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... Outram , ' you will be able to hold your own . The only damage they can do you is by firing shots into the garden , but I trust the four guns left with you will soon silence such fire.'3 That night , the rumour spread that Outram had ...
... Outram , ' you will be able to hold your own . The only damage they can do you is by firing shots into the garden , but I trust the four guns left with you will soon silence such fire.'3 That night , the rumour spread that Outram had ...
Page 219
... Outram ordered Captain Bruce to telegraph the com- mander - in - chief that ' the insurgents are too strong to admit ... Outram's failure to arouse the population of Lucknow and Oudh in favour of the British . ' My hopes of a reaction in ...
... Outram ordered Captain Bruce to telegraph the com- mander - in - chief that ' the insurgents are too strong to admit ... Outram's failure to arouse the population of Lucknow and Oudh in favour of the British . ' My hopes of a reaction in ...
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... Outram's instant reply . Waving his hand at the others , he invited them to join him . As the nine men ran across the open space , enemy musket fire was heavy . Only two of them arrived at the Moti Mahal unscathed . No one could run ...
... Outram's instant reply . Waving his hand at the others , he invited them to join him . As the nine men ran across the open space , enemy musket fire was heavy . Only two of them arrived at the Moti Mahal unscathed . No one could run ...
Contents
Preface | 13 |
Mutiny at Mariaon | 19 |
Conflicts and preparations | 33 |
Copyright | |
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