Fifty-Seven: Some Account of the Administration in Indian Districts During the Revolt of the Bengal Army |
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... ; and then the local officers had to raise and command their own levies . Last , and certainly not least , must be remem- bered the urgent necessity of collecting the revenue . It was the business of such officers , again ,
... ; and then the local officers had to raise and command their own levies . Last , and certainly not least , must be remem- bered the urgent necessity of collecting the revenue . It was the business of such officers , again ,
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... command ; Captain ( now Major - General ) E. Tyrrwhitt , adjutant ; twenty - eight officers of the Civil Service and army , gentlemen privates ; forty- five other British troopers ; and seventeen native horsemen from cavalry regiments ...
... command ; Captain ( now Major - General ) E. Tyrrwhitt , adjutant ; twenty - eight officers of the Civil Service and army , gentlemen privates ; forty- five other British troopers ; and seventeen native horsemen from cavalry regiments ...
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... command of Captain Patton , accompanied Mr. Phillipps to Fatihpur on the 29th of July . They were attacked in the narrow streets of the town by a strong force of Mewátis , a tribe of predatory Muslims , who at first drove them out ...
... command of Captain Patton , accompanied Mr. Phillipps to Fatihpur on the 29th of July . They were attacked in the narrow streets of the town by a strong force of Mewátis , a tribe of predatory Muslims , who at first drove them out ...
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... command . A few Sikh sepoys from disbanded corps , and about a dozen faithful sepoys of the mutinous 9th who had remained faithful to de Kantzow , formed the infantry nucleus . A telegraph - office was opened , and a couple of European ...
... command . A few Sikh sepoys from disbanded corps , and about a dozen faithful sepoys of the mutinous 9th who had remained faithful to de Kantzow , formed the infantry nucleus . A telegraph - office was opened , and a couple of European ...
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... command the due amount of force . But it is a drawback to his report that it takes a triumphant tone where most men in the same position would either have said nothing , or would have been content with a more " apologetic " treatment ...
... command the due amount of force . But it is a drawback to his report that it takes a triumphant tone where most men in the same position would either have said nothing , or would have been content with a more " apologetic " treatment ...
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