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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... ordered to be issued . One or two camps of musketry instruction had been formed , for the education of detach- ments from native infantry regiments in the use of the new rifle about to be introduced , in lieu of the old Brown Bess . In ...
... ordered to be issued . One or two camps of musketry instruction had been formed , for the education of detach- ments from native infantry regiments in the use of the new rifle about to be introduced , in lieu of the old Brown Bess . In ...
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... order to loosen the powder . The objection raised by the sepoys to the new cartridges was , that Government had caused them to be lubricated with fat , the contact of which with their teeth would deprive them of their caste . Moreover ...
... order to loosen the powder . The objection raised by the sepoys to the new cartridges was , that Government had caused them to be lubricated with fat , the contact of which with their teeth would deprive them of their caste . Moreover ...
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... ordered a parade of the skir mishers ( fifteen men per troop only being armed with carbines were so designated ) in order to explain to them that , as they were not required to bite off the end of the cartridge , but merely to tear it ...
... ordered a parade of the skir mishers ( fifteen men per troop only being armed with carbines were so designated ) in order to explain to them that , as they were not required to bite off the end of the cartridge , but merely to tear it ...
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... orders . The men were respectful , but most decided in their refusal . The colonel and his officiating adjutant ... order promptly returned ordering the whole body to be tried by court - martial . They were forthwith placed in confine ...
... orders . The men were respectful , but most decided in their refusal . The colonel and his officiating adjutant ... order promptly returned ordering the whole body to be tried by court - martial . They were forthwith placed in confine ...
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... orders of Government , whatever they might be . Under these circumstances of fancied security and quiet the general court - martial on the eighty - five prisoners of the 3rd Light Cavalry took place . The court was composed entirely of ...
... orders of Government , whatever they might be . Under these circumstances of fancied security and quiet the general court - martial on the eighty - five prisoners of the 3rd Light Cavalry took place . The court was composed entirely of ...
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