Our soldiers; or, Anecdotes of the ... British army during the reign of ... queen Victoria |
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77. oldal
... Sikhs , and ruler of the Punjab , in 1839 , the throne was seized by his reputed son , Sher Sing . He was a good - natured voluptuary , and utterly unable to manage the warlike troops raised by his father . He was disposed to be ...
... Sikhs , and ruler of the Punjab , in 1839 , the throne was seized by his reputed son , Sher Sing . He was a good - natured voluptuary , and utterly unable to manage the warlike troops raised by his father . He was disposed to be ...
78. oldal
... Sikhs , it should be understood , had some territory on the eastern side of the Sutlej , and it is supposed that they had from time to time sent across guns , and buried them there to be ready for their contemplated inva- sion of ...
... Sikhs , it should be understood , had some territory on the eastern side of the Sutlej , and it is supposed that they had from time to time sent across guns , and buried them there to be ready for their contemplated inva- sion of ...
79. oldal
... Sikh army , put the whole cavalry to flight , and sweep- ing along the whole rear of the infantry and guns , silenced them ... Sikhs that they had met a foe that they little expected , and their whole force was driven from position after ...
... Sikh army , put the whole cavalry to flight , and sweep- ing along the whole rear of the infantry and guns , silenced them ... Sikhs that they had met a foe that they little expected , and their whole force was driven from position after ...
80. oldal
... Sikhs had intrenched themselves in a camp a mile in length , and half a mile in breadth , with the village of Ferozshah in the centre . They numbered nearly sixty thousand men , and a hundred and eight pieces of cannon of heavy calibre ...
... Sikhs had intrenched themselves in a camp a mile in length , and half a mile in breadth , with the village of Ferozshah in the centre . They numbered nearly sixty thousand men , and a hundred and eight pieces of cannon of heavy calibre ...
81. oldal
... Sikh guns , forty of them of battering calibre ; but nothing stopped the impetuous onset - the formidable ... Sikhs ' bat- teries in the power of the British , than the enemy's infantry , drawn up behind their guns , opened so ...
... Sikh guns , forty of them of battering calibre ; but nothing stopped the impetuous onset - the formidable ... Sikhs ' bat- teries in the power of the British , than the enemy's infantry , drawn up behind their guns , opened so ...
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Our Soldiers: Or, Anecdotes of the ... British Army During the Reign of ... William Henry G Kingston Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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