Old MemoriesAccount of cavalry officer with Hodson's Horse before, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow during Sepoy Rebellion 1857; inc. winning of Victoria Cross. |
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... heard from the Native Infantry lines , and clouds of smoke from houses all around blazing up told the tale of destruction which had begun . My charger , a very fine black ( half Arab , half Waler ) , had been already ordered , and the ...
... heard from the Native Infantry lines , and clouds of smoke from houses all around blazing up told the tale of destruction which had begun . My charger , a very fine black ( half Arab , half Waler ) , had been already ordered , and the ...
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... heard that the Commissioner was still about the place , and they then not only searched the premises but also the gar- den - happily without success . The anxiety of both master and servants may be imagined whilst the search was being ...
... heard that the Commissioner was still about the place , and they then not only searched the premises but also the gar- den - happily without success . The anxiety of both master and servants may be imagined whilst the search was being ...
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... heard again of my friend the native officer . I knew his name , of course ; but though I found out his house , in the Oude District , no trace of him was ever again found , and I could only con- clude he met his death at Delhi in the ...
... heard again of my friend the native officer . I knew his name , of course ; but though I found out his house , in the Oude District , no trace of him was ever again found , and I could only con- clude he met his death at Delhi in the ...
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... believe his death must have been instantaneous . I afterwards heard that he had been spending the day with some friends in the artillery lines , and , hearing the dis- turbance , borrowed a horse from an officer in the OLD MEMORIES . 45.
... believe his death must have been instantaneous . I afterwards heard that he had been spending the day with some friends in the artillery lines , and , hearing the dis- turbance , borrowed a horse from an officer in the OLD MEMORIES . 45.
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... heard of him again . I wish I had been as fortunate with him as I was with a cigar - case I lost that night , which , in the autumn of 1875 , a Ghoorkha rifleman picked up on the roadside on the march between Almorah and Delhi , when ...
... heard of him again . I wish I had been as fortunate with him as I was with a cigar - case I lost that night , which , in the autumn of 1875 , a Ghoorkha rifleman picked up on the roadside on the march between Almorah and Delhi , when ...
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