Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief, 第 2 巻Richard Bentley and Son, 1897 - 511 ページ |
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... village of Lalu , from which it was necessary to dislodge them before Umbeyla could be attacked . On being told to advance , The late Brigadier - General Sir W. W. Turner , K.C.B. † General Sir T. L. Vaughan , K.C.B. 1863 ] THE CONICAL ...
... village of Lalu , from which it was necessary to dislodge them before Umbeyla could be attacked . On being told to advance , The late Brigadier - General Sir W. W. Turner , K.C.B. † General Sir T. L. Vaughan , K.C.B. 1863 ] THE CONICAL ...
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... village of Umbeyla , threatening the camp and the communications of the second column . Wilde , however , was prepared for them , and held his ground until reinforced by Turner , when he made a forward movement . The Guides , and ...
... village of Umbeyla , threatening the camp and the communications of the second column . Wilde , however , was prepared for them , and held his ground until reinforced by Turner , when he made a forward movement . The Guides , and ...
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... village of Umbeyla , which was in flames , having been set fire to by our Cavalry , the wing of the 32nd was brought up in prolongation of our line to the right . The advance was continued to within about 800 yards of the Buner Pass ...
... village of Umbeyla , which was in flames , having been set fire to by our Cavalry , the wing of the 32nd was brought up in prolongation of our line to the right . The advance was continued to within about 800 yards of the Buner Pass ...
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... village of Umbeyla , and the next morning the Bunerwals , who , true to their word , had taken no part in the fighting on the 15th or 16th , came in and made their submission . The question which now had to be decided was , whether a ...
... village of Umbeyla , and the next morning the Bunerwals , who , true to their word , had taken no part in the fighting on the 15th or 16th , came in and made their submission . The question which now had to be decided was , whether a ...
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... village , and was visible for miles round , did not tend to allay the ill - feeling so plainly displayed . The Native officers of 1863 ] MALKA DESTROYED 21 the Guides warned us that 20 [ 1863 FORTY - ONE YEARS IN INDIA.
... village , and was visible for miles round , did not tend to allay the ill - feeling so plainly displayed . The Native officers of 1863 ] MALKA DESTROYED 21 the Guides warned us that 20 [ 1863 FORTY - ONE YEARS IN INDIA.
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5th Punjab 5th Punjab Cavalry 72nd Highlanders Abdur Rahman advance Afghan Afghanistan Alikhel Amir's amongst army arrangements arrived Artillery attack Author Ayub Khan Baker Bala Hissar Bengal brigade Brigadier-General British Government British officers Calcutta camp Captain Cavagnari Chief Colonel column command Commander-in-Chief communication crown 8vo defence Demy 8vo despatched Edition enemy enemy's England Excellency Field Force fire frontier Ghazni Government of India guns Gurkhas hills honour hope Horse Illustrations informed Kabul Kandahar Khan's Khyber large numbers late letter Lieutenant-Colonel Logar Lord Lytton Macpherson Mahomed Majesty Major Major-General ment miles military Miss Mission Mountain battery Native novel pass Peiwar Kotal Peshawar Portrait position PUBLISHERS in ORDINARY Punjab Cavalry Punjab Infantry reached received regiments RICHARD BENTLEY rifles Roberts Royal Ruler Russian sent Sher Sherpur Shutargardan Sikhs Simla Sir Donald Stewart Sirdar soldiers transport tribes tribesmen troops Umbeyla valley Viceroy village vols Wali wife wounded Yakub Khan
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