Delhi--1857: The Siege, Assault, and Capture as Given in the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Colonel Keith Young ...

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Keith Young, Sir Henry Wylie Norman, Mrs. Keith Young
W. & R. Chambers, 1902 - 371 páginas

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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.

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