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... story of that melancholy day . Night put an end to the fight . Dost Mahomed retreated ; and though he had just met with unex- pected success , feeling that his case was hopeless , the very next evening went and delivered himself up as a ...
... story of that melancholy day . Night put an end to the fight . Dost Mahomed retreated ; and though he had just met with unex- pected success , feeling that his case was hopeless , the very next evening went and delivered himself up as a ...
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... Story , with his Bengal troopers , turning to his left , fell on the ene- my's infantry in the loop of the upper Fullaillee , while the Scindian horse , led by the heroic Lieutenant Fitzgerald , wheeling to their right , fell on the ...
... Story , with his Bengal troopers , turning to his left , fell on the ene- my's infantry in the loop of the upper Fullaillee , while the Scindian horse , led by the heroic Lieutenant Fitzgerald , wheeling to their right , fell on the ...
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... story that the cartridges issued to the troops were made with pig's or bullock's fat , the one being an abomination to the Mahomedans , the other to the Hindoos , who eating it would lose caste , was believed by the more ignorant and ...
... story that the cartridges issued to the troops were made with pig's or bullock's fat , the one being an abomination to the Mahomedans , the other to the Hindoos , who eating it would lose caste , was believed by the more ignorant and ...
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... story was told of a Goorkha and a rifleman , who had in a skirmish followed a Brahmin soldier . The last took refuge in a house , and closed the door . The rifleman tried to push it open , but the Goorkha went to the window , and ...
... story was told of a Goorkha and a rifleman , who had in a skirmish followed a Brahmin soldier . The last took refuge in a house , and closed the door . The rifleman tried to push it open , but the Goorkha went to the window , and ...
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... , Slavery , and other Causes leading to the present War . By HUGO REID , late Principal of Dal- housie College , Halifax , Nova Scotia . Fcap . 8vo , price 2s . 6d . cloth . MY GRANDMOTHER'S BUDGET Of Stories and Verses . By FRANCES.
... , Slavery , and other Causes leading to the present War . By HUGO REID , late Principal of Dal- housie College , Halifax , Nova Scotia . Fcap . 8vo , price 2s . 6d . cloth . MY GRANDMOTHER'S BUDGET Of Stories and Verses . By FRANCES.
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