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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... about forty miles down the line towards that city . It was to inform me that a party of mutineers had attacked and burnt his house . He had been absent and 6 had escaped ; he had sent on this letter to 4 CH . I. THE INDIAN MUTINY .
... about forty miles down the line towards that city . It was to inform me that a party of mutineers had attacked and burnt his house . He had been absent and 6 had escaped ; he had sent on this letter to 4 CH . I. THE INDIAN MUTINY .
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Mark Thornhill. had escaped ; he had sent on this letter to inform me and to warn me that he had heard that the main body of the mutineers were advancing towards Muttra . So soon as I had read the letter I sent round and summoned the ...
Mark Thornhill. had escaped ; he had sent on this letter to inform me and to warn me that he had heard that the main body of the mutineers were advancing towards Muttra . So soon as I had read the letter I sent round and summoned the ...
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... escaped injury except Mr. Gibbon , who had received a bayonet thrust in his left hand . The garden was situated on the river ; they descended the bank , and made their way along the shore to the city . Arrived there , they ran through ...
... escaped injury except Mr. Gibbon , who had received a bayonet thrust in his left hand . The garden was situated on the river ; they descended the bank , and made their way along the shore to the city . Arrived there , they ran through ...
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... escaped a serious accident . In a confined place , where the banks on either side were high , the horses got jambed , and one began to kick . I was near , the first kick struck my horse and nearly knocked him over ; fortunately it ...
... escaped a serious accident . In a confined place , where the banks on either side were high , the horses got jambed , and one began to kick . I was near , the first kick struck my horse and nearly knocked him over ; fortunately it ...
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... escaped , and then we pro- ceeded to search for the body of Mr. Burlton . I had learnt from the manager the previous evening that Mr. Burlton had been shot , and that his corpse was still lying unburied . After a long search we found ...
... escaped , and then we pro- ceeded to search for the body of Mr. Burlton . I had learnt from the manager the previous evening that Mr. Burlton had been shot , and that his corpse was still lying unburied . After a long search we found ...
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