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The History Of British Empire In India (Set In 6 Vols.)
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9788174870278
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Radha Publication
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Medical Study & Revision Guides & Reference Material
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Hardcover
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3644
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Year
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1995
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Mackeson, but immediately afterwards broken by Chap. the Khyberees by an attack made upon a detach- ' ment marching from Jelalabad, under Lieutenant- Colonel Wheeler, of the Bengal native infantry. This attack was characterized by great treachery, as the Khyberees manifested indications of friendly feelings up to the moment of commencing it. The British troops behaved admirably, and repulsed the assailants: the manner in which the bayonet was used by some sepoys of the 37th native infantry, who had scarcely passed the period of boyhood, was spoken of in terms of admiration by their officers. Ultimately terms were made with the barbarous hordes, by the personal interference of Mr. Mac- naghten. A general order, dated the 2nd of January, 1840, announced the breaking up of the " army of the Indus;" and this will be a fitting opportunity for noticing the honours bestowed on those engaged in the expedition to Aifghanistan. In addition to the thanks of parliament and of the East-India Company, the governor-general, Lord Auckland, received from the favour of the sovereign an advanced step in the peerage, being created Earl of Auckland. Sir John Keane was created a peer, and the bounty of parliament added to the grace of the Crown, by the grant of a pension of two thousand pounds a year to the general and his two next heirs male. Mr. Macnaghten and Colonel Henry Pottinger were created baronets; Colonel Wade obtained the honour of knighthood ; Sir Willoughby Cotton reChap. ceived the Grand Cross of the Bath; General Will- —' shire, Colonel Thackwell, and Colonel Sale were made knights commanders; and Colonels J. Scott, Persse,Croker,and R.Macdonald, companions of that order ; while, by an extensive grant of brevet rank, the merits of several other officers were recognized. The ...
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