Recollections of a Highland Subaltern, During the Campaigns of the 93rd Highlanders in India, Under Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, in 1857, 1858 and 1859Edward Arnold, 1898 - 360 pàgines |
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24-pounders 42nd Highlanders 4th Panjabis 53rd Foot 93rd Highlanders 9th Lancers Adrian Hope advance afterwards Alambagh amongst army attack baggage bank bastion battalion battery Begam Kothi Bengal Bengal Horse Artillery Bithur breach bridge British Burroughs Calcutta camp Captain captured cavalry Cawnpore Chinsurah cloth Colonel Ewart Colonel Leith Colonel Malleson colours column command Commander-in-Chief Crown 8vo Demy 8vo detachment Dilkusha ditch Edition enclosure enemy enemy's Farrukhabad Fathgarh force front garrison gate gateway guard Gumti guns Gwalior headquarters Hope Grant Horse Artillery Illustrations India Indian Mutiny infantry killed Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Light Company Lord Lucknow marched Martinière miles morning mosque musketry native night non-commissioned officers November November 16 o'clock officers opened fire Oudh Outram Peel picket rebels regiment retreat road Rohilkhand round round-shot Ruiya sappers sentries Sepoys Shah Najaf shot side Sikandarbagh Sikhs squadron staff tents troops Victoria Cross village wall Walpole whilst whole wing wounded
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