The eastern face of the city rests on the Jumna, and during the season of the year when our operations were carried on, the stream may be described as washing the base of the walls. All access to a besieger on the river front is, therefore, impracticable.... Delhi - 1857: The Siege, Assault, and Capture - Página 312por Keith Young - 1902 - 371 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Edward Wharton Rotton - 1858 - 426 páginas
...success. " The eastern face of the city rests on the Jumna, and during the season of the year when our operations were carried on, the stream may be described as washing the base of the walls. All access to a besieger on the river front is, therefore, impracticable. The defences... | |
| 1858 - 486 páginas
...Cashmere-gate. " The eastern face of the city rests on the Jumna, and during the season of the year when our operations were carried on, the stream may be described as washing the base of the walla. All access to a besieger on the river front is therefore impracticable. Tho defences... | |
| United Service Institution of India - 1921 - 822 páginas
...place. . 3. The Eastern face of the City rests on the Jumna, and during the season of the year when our operations were carried on, the stream may be described as washing the base of the walls. All access to a beseiger on the River Front is, therefore, impracticable. The defences... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 612 páginas
...force : — "The eastern face of the city rests on the Jumna; and during the season of the year when our operations were carried on, the stream may be described as washing the base of the walls. All access to a besieger on the river-front is, therefore, impracticable. The defences... | |
| Whitworth Porter - 1889 - 610 páginas
...Engineer : — "The eastern face of the city rests on the Jumna, and, during the season of the year when our operations were carried on, the stream may be described as washing the base of the walls. All access to a besieger on the river front is therefore impracticable. The defences... | |
| George Bruce Malleson - 1891 - 470 páginas
...Baird-Smith. ' The eastern face,' he wrote, ' rests on the Jamnah, and during the season of the year when our operations were carried on the stream may be described as washing the base of the walls. All access to a besieger on the river front is therefore impracticable. The defences... | |
| 880 páginas
...the place. The eastern face of the city rests on the Jumna, and during the season of the year when our operations were carried on, the stream may be described as washing the base of the walls. All access to a besieger on the river front is, therefore, impracticable. The defences... | |
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