 | Charles Allen (of the Bengal civil service.), George Bruce Malleson - India - 1858 - 256 pages
...from it what loose splinters he could get hold of, all the while throwing earth upon the flames. Pie was soon joined by two soldiers, who brought with...carried on amidst a fearful cannonade of about six guns, ail firing upon the burning waggon. Thus at last the fire was put out, ajid the officer and men escaped... | |
 | India - 1858 - 486 pages
...laying himself down under the burning wagon, pulled away from it what loose splinters, &c., he could lay hold of, all the while throwing earth upon the flames...with them a couple of buckets of water, which were dexterously thrown by the lieutenant; and, while the buckets were taken to be replenished from the... | |
 | Noah Alfred Chick - India - 1859 - 1010 pages
...up, and, laying himself down under the burning waggon, pulled away from it what loose splinters, &c. he could get hold of, all the while throwing earth...very dexterously thrown about by the Lieutenant, and while the buckets were taken to be replenished from the drinking water of the men close by, the process... | |
 | W. J. Shepherd - Cawnpore - 1879 - 306 pages
...and, laying himself down under the burning waggon, pulled away from it whatever loose splinters, &c., he could get hold of, all the while throwing earth...the flames. He was soon joined by two soldiers, who took with them a couple of buckets of water which were very dexterously thrown about by the Lieutenant,... | |
 | William Thomas Johnson - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1897 - 236 pages
...splinters he could get hold of, all the while throwing earth upon the flames. He was soon joined by soldiers, who brought with them a couple of buckets of water, which were very dexterously thrown by the lieutenant, while the buckets were taken to be replenished from the drinking water of the men... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - India - 1904 - 594 pages
...pulled away from it what loose splinters, &c., he could get hold of, all the while throwing earth on the flames. He was soon joined by two soldiers, who...very dexterously thrown about by the Lieutenant, and while the buckets were taken to be replenished from the drinking water of the men close by, the process... | |
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unusual courage, went up, and, laying himself down under the burning waggon, pulled away from it what loose splinters, &c. he could get hold of, all the while throwing earth upon the flames. He was soon joined by two soldiers, who brought with them a... 