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Page 84
... Infantry 3rd position Infantry and Cavalry 1st Position Bokerdun R. Kaitna R. Juah Delhi Wellesley's Gwalior , Cavalry Infantry 2 lines Irregular Cavalry Malwa Assaye ARABIAN SEA Ford R. Kaitna 400 .miles March R. Taptee Berhampore ...
... Infantry 3rd position Infantry and Cavalry 1st Position Bokerdun R. Kaitna R. Juah Delhi Wellesley's Gwalior , Cavalry Infantry 2 lines Irregular Cavalry Malwa Assaye ARABIAN SEA Ford R. Kaitna 400 .miles March R. Taptee Berhampore ...
Page 91
... infantry and guns were soon face to face with the British , between the two streams , with their left on Assaye . Every minute more and more cannon - balls came bounding across . Despite this hazard Wellesley could not avoid a ...
... infantry and guns were soon face to face with the British , between the two streams , with their left on Assaye . Every minute more and more cannon - balls came bounding across . Despite this hazard Wellesley could not avoid a ...
Page 286
... infantry column . He charged ; behind him the British infantry closed in , Pakenham's generally ' boiling spirit ' cool as it had never been before . Thomières ' men , taken completely by surprise , managed to fire no more than one ...
... infantry column . He charged ; behind him the British infantry closed in , Pakenham's generally ' boiling spirit ' cool as it had never been before . Thomières ' men , taken completely by surprise , managed to fire no more than one ...
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