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Page 14
In the morning , they reoccupied it , and we attacked it again at daylight , and
carried it with ease , and with little loss . I got a slight touch on the knee , from
which I have felt no inconvenience , and I have come to a determination when in
my ...
In the morning , they reoccupied it , and we attacked it again at daylight , and
carried it with ease , and with little loss . I got a slight touch on the knee , from
which I have felt no inconvenience , and I have come to a determination when in
my ...
Page 17
We may add that Baird carried the place with great gallantry by a midday assault ,
and applied in the evening to be relieved for a short time that he might report the
details of his success in person . Colonel Wellesley followed him into the town ...
We may add that Baird carried the place with great gallantry by a midday assault ,
and applied in the evening to be relieved for a short time that he might report the
details of his success in person . Colonel Wellesley followed him into the town ...
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Mr. Gleig says , ' His labours continued at Trincomalee till the resources of the
country were exhausted , and then , on his own responsibility , he carried the
armament to Bombay , as being better able to supply its wants and nearer to the
scene ...
Mr. Gleig says , ' His labours continued at Trincomalee till the resources of the
country were exhausted , and then , on his own responsibility , he carried the
armament to Bombay , as being better able to supply its wants and nearer to the
scene ...
Page 23
I lost an enormous number of men : 170 officers were killed and wounded , and
upwards of 2000 non - commissioned officers and privates ; but we carried all
before us . We took their guns , which were in the first line , and were fired upon
by ...
I lost an enormous number of men : 170 officers were killed and wounded , and
upwards of 2000 non - commissioned officers and privates ; but we carried all
before us . We took their guns , which were in the first line , and were fired upon
by ...
Page 24
... we shall carry it on with great advantage during the rainy season . And again ,
at p . 169 , in a letter to General Stuart , the rivers that rise from the Western
Ghauts will soon fill ; crossing them , to the native armies , will be dangerous , if
not ...
... we shall carry it on with great advantage during the rainy season . And again ,
at p . 169 , in a letter to General Stuart , the rivers that rise from the Western
Ghauts will soon fill ; crossing them , to the native armies , will be dangerous , if
not ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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