Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... Lucknow.- Determination to advance over the Charbagh Bridge - - Page 371 CHAP . X. - Advance to the Charbagh Bridge- and into the City . - The Gene- rals rush to the Residency , and enter it in the Dark . - Losses in the Rear - guard ...
... Lucknow.- Determination to advance over the Charbagh Bridge - - Page 371 CHAP . X. - Advance to the Charbagh Bridge- and into the City . - The Gene- rals rush to the Residency , and enter it in the Dark . - Losses in the Rear - guard ...
Page 165
... Lucknow and Hydrabad to be settled by the new Governor - General . Mis- rule has proceeded to such lengths at both capitals , that some remedy must be soon applied . Treaties are sacred things , but no treaty can bind the British ...
... Lucknow and Hydrabad to be settled by the new Governor - General . Mis- rule has proceeded to such lengths at both capitals , that some remedy must be soon applied . Treaties are sacred things , but no treaty can bind the British ...
Page 229
... Lucknow . Then again dawk to Meerut , and , taking it for a centre , visit Agra , Delhi , Umbala , and Ferozepore . The next year to Pesh- awur , returning to Calcutta in March 1858. If by God's goodness I live through all this , and ...
... Lucknow . Then again dawk to Meerut , and , taking it for a centre , visit Agra , Delhi , Umbala , and Ferozepore . The next year to Pesh- awur , returning to Calcutta in March 1858. If by God's goodness I live through all this , and ...
Page 265
... Lucknow now threatened by an insurgent force . The organisation of this movable column had now become a question of immediate necessity , and it was required , not so much to maintain , as to restore our authority in the revolted ...
... Lucknow now threatened by an insurgent force . The organisation of this movable column had now become a question of immediate necessity , and it was required , not so much to maintain , as to restore our authority in the revolted ...
Page 266
... Lucknow , and Sir Hugh Wheeler at Cawnpore ; and that he should take prompt measures for dispersing and utterly destroying all mutineers and insurgents . " It was likewise stated to be of the utmost importance that no delay should arise ...
... Lucknow , and Sir Hugh Wheeler at Cawnpore ; and that he should take prompt measures for dispersing and utterly destroying all mutineers and insurgents . " It was likewise stated to be of the utmost importance that no delay should arise ...
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Page 100 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.