Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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Page ix
... Force crosses the Ganges . - Difficulties of the Advance into Oude . - Action at Onao - at Busseerutgunge . The General retires to Mungulwar . - He is disappointed in Reinforce- ments . - Mutiny of the Dinapore Sepoys . - The General's ...
... Force crosses the Ganges . - Difficulties of the Advance into Oude . - Action at Onao - at Busseerutgunge . The General retires to Mungulwar . - He is disappointed in Reinforce- ments . - Mutiny of the Dinapore Sepoys . - The General's ...
Page x
... Force . - Determines to remain at the Residency . The Blockade . - Advance of Sir Colin Campbell's Force . The General's Operations to aid him . His last Despatch , - ― - - The Meeting of the three Generals . — Sir Colin determines to ...
... Force . - Determines to remain at the Residency . The Blockade . - Advance of Sir Colin Campbell's Force . The General's Operations to aid him . His last Despatch , - ― - - The Meeting of the three Generals . — Sir Colin determines to ...
Page 20
... force , either from Madras or Bengal , but Havelock was at his post when in the field , as he had been in the barracks . Amidst the general revelry of a conquering host , which no effort can adequately restrain , he assembled the men ...
... force , either from Madras or Bengal , but Havelock was at his post when in the field , as he had been in the barracks . Amidst the general revelry of a conquering host , which no effort can adequately restrain , he assembled the men ...
Page 23
... force was in the grave or in hospital . Have- lock was prostrated by a severe attack of liver complaint , and was ordered by a medical committee to quit the field and return to Bengal . In Calcutta his complaint baffled the skill of the ...
... force was in the grave or in hospital . Have- lock was prostrated by a severe attack of liver complaint , and was ordered by a medical committee to quit the field and return to Bengal . In Calcutta his complaint baffled the skill of the ...
Page 57
... force , and it immediately became current through Persia that the English had captured the town of Bushire , and were in full march on the capital . The fears of the Shah were excited by the prospect of an English invasion in the most ...
... force , and it immediately became current through Persia that the English had captured the town of Bushire , and were in full march on the capital . The fears of the Shah were excited by the prospect of an English invasion in the most ...
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78th Highlanders action advance Affghan Affghanistan Akbar Khan Allahabad Alumbagh appointed army arrival artillery attack battery battle Bengal Bithoor body Bombay bridge brigade British Cabul Calcutta camp campaign cantonment Captain Broadfoot Cawnpore Charbagh Colonel column command Commander-in-Chief considered corps crown 8vo defence Delhi despatch detachment Dinapore duty endeavoured enemy enemy's England entrenchment European Ferozepore fire force gallant garrison General's Government guns Gwalior Hardinge Havelock Henry Havelock Herat History honour hope horse India infantry insurgents Jellalabad letter Lieut Lord Lord Hardinge Lucknow ment miles military months morning Mungulwar mutiny Nana Sahib native Neill officers operations Oude Persian Peshawur placed position Post 8vo provinces reached received regiment reinforcements remarked Residency retire river sent Sepoys Serampore siege Sikhs Singh Sir Colin Sir Henry Sir James Outram Sir Robert Sale soldiers soon spirit success Sutlege tion town troops victory vols Woodcuts wounded
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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.