Our Indian empire and the adjacent countries, Volume 2London Print. and Publishing Company, 1879 |
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Agra Allahabad annexation arms arrived artillery attack authorities Benares Bengal army Bithoor body Brigadier British Calcutta cantonments Captain cartridges cavalry Cawnpoor chief Christian Colonel command Company contingent Coopland death declared Delhi despatch enemy English escape Europeans fire force fugitives Further Parl garrison governor-general guard Gubbins guns Gwalior Havelock Hindoo horse Ibid India Indore intrenchment irregular Jhansi July June killed king ladies Letter Lieutenant Lord Lord Dalhousie Lucknow Madras Major marched massacre Meerut ment miles military Mohammedan morning mutiny Nana Nana Sahib Napier Native infantry Native officers nawab night Oude outbreak Outram palace Papers on Mutiny party peans persons Peshawur plunder position proceeded Punjab rajah reached rebels regarding regiment resident revenue revolt round rupees Seiks sent sepoys shot siege Sing Sir Colin Sir Henry Lawrence soldiers station subahdar tion took treaty troopers village wife women wounded
Popular passages
Page 231 - It is not only that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing...
Page 8 - No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company.
Page 126 - You will soon lose your caste, as ere long you will have to bite cartridges covered with the fat of pigs and cows,
Page 162 - The former, assisted only by myself, loaded and fired in rapid succession the several guns above detailed, firing at least four rounds from each gun, and with the same steadiness as if standing on parade, although the enemy were then some hundreds in number, and kept up a continual fire of musketry on us, within forty or fifty yards.
Page 411 - ... loud and repeated gratulations. They took the children up in their arms, and fondly caressing them, passed them from one to another to be caressed in turn ; and then, when the first burst of enthusiasm...
Page 405 - To you shall be left the glory of relieving Lucknow, for which you have already struggled so much. I shall accompany you only in my civil capacity as Commissioner, placing my military service at your disposal should you please, and serving under you as a volunteer.
Page 58 - Highness's predecessor was exclusively a personal one ; as the Nawab had left no male heir ; and as both he and his family had disreputably abused the dignity of their position, and the large share of public revenue which had been allotted to them...
Page 376 - We march to-morrow morning for Lucknow, having been reinforced. We shall push on as speedily as possible. We hope to reach you in four days at furthest. You must aid us in every way, even to cutting your way out, if we can't force our way in. We are only a small Force.
Page 376 - Whenever a rebel is caught he is immediately tried, and unless he can prove a defence, he is sentenced to be hanged at once ; but the chief rebels or ringleaders I make first clean up a certain portion of the pool of blood, still two inches deep, in the shed where the fearful murder and mutilation of women and children took place. To touch blood is most abhorrent to the high-caste natives ; they think, by doing so, they doom their souls to perdition. Let them think so.
Page 178 - To-day Mr. C. Todd is dead, I think. He went out this morning, and has not returned yet. We heard that nine Europeans were killed. Goodbye.