The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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... India , he left a sum of money to give the lad a start in life . He declined to interrupt his campaign against Dhoondiah for the sake of joining a force which Lord Mornington proposed to employ for the reduction of Batavia , but we ...
... India , he left a sum of money to give the lad a start in life . He declined to interrupt his campaign against Dhoondiah for the sake of joining a force which Lord Mornington proposed to employ for the reduction of Batavia , but we ...
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... for the co - operation of the British Government of India in the expulsion of the French from Egypt . ' c 2 reached reached him without any specific instructions from the Governor of The Personal Life of Wellington . 19.
... for the co - operation of the British Government of India in the expulsion of the French from Egypt . ' c 2 reached reached him without any specific instructions from the Governor of The Personal Life of Wellington . 19.
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... India earned for him . If Lord Mornington † had sent him as a Colonel in command of so important an expe- dition , might he not have been accused of fraternal partiality by Generals in India as well as by the home Government ? Previous ...
... India earned for him . If Lord Mornington † had sent him as a Colonel in command of so important an expe- dition , might he not have been accused of fraternal partiality by Generals in India as well as by the home Government ? Previous ...
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with some losses from the West Indian expedition - he was too ill to embark with his regiment for India . He suffered no bad effects from the heat and hardships of his Indian campaigns ; but he now succumbed again , on losing the ...
with some losses from the West Indian expedition - he was too ill to embark with his regiment for India . He suffered no bad effects from the heat and hardships of his Indian campaigns ; but he now succumbed again , on losing the ...
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... India , and riding was disagreeable , but I got upon my horse , and , after a march of sixty miles , ascertained that he had managed to put a river between him and me , which the guides assured me was impassable . We pushed on across a ...
... India , and riding was disagreeable , but I got upon my horse , and , after a march of sixty miles , ascertained that he had managed to put a river between him and me , which the guides assured me was impassable . We pushed on across a ...
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