The Sepoy Revolt: A Critical NarrativeA.D. Innes & Company, 1897 - 317 páginas |
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advance Agra Allahabad Alum Bagh army arrived artillery attack August Azimgurh batteries Benares body Bombay bridge brigade British Calcutta Campaign canal captured cavalry Cawnpore Central India Checked by countermine chiefs Colonel column command contest crossed defeated Delhi detached Dil Koosha Dinapore disaffection districts driven enemy enemy's English evacuated flank force Franks's front Fyzabad Ganges garrison Gogra Goomtee guns Gwalior Havelock held Hope Grant Jhansi joined Jumna Kaiser Bagh Kalpee Konwur Singh line of defences Lord Lord Dalhousie Lucknow Madras Mahomedan March Meerut ments Mhow miles Moghul moulvie moved Mutchi Bhown mutineers Native Infantry native troops Neemuch numbers Nuwab operations Oude outbreak Outram Peshawur province Punjab Rajah Rajpoot reached rear rebels regiments reinforcements relief Residency position revolt river Rohilkund route Saugor sent sepoys Sept siege Sikh Sir Colin Sir Henry Lawrence Sir Hugh Sir Hugh Rose southern theatre stormed storming of Delhi talookdars turned Umballa
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Página 76 - November 2, and does any sane man doubt that twentyfour hours would swell the hundreds of rebels into thousands; and that, if such conduct on our part lasted for a week, every ploughshare in the Delhi States would be turned into a sword ? And when a sufficient force had been mustered, by bringing European regiments from the hills...
Página 12 - I take this fitting occasion of recording my strong and deliberate opinion, that in the exercise of a wise and sound policy the British Government is bound not to put aside or neglect such rightful opportunities of acquiring territory or revenue as may from time to time present themselves...
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