Two months in Arrah in 1857Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 - Ara (India) |
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... guns and revolvers , and leaving the party at Arrah reduced to eight men , who afterwards took up their abode together at the Judge's house . These eight were Mr. Littledale , the judge ; Mr. Coombe , the officiating collector ; Mr ...
... guns and revolvers , and leaving the party at Arrah reduced to eight men , who afterwards took up their abode together at the Judge's house . These eight were Mr. Littledale , the judge ; Mr. Coombe , the officiating collector ; Mr ...
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... guns of the besieged . Other arrangements were carried out in the interior . Into this extemporised fortifi- cation , Mr. Boyle conveyed a large supply of rice , grain , biscuits , and water , with a small quantity of brandy and beer ...
... guns of the besieged . Other arrangements were carried out in the interior . Into this extemporised fortifi- cation , Mr. Boyle conveyed a large supply of rice , grain , biscuits , and water , with a small quantity of brandy and beer ...
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... guns ; but in the Santhal district , Sir Norman Leslie had been murdered by his own men , and two of his officers wounded . Mirza- pore had been abandoned by most of the European residents . There was disastrous news from Neemuch ...
... guns ; but in the Santhal district , Sir Norman Leslie had been murdered by his own men , and two of his officers wounded . Mirza- pore had been abandoned by most of the European residents . There was disastrous news from Neemuch ...
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... guns , and six hundred European troops . ] " All these assembled on a rising ground about 600 yards from and in full view of our position by sound of trumpet , and then moved down steadily towards us till they got within 200 yards ...
... guns , and six hundred European troops . ] " All these assembled on a rising ground about 600 yards from and in full view of our position by sound of trumpet , and then moved down steadily towards us till they got within 200 yards ...
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... gun twice , being , as he said , quite disgusted with his per- formance as a fusilier . " The enemy harassed us by occasional shots throughout the night , and in the morning astonished us by a loud taunting shout , followed up by a ...
... gun twice , being , as he said , quite disgusted with his per- formance as a fusilier . " The enemy harassed us by occasional shots throughout the night , and in the morning astonished us by a loud taunting shout , followed up by a ...
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