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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... proceed , and I sent on his letters by a horseman of my own to Agra . A little after dawn he left me , and soon after came the magistrate of Goorgoan and his clerk ; and succeeding them at short intervals came all the English and ...
... proceed , and I sent on his letters by a horseman of my own to Agra . A little after dawn he left me , and soon after came the magistrate of Goorgoan and his clerk ; and succeeding them at short intervals came all the English and ...
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... proceed to the next halting place , and there await his return . I received hints from my own people that though the chiefs had given this promise they did not intend to abide by it . Their sincerity was not , however , put to the test ...
... proceed to the next halting place , and there await his return . I received hints from my own people that though the chiefs had given this promise they did not intend to abide by it . Their sincerity was not , however , put to the test ...
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... proceed . I doubt if they would really have done so had not Captain Nixon's assurances been confirmed in the course of the afternoon by the arrival of the advanced guard of the Ulwar army . The next morning we marched . After travelling ...
... proceed . I doubt if they would really have done so had not Captain Nixon's assurances been confirmed in the course of the afternoon by the arrival of the advanced guard of the Ulwar army . The next morning we marched . After travelling ...
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... proceed to Muttra the next morning . It was about nine o'clock and I was going to bed , having to start early , when a servant ran in . In a hurried manner he announced that some English gen- tlemen were approaching the house . As he ...
... proceed to Muttra the next morning . It was about nine o'clock and I was going to bed , having to start early , when a servant ran in . In a hurried manner he announced that some English gen- tlemen were approaching the house . As he ...
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... proceed by a circuitous route to avoid the mutineers . This done , I ordered my carriage and riding horses to be in readiness should we require them to convey us to the Bhurtpore army . I sent scouts along the road to ascertain if the ...
... proceed by a circuitous route to avoid the mutineers . This done , I ordered my carriage and riding horses to be in readiness should we require them to convey us to the Bhurtpore army . I sent scouts along the road to ascertain if the ...
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