Military Memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner, C. B.: For Many Years a Distinguished Officer Commanding a Corps of Irregular Cavalry in the Service of the H. E. I. C. : Interspersed with Notices of Several of the Principal Personages who Distinguished Themselves in the Service of the Native Powers in India, Volume 2Smith, Elder, 1851 - India |
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Agra Ajmere Ameer Khan army arrived artillery attack battalions Bhurtpore body BOOKS PUBLISHED brave Brinjarrahs British brother camp Captain Skinner cavalry charge chief cloth Colonel Monson Colonel Skinner command commenced corps of irregular côs crossed David Ochterlony Deeg Dehlee detachment Doab duty encamped enemy enemy's European Excellency fire force Fraser gallant gallantry gallopers gave Government Governor-General guns Hansee Hindostan hircarrah Holcar honour India irregular cavalry irregular horse jaghire jemadar Jeypore join Jumna Kamoona Khan's killed letter Lieut.-Colonel Skinner Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Combermere Lord Hastings Lord Lake lordship Maha Rajah Mahratta Mahratta service Major Worsely Meer military Monson morning Muttra never occasion officers ordered party Patan Pindarree plunder post 8vo PUBLISHED BY SMITH rank reached received regiment replied repulsed retreat rissalahs river Runjeet rupees sent sepoys Sikhs Sindea Sir John Malcolm Skinner's corps soldiers sowars storm tent tion took troops volume whole wounded
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