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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... gun fired . The report was followed by a babel of sounds , neighing of horses , shouts of men , jingling of bells , and at inter- vals that unpleasant bubbling noise that vicious camels emit when being laden . The sounds presently grew ...
... gun fired . The report was followed by a babel of sounds , neighing of horses , shouts of men , jingling of bells , and at inter- vals that unpleasant bubbling noise that vicious camels emit when being laden . The sounds presently grew ...
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... guns had accidentally gone off there certainly would have been an engagement . Captain Nixon drove on to his camp . I returned home , for I had a good deal to arrange before leaving the station . In the course of the morning the native ...
... guns had accidentally gone off there certainly would have been an engagement . Captain Nixon drove on to his camp . I returned home , for I had a good deal to arrange before leaving the station . In the course of the morning the native ...
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... guns were of the same size , and their carriages were as dilapidated as they could be to hold together . The wheels of two of them were absolutely falling to pieces , and only pre- vented from doing so by bands of rope coiled round the ...
... guns were of the same size , and their carriages were as dilapidated as they could be to hold together . The wheels of two of them were absolutely falling to pieces , and only pre- vented from doing so by bands of rope coiled round the ...
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... guns to accompany our expedition . After the artillery came what was considered as the irregular portion of the army . It consisted of some thousand and more of horse and foot . But the soldiers were so mixed up with the camp followers ...
... guns to accompany our expedition . After the artillery came what was considered as the irregular portion of the army . It consisted of some thousand and more of horse and foot . But the soldiers were so mixed up with the camp followers ...
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... guns piled in a corner of the room in which they had had the meal . The rupees had been counted , packed , and the other formalities completed . It was then about one o'clock in the after- noon . The treasure carts being reported laden ...
... guns piled in a corner of the room in which they had had the meal . The rupees had been counted , packed , and the other formalities completed . It was then about one o'clock in the after- noon . The treasure carts being reported laden ...
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Agra appeared approaching arrived artillery began Bhurtpore brother bungalow Bunniahs camp Captain Dennys Captain Nixon caravanserai carriage cavalry chiefs Colonel column Colvin commenced continued crowd Crown 8vo dark Dayby Sing Dean STANLEY Delhi Dillawar Khan Emperor encamped enemy English soldiers entered Fcap fire followed garden gate gateway Government guard guns Gwalior halted heard Hindoos History horsemen horses Illustrations India informed Joyce learnt Maps marble matchlocks Meerut ment miles Mogul Empire Mohammedan morning Munnee Ram mutiny Muttra Nadir Shah native nearly night Noor Jehan officers palace party passed Peacock Throne plunder police Portrait Post 8vo present proceeded Rajah reached rebel army regiments remained resided rest river river Jumna road rode round sent Sepoys servants Seths Shah Shah Jehan shouted side Sikhs soon station terrace thought tion told took treasure troopers troops tumbrels village vols walls Woodcuts
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