Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... hand ; I owe you more than I owe to any man living . " In Calcutta , Havelock became a regular attendant at the Mission church , under the ministry of the Rev. Thomas Thomason , and cul- tivated the acquaintance of the venerated Dr ...
... hand ; I owe you more than I owe to any man living . " In Calcutta , Havelock became a regular attendant at the Mission church , under the ministry of the Rev. Thomas Thomason , and cul- tivated the acquaintance of the venerated Dr ...
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... hands bound behind them with cords , tightened until they became implements of torture as well as of security . They were led to the hall of execution , their clothes torn off , their necks bared , the sharpened knives made ready , all ...
... hands bound behind them with cords , tightened until they became implements of torture as well as of security . They were led to the hall of execution , their clothes torn off , their necks bared , the sharpened knives made ready , all ...
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... hand , three balls struck him on the side , and at the same moment a Burmese speared him in the back . Dennie tells me he found him expiring , his sabre yet clenched in his hand , fallen and lying over a dead Burman , in whose skull was ...
... hand , three balls struck him on the side , and at the same moment a Burmese speared him in the back . Dennie tells me he found him expiring , his sabre yet clenched in his hand , fallen and lying over a dead Burman , in whose skull was ...
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... hand enemy had done . By the end of July nearly one half 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 ...
... hand enemy had done . By the end of July nearly one half 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 ...
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... hand page should be headed , ' Campaign of the Monsoon ; ' " Campaign of 1825 , 1826 , ' & c . & c . Each right - hand page with the name of the scene of action , Rangoon , Prome , Meeaday , Pag- ghan - myo . " " September 18th , 1827 ...
... hand page should be headed , ' Campaign of the Monsoon ; ' " Campaign of 1825 , 1826 , ' & c . & c . Each right - hand page with the name of the scene of action , Rangoon , Prome , Meeaday , Pag- ghan - myo . " " September 18th , 1827 ...
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