New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Том 111Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth E. W. Allen, 1857 |
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... Sepoy foresaw the inevitable result of the system of insubordination and lax discipline tolerated in that army . If ... Sepoys had assured the king that if he would fight for his crown they were ready to join him . Other influences were ...
... Sepoy foresaw the inevitable result of the system of insubordination and lax discipline tolerated in that army . If ... Sepoys had assured the king that if he would fight for his crown they were ready to join him . Other influences were ...
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... Sepoys have always been a stiff - necked generation ; and a perusal of General Jacob's pamphlet on the Bengal army must convert any one who still fancies that the Bengal Sepoys have been more sinned against than sinning . That gallant ...
... Sepoys have always been a stiff - necked generation ; and a perusal of General Jacob's pamphlet on the Bengal army must convert any one who still fancies that the Bengal Sepoys have been more sinned against than sinning . That gallant ...
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... Sepoys by force . A special court of inquiry was instituted by government , and every com- plaint urged by the Sepoys against the greased cartridges proved to be utterly unfounded . Before long , however , the authorities were to learn ...
... Sepoys by force . A special court of inquiry was instituted by government , and every com- plaint urged by the Sepoys against the greased cartridges proved to be utterly unfounded . Before long , however , the authorities were to learn ...
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... Sepoys and Irregulars were able to defend Delhi against an army which had a few days previously destroyed Monson's force of five regular battalions , with artillery in proportion , and 3000 horse . After this siege , up to 1838 , The ...
... Sepoys and Irregulars were able to defend Delhi against an army which had a few days previously destroyed Monson's force of five regular battalions , with artillery in proportion , and 3000 horse . After this siege , up to 1838 , The ...
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... Sepoy regiments having become aware of what they assumed was their overpowering strength , resolved to rise and drive their employers out of the country . The more intelligent among them hoped to profit by the improvements introduced by ...
... Sepoy regiments having become aware of what they assumed was their overpowering strength , resolved to rise and drive their employers out of the country . The more intelligent among them hoped to profit by the improvements introduced by ...
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