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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... dark . I Immediately on my return from Agra I had sent off messengers in all directions to obtain news of the mutineers ; none had arrived , nor beyond vague rumours had any confirmation of the telegram been received . was beginning ...
... dark . I Immediately on my return from Agra I had sent off messengers in all directions to obtain news of the mutineers ; none had arrived , nor beyond vague rumours had any confirmation of the telegram been received . was beginning ...
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... had sat long , I had an impres- sion that there were people near us , and as my eyes got accustomed to the darkness I perceived , not altogether to my satisfaction , that all the men of the CH . V. 39 THE MUTINY OF THE GUARD .
... had sat long , I had an impres- sion that there were people near us , and as my eyes got accustomed to the darkness I perceived , not altogether to my satisfaction , that all the men of the CH . V. 39 THE MUTINY OF THE GUARD .
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... dark before we reached the little town of Suhar . It had been our intention here to strike to the east , and get again into the high road . But we learnt from some travellers that a troop of cavalry were patrolling that road , on the ...
... dark before we reached the little town of Suhar . It had been our intention here to strike to the east , and get again into the high road . But we learnt from some travellers that a troop of cavalry were patrolling that road , on the ...
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... dark for us to attempt to get round over the fields . That we might escape observation , our men proposed that we should disguise ourselves . We halted , and I and Mr. Joyce alighted , as did two of our horsemen . We each had ' pugrees ...
... dark for us to attempt to get round over the fields . That we might escape observation , our men proposed that we should disguise ourselves . We halted , and I and Mr. Joyce alighted , as did two of our horsemen . We each had ' pugrees ...
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... dark lane , and soon after found ourselves again in the open country . We presently came to a grove of trees , where one of our men said that there was a well and a drinking trough . Both we and our animals were excessively thirsty . We ...
... dark lane , and soon after found ourselves again in the open country . We presently came to a grove of trees , where one of our men said that there was a well and a drinking trough . Both we and our animals were excessively thirsty . We ...
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