Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott ...: Edited, at the Request of Sir Williams Nott's Daughters, Letitia Nott and Charklitte Bower, from Documents in Ther Exclusive Possession, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1854 |
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... heels . This light company received the Affghan Horse on the points of their bayonets , and nobly beat them back . This company is composed of the Patan Boys , whom you saw frequently when they were recruits at Delhi , when they used to ...
... heels . This light company received the Affghan Horse on the points of their bayonets , and nobly beat them back . This company is composed of the Patan Boys , whom you saw frequently when they were recruits at Delhi , when they used to ...
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... hill , losing five standards ( one of which was planted three times in one of the enclosures ) , and the whole of which are now in our possession . Of the enemy's loss I am unable to give any correct account , as their killed and ...
... hill , losing five standards ( one of which was planted three times in one of the enclosures ) , and the whole of which are now in our possession . Of the enemy's loss I am unable to give any correct account , as their killed and ...
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... not for the campaign being deferred for a while , so long as we do not bate an inch of what we now hold in the meantime . - Major Outram to Lieutenant Hammersley , 26th of May . session of some steep rocky hills , within a mile 60 THE LIFE.
... not for the campaign being deferred for a while , so long as we do not bate an inch of what we now hold in the meantime . - Major Outram to Lieutenant Hammersley , 26th of May . session of some steep rocky hills , within a mile 60 THE LIFE.
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... hills , within a mile of the city walls , and assumed a menacing attitude . Nott instantly moved out with a part of the garrison , leaving General England to command the town . He found the Ghazees in possession of the Babawullee Pass ...
... hills , within a mile of the city walls , and assumed a menacing attitude . Nott instantly moved out with a part of the garrison , leaving General England to command the town . He found the Ghazees in possession of the Babawullee Pass ...
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... hill tribes , who would other- wise find easy access to the plains of Cutchee , if backed by the Khan's enemies occupying that stronghold , and as a natural portion of Cutchee , of which it is a corner , I would most strongly recommend ...
... hill tribes , who would other- wise find easy access to the plains of Cutchee , if backed by the Khan's enemies occupying that stronghold , and as a natural portion of Cutchee , of which it is a corner , I would most strongly recommend ...
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Стр. 15 - ... which we retired as solemn as that which accompanied our advance ; and we should retire as a conquering, not as a defeated power; but we cannot sanction the occupation of an advanced position beyond the Khyber Pass by Major-General Pollock, unless that General should be satisfied that he can, — without depending upon the forbearance of the tribes near the Pass, which, obtained only by purchase, must, under all circumstances, be precarious, and without depending upon the fidelity of the...