Fifty-Seven: Some Account of the Administration in Indian Districts During the Revolt of the Bengal Army |
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... continued to intrigue subterraneously , but he was openly doing his duty . Evidence was not forthcoming , and Mr. Spankie patiently allowed him all possible rope . On the evening of the 2nd June a crisis took place . Several of the men ...
... continued to intrigue subterraneously , but he was openly doing his duty . Evidence was not forthcoming , and Mr. Spankie patiently allowed him all possible rope . On the evening of the 2nd June a crisis took place . Several of the men ...
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... continued staunch and stedfast to the end , the mutineers committed excesses of blood and rapine which were only exceeded by those of the furious mob whom their example stimulated ; and , during the night , the mutineers effected their ...
... continued staunch and stedfast to the end , the mutineers committed excesses of blood and rapine which were only exceeded by those of the furious mob whom their example stimulated ; and , during the night , the mutineers effected their ...
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... continued to do good service , collecting revenue , guarding it , escorting it into the station , fighting or threatened constantly , openly scouted and abused as often as they came into Meerut with treasure . " Truly , a marvellous ...
... continued to do good service , collecting revenue , guarding it , escorting it into the station , fighting or threatened constantly , openly scouted and abused as often as they came into Meerut with treasure . " Truly , a marvellous ...
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... continued a feeling of attachment to the Government and the existing order of things , quo ante , that only needed encourage- ment to become actively useful . But , till this was done , the district would be almost totally disorganised ...
... continued a feeling of attachment to the Government and the existing order of things , quo ante , that only needed encourage- ment to become actively useful . But , till this was done , the district would be almost totally disorganised ...
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... continued his independent labours on the eastern side of the district , on one occasion carrying off Rs . 14,000 in the teeth of a large body of insurgents . On the 28th August an attack was made on Galaoti , in which the Carabineers ...
... continued his independent labours on the eastern side of the district , on one occasion carrying off Rs . 14,000 in the teeth of a large body of insurgents . On the 28th August an attack was made on Galaoti , in which the Carabineers ...
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administration afterwards Agra Aligarh Allahabad army ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY attack Azamgarh Banda Bareilly Benares Bengal Bookseller at Home British Bulandshahr Calcutta Captain Cavalry Cawnpore charge chief town Christian civil officers Colonel command Commissioner Crown 8vo Dehli Demy 8vo district Dunlop Edition Empire enemy English Etáwa European faithful Fcap force Frederick Roberts Ganges Gházipur Government Gujars guns Gurkhas Gwalior H.H. the Maharaja Hindu Home and Abroad horse Illustrated India interest Jats Jaunpur Jumna Kalpi Kantzow Kattra Khán killed Lamaism Lieutenant magistrate Mainpuri Malleson Maps marched Meerut Messrs miles military Mughal Empire Muhammadan murdered Muslim mutiny Muttra Muzafarnagar Nána narrative Native Infantry native officer Oude outbreak party Peshwa plunder police population Portuguese present Rája reader rebels record Reduced Prices apply regiment remained restored revenue Saharanpur Sapte sepoys Sikhs Singh soon Spankie species station tion took troopers troops village volume Wilson writes
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