 | R.C. Lepage - 1866 - 518 pages
...the memory of the living achieved a victory as important. The circumstance which stamps this action as so memorable is that it was the very first of its...overwhelming superiority of the disciplined European soldier over his Asiatic rival. Up to that time the native princes of India had by virtue of their position... | |
 | India - 1866 - 514 pages
...the memory of the living achieved a victory as important. The circumstance which stamps this action as so memorable is that it was the very first of its...overwhelming superiority of the disciplined European soldier over his Asiatic rival. Up to that time the native princes of India had by virtue of their position... | |
 | Military art and science - 1882 - 626 pages
...the memory of the living, achieved a victory as important. The circumstance which stamps this action as so memorable is that it was the very first of its...that it proved, to the surprise of both parties, the overwhelming superiority of the European soldier to his Asiatic rival. Up to that moment the native... | |
 | George Bruce Malleson - Battles - 1883 - 466 pages
...the memory of the living, achieved a victory as important. The circumstance which stamps this action as so memorable is that it was the very first of its...that it proved, to the surprise of both parties, the overwhelming superiority of the European soldier to his Asiatic rival. Up to that moment the native... | |
 | George Bruce Malleson - Battles - 1883 - 464 pages
...the memory of the living, achieved a victory as important. The circumstance which stamps this action as so memorable is that it was the very first of its...that it proved, to the surprise of both parties, the overwhelming superiority of the European soldier to his Asiatic rival. Up to that moment the native... | |
 | George Bruce Malleson - Battles - 1885 - 516 pages
...the memory of the living, achieved a victory as important. The circumstance which stamps this action as so memorable is that it was the very first of its...that it proved, to the surprise of both parties, the overwhelming superiority of the European soldier to his Asiatic rival. Up to that moment the native... | |
 | Military art and science - 1882 - 616 pages
...living, achieved a victory as important. The circumstance which stamps this action as so memorable ia that it was the very first of its kind, that it proved, to the surprise of both parties, the overwhelming superiority of the European soldier to his Asiatic rival. Up to that moment the native... | |
 | Gabrielle Festing - India - 1914 - 526 pages
...were fought in India, there is not one more memorable than this." "The battle of St Thome first proved the absolute and overwhelming superiority of the disciplined European soldier to his Asiatic rival." l No longer would French or English come suppliant to Nawab or Wazir to ask his protection ; it would... | |
 | Swiss periodicals - 1925 - 440 pages
...fought in India, there is not one more memorable than this. " The circumstance which stamps it as such is that it was the very first of its kind, that it proved, to the surprise of both parties, the overwhelming superiority of the European soldier to his Asiatic rival. It inaugurated a new area, it... | |
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... fought in India, there is not one more memorable than this. Not, indeed, that there has not since been displayed a daring equal to that of Paradis, or that numbers as disproportionate have not, within the memory of the living, achieved a victory as... 