Narrative of the Second Seikh War, in 1848-49 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0217241832 ISBN 13: 9780217241830

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851. Excerpt: ... leys of musketry on nearing the guns. So resolute were the Sikhs, that they turned against the 61st some of those guns which had been but badly spiked some minutes before. No sooner had the 61st abandoned any of the guns they spiked than the enemy retook them, The Sikhs found no difficulty in extracting these spikes. The fighting was sharp and incessant. Only four captured guns graced the victors in this part of the battle. The 36th and 46th Native Infantry signalized themselves by the steadiness and courage with which they supported the 61st. The former sustained heavy loss. The contest here was more equal and better maintained than in any other quarter. It may be said with truth that this brigade performed double work. Conolly, the junior ensign of the 46th, is described as having encountered great dangers. One ball grazed his ankle, another would have entered his head had not a sepoy interposed his musket, which was broken by the shot; whilst another fired at him by a Sikh supposed to be dead, missed him. Brigadier Godby's gallant son, an ensign in the 36 th, was struck down by the sabre of a Goorchurra, but not to death. Penny's reserve brigade, consisting of two native regiments, 15th and 69th, was ordered to retrieve the disaster of the 24 th Foot. It inclined too far to the right: it encountered some sharp fighting, however, before it reached Godby's brigade, with which it co-operated during the remainder of the day. Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, the second in command of the army, on the extreme left with White's Cavalry Brigade, and three troops of horse artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel Brind, advanced some distance and opened fire on the enemy. Outar Sing stood opposite, with several regiments of infantry, cavalry, and twenty guns. Some ...

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• ISBN 10: 0217241832
• ISBN 13: 9780217241830
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