The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian MutinySummary: Events at Agra & Muttra. |
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... level through the chinks of the Venetian blinds ; then the servants threw open the doors , we dined , and strolled out into the garden . A messenger presently galloped in to inform me that Captain Nixon CH . I. 7 INTRODUCTORY .
... level through the chinks of the Venetian blinds ; then the servants threw open the doors , we dined , and strolled out into the garden . A messenger presently galloped in to inform me that Captain Nixon CH . I. 7 INTRODUCTORY .
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Mark Thornhill. messenger presently galloped in to inform me that Captain Nixon was approaching with the Bhurtpore army . About dusk the army arrived ; Captain Nixon brought with him several officers whose presence still further swelled ...
Mark Thornhill. messenger presently galloped in to inform me that Captain Nixon was approaching with the Bhurtpore army . About dusk the army arrived ; Captain Nixon brought with him several officers whose presence still further swelled ...
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... Captain Nixon . Captain Nixon had received early in- telligence of the disturbances at Delhi , and had imme- diately proposed to the Government to make use of the Bhurtpore troops to aid in suppressing them . The proposal had been ...
... Captain Nixon . Captain Nixon had received early in- telligence of the disturbances at Delhi , and had imme- diately proposed to the Government to make use of the Bhurtpore troops to aid in suppressing them . The proposal had been ...
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... Captain Nixon's troops . We had then in the treasury over half a million of silver rupees , and about ten thousand pounds ' worth of copper coins , and money no longer current . During the first two days after my return from Agra I had ...
... Captain Nixon's troops . We had then in the treasury over half a million of silver rupees , and about ten thousand pounds ' worth of copper coins , and money no longer current . During the first two days after my return from Agra I had ...
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... Captain Nixon joined us , and in tone and manner expressive of much annoyance informed me that he feared our departure would have to be delayed ; the pay of the soldiers , he said , was in arrears , and they declined to set out till ...
... Captain Nixon joined us , and in tone and manner expressive of much annoyance informed me that he feared our departure would have to be delayed ; the pay of the soldiers , he said , was in arrears , and they declined to set out till ...
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