed in confine- ment in an old hospital building near their lines , and under a guard of a com- pany of the 60th Rifles . From that date premonitory OLD MEMORIES . 11.
... body to be tried by court - martial . They were forthwith placed in confine- ment in an old hospital building near their lines , and under a guard of a com- pany of the 60th Rifles . From that date premonitory OLD MEMORIES . 11.
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... bodies to the royal city of Delhi , there to lead to further mutiny and raise the general revolt in favour of the King of Delhi . It was stated that Major Rosser of the Carabiniers - a fine , gallant soldier , after- wards killed at the ...
... bodies to the royal city of Delhi , there to lead to further mutiny and raise the general revolt in favour of the King of Delhi . It was stated that Major Rosser of the Carabiniers - a fine , gallant soldier , after- wards killed at the ...
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... body , he then allowed me to remount without the slightest demur , and never afterwards played his old tricks . The morning after the mutiny a small force of cavalry and horse artillery went out and made a sort of pursuit down the road ...
... body , he then allowed me to remount without the slightest demur , and never afterwards played his old tricks . The morning after the mutiny a small force of cavalry and horse artillery went out and made a sort of pursuit down the road ...
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... on a pension about the time I left the country . Efforts were now made to organise small expeditions into the neighbouring villages . A body of mounted volunteers was raised from among the civilians and merchants of the OLD MEMORIES . 63.
... on a pension about the time I left the country . Efforts were now made to organise small expeditions into the neighbouring villages . A body of mounted volunteers was raised from among the civilians and merchants of the OLD MEMORIES . 63.
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... body of equipped and efficient volun- teers , who could undertake all the neces- sary requirements of " defence . " For myself , I was placed in command of a body of irregular horse , composed of men of native cavalry regiments , who ...
... body of equipped and efficient volun- teers , who could undertake all the neces- sary requirements of " defence . " For myself , I was placed in command of a body of irregular horse , composed of men of native cavalry regiments , who ...
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