Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepaul, Том 2Colburn, 1852 |
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... hundred men , and one of them would have taken some days to reduce , even admitting that Ramgurh could have held out no longer ; it was near the middle of March before Colonel Cooper was prepared to batter Taragurh , the next place he ...
... hundred men , and one of them would have taken some days to reduce , even admitting that Ramgurh could have held out no longer ; it was near the middle of March before Colonel Cooper was prepared to batter Taragurh , the next place he ...
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... hundred and thirteen killed and wounded on the side of the British , and the enemy left above five hundred men on the ground about the post of Deothul . In the course of the day , they sent to request permis- sion to seek the body of ...
... hundred and thirteen killed and wounded on the side of the British , and the enemy left above five hundred men on the ground about the post of Deothul . In the course of the day , they sent to request permis- sion to seek the body of ...
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... hundred remained faithful to Umur Sing . With these he retired into the fortress of Maloun until the batteries were in readiness to open on its walls . Yielding at last to his fate , this proud chief , on the 15th May , signed a ...
... hundred remained faithful to Umur Sing . With these he retired into the fortress of Maloun until the batteries were in readiness to open on its walls . Yielding at last to his fate , this proud chief , on the 15th May , signed a ...
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... hundred men , defeated an army of three or four thousand English . 66 ' His force consisted of the old Gourukh and Kurrukh companies , which were only partly composed of the inhabitants of our ancient kingdom , and of the people of the ...
... hundred men , defeated an army of three or four thousand English . 66 ' His force consisted of the old Gourukh and Kurrukh companies , which were only partly composed of the inhabitants of our ancient kingdom , and of the people of the ...
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... hundred miles , the British armies had been wholly baffled ; and though superior in force to those which achieved the conquests of the west , had not even ventured to cross the forest . Hence the Nepaulese felt assured that they might ...
... hundred miles , the British armies had been wholly baffled ; and though superior in force to those which achieved the conquests of the west , had not even ventured to cross the forest . Hence the Nepaulese felt assured that they might ...
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