Pandurang Hàrì, Or, Memoirs of a Hindoo, Volumen1Geo. B. Whittaker, 1826 |
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Página 111 - Then again he told me that some of the Topee Wallas say " John Company,"* and he knew that John was a man's name, for his master was called John Brice, but he could not say to a certainty whether " Company
Página 58 - ... as it is under no discipline, and destitute of regular uniform. Few of the men in the same line, either cavalry or infantry, have weapons of a like form. Some are armed with sword and shield, others with matchlocks or muskets. Some carry bows and arrows, others spears, lances, or war rockets. Many are expert with the battleaxe, but the sabre is indispensable to all. The men in armour, of whom there are many to make up the variety, cut a very curious appearance. A helmet covers not only the head...
Página 89 - ... cavalry was induced to charge it, of which number I was one. We thought ourselves to be doing business pretty satisfactorily, until we found that the enemy's cavalry was in reserve to intercept us. They repulsed us with great slaughter. These English are large, powerful men — perfect war-tigers — and the weight of their sabres almost annihilated my poor troopers. They unhorsed numbers of us merely by riding against us — I was so served for one, and, with many others, feigned myself dead....
Página 58 - Many are expert with the battle-axe, but the sabre is indispensable to all. The men in armour, of whom there are many to make up the variety, cut a very curious appearance. A helmet covers, not only the head and ears, but protects the shoulders. The body is cased in iron network, or in a thick quilted vest. They give the preference to a straight two-edged sword before the curved one used by the Persians and Arabs. They have no regular commanders, according to the rule of seniority. The principal...
Página 7 - Card (popular), a character. A man may be a knowing, a downy, rum, or shifting card, or queer sort of card, according to circumstances. Mr. Thomas Potter, whose great aim it was to be considered as a knowing card, a fast goer, and so forth.— Shetches by Boz.
Página 58 - The principal officers are called juinmululuts, some of whom command five thousand horse ; others, with the same title, but five hundred. Every rajah, prince, or leader, is responsible among the Mahrattas to the Peishwa, or head of the empire, for his general conduct. He pays tribute for his district, and attends when summoned with his quota of men, which is regulated by his wealth and population. He is supreme in command over his corps, which is attached alone to him and to his fortunes, and adheres...
Página xiv - No one will doubt this after the sweeping denunciation of his preface, that ' from the rajah to the ryot, with the intermediate grades, they are ungrateful, insidious, cowardly, unfaithful, and revengeful.
Página 80 - I cannot tell, if the attention of the cavalry had not been drawn to something, which even in the heat of battle was truly appalling to the sight, and made them, .even there, think of self-preservation. A wounded elephant rushed in among them, mad with the pain of a ball he had just received, and rolled his unwieldy bulk through and over the slashed infantry, and among the terrified horse. Beast and rider were overturned and crushed beneath his tread, and all that lay in his path became victims to...
Página 57 - It makes a very motley appearance, as it is under no discipline, and destitute of regular uniform. Few of the men in the same line, either cavalry or infantry, have weapons of a like form. Some are armed with sword and shield, others with matchlocks or muskets. Some carry bows and arrows, others spears...
Página 89 - He attacked our left wing, and we changed the position of our guns and infantry. The English advanced to the attack; our fire was dreadfully destructive to them, and we so thinned the right of their line, that a body of our cavalry was induced to charge it, of which number I was one. We thought ourselves to be doing business pretty satisfactorily, until we found that the enemy's cavalry was in reserve to intercept us. They repulsed us with great slaughter.