Delhi--1857: The Siege, Assault, and Capture as Given in the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Colonel Keith Young ...Keith Young, Sir Henry Wylie Norman, Mrs. Keith Young W. & R. Chambers, 1902 - 371 páginas |
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... able to read them . At first it was intended to print these papers for private circulation only , but now it is thought best to publish them , for , though a number of years - over forty - have passed since the great Indian Mutiny of ...
... able to read them . At first it was intended to print these papers for private circulation only , but now it is thought best to publish them , for , though a number of years - over forty - have passed since the great Indian Mutiny of ...
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... able throughout to take a cheerful view of our future , and thus help to sustain his wife's courage . She , I am quite sure , knew that her husband was exactly where it was his duty to be , and would not have desired him to be elsewhere ...
... able throughout to take a cheerful view of our future , and thus help to sustain his wife's courage . She , I am quite sure , knew that her husband was exactly where it was his duty to be , and would not have desired him to be elsewhere ...
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... able to deal with it properly . I hope the trial will not be moved to Calcutta : it should be on the spot ; and with the European force there present there would be no risk . However , this will be decided by the Government , who , I ...
... able to deal with it properly . I hope the trial will not be moved to Calcutta : it should be on the spot ; and with the European force there present there would be no risk . However , this will be decided by the Government , who , I ...
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... able yet to ascertain from themselves , and we are left to our own surmises on the subject . To my mind , the one great cause of complaint is the difficulty there now is for a man , Native officer or Sepoy , getting on the Pension ...
... able yet to ascertain from themselves , and we are left to our own surmises on the subject . To my mind , the one great cause of complaint is the difficulty there now is for a man , Native officer or Sepoy , getting on the Pension ...
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... able to get as far as Hurreepore last night . The Goorkhas have gone down the hill to Kalka , and no further apprehensions need be felt about them now at Simla . I write this from Mrs James Becher's , where I am going to tiff ( lunch ) ...
... able to get as far as Hurreepore last night . The Goorkhas have gone down the hill to Kalka , and no further apprehensions need be felt about them now at Simla . I write this from Mrs James Becher's , where I am going to tiff ( lunch ) ...
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9th Lancers Agra Allahabad Alleepore amongst ANSON anxious Army arrived Arthur Becher Artillery assault attack August Bareilly batteries Bhagput Brigadier Wilson Calcutta camp Captain Cavalry Cawnpore Chester Colonel KEITH YOUNG command Commander-in-Chief Congreve corps cossid dâk dare say DEAR DELHI CANTONMENTS Diary enemy European fancy fear fight firing force George Hall going Goorkhas Greathed guns Gwalior Hallifax Havelock hear heard Hodson hope Horse Hugh Wheeler hundred India Jemadar Jeypore join Joonug July June Jutogh killed and wounded Kurnaul Lahore last night letter Lieutenant loss Lucknow Mactier Majesty's Meerut mess miles morning mutineers Native Infantry Neemuch Nicholson Norman officers Palace Paniput party plundered poor Punjab quiet rain Raja reached received regiments scoundrels seems sent Sepoys shot siege-train Sikh Simla Sir Henry Sir Theophilus Metcalfe soon telegraph tell tent thousand to-day to-morrow told troops Umballa wife write yesterday
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Página iii - er! But she ain't ! RECESSIONAL (189?) GOD of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! The tumult and the shouting dies ; The captains and the kings depart : Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Página iii - Far-called, our navies melt away ; On dune and headland sinks the fire : Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe, Such boastings as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget...
Página iii - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard, — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord!
Página 206 - General Havelock thanks his soldiers for their arduous exertions of yesterday, which produced in four hours the strange result of a rebel army driven from a strong position, eleven guns captured, and their whole force scattered to the winds, without the loss of a single British soldier.
Página 328 - 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 here consist of an irregular wall with occasional bastions and towers, and about one-half of the length of the river face is occupied by the palace of the King of Delhi and its outwork, the old...
Página 328 - How do you know that I am a just and honest man? I have never seen you before.' 'Ah! yes you have,' was the answer ; ' you decided a case against me in your court I and all my family had fought that case through all the inferior courts, and had won by lying; but you found us out — you saw that we were lying, and yon gave judgment against us.
Página 206 - ... To what is this astonishing effect to be attributed) To the fire of the British artillery, exceeding in rapidity and precision all that the. brigadier-general has ever witnessed in his not short career; to the power of the Enfield rifle in British hands ; to British pluck, that good quality...
Página 328 - These consist of a succession of bastioned fronts, the connecting curtains being very long, and the outworks limited to one crown-work at the Ajmere Gate, and Martello towers, mounting a single gun, at such points as require some additional flanking fire to that given by the bastions themselves. The bastions are small, mounting generally three guns in each face, two in each flank, and one in embrasure at the salient.
Página 327 - One of those who fled declared he had seen the red devilprobably to excuse the shame of his own flight — and this assertion finally decided the matter, and they rode away. When night had come, my friend came to me and lodged me in his own house ; and, after some days, announced to me that all was ready for my safe journey to Kurnaul. I left the man, assuring him of my gratitude, and telling him that when I had the opportunity that gratitude should be substantially expressed. When I took leave of...
Página 328 - I trust, be sufficient to give a general conception of the nature of the defences of Delhi ; they are, in a word, modernised forms of the ancient works that existed when the city fell before Lord Lake's army in 1803. They extend about seven miles in circumference, and include an area of about three square miles.