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" Tartar city,' many had evidently not been their own executioners, but the greater number appeared to have destroyed themselves by strangulation, or by poison, after hearing of the defeat of their troops outside the city, and impelled, doubtless, by the... "
The Chinese War: An Account of All the Operations of the British Forces from ... - Page 287
by John Ouchterlony - 1844 - 522 pages
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Calcutta Review, Volume 1

India - 1844 - 606 pages
...executioners, but the greater number appeared to have destroyed themselves by strangulation or by posion, after hearing of the defeat of their troops outside the city, and impelled, doubtless, by the exhortatations and threats of the fugitives from the field, and by the near approach of the dreadful...
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The British World in the East: A Guide Historical, Moral, and ..., Volume 1

Leitch Ritchie - Australasia - 1846 - 536 pages
...government, it seems that the Tartars of Cha-poo, even when defeated and driven from their entrenchments on the heights, never for a moment contemplated removing...whose hands they had been taught to expect the most unheard of atrocities. Many Tartar soldiers were also found dead within the city, with their throats...
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Calcutta Review, Volume 1

India - 1846 - 626 pages
...exclusiveness and pride which characterizes their habits of life as well as of government, it seems that the Of the females found dead and dying in the " Tartar...foreigners, at whose hands they had been taught to eipect the most unheard-of atrocities. Many Tartar soldiers were also found dead within the city, with...
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The British World in the East: A Guide... to India, Volume 2

Leitch Ritchie - Australasia - 1847 - 560 pages
...appeared to have destroyed themselves by strangulation, or by poison, after hearing of the defeat of then* troops outside the city, and impelled, doubtless,...whose hands they had been taught to expect the most unheard of atrocities. Many Tartar soldiers were also found dead within the city, with their throats...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 89

Scotland - 1861 - 842 pages
...their own executioners ; but the greater number appeared to have destroyed themselves by strangulation, after hearing of the defeat of their troops outside...Tartar soldiers were also found dead within the city, wjth their throats out, apparently by their own daggers, who mast have thus fearfully ended their career,...
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