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EIGHT MONTHS’ CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BENGAL SEPOY ARMY DURING THE MUTINY OF 1857 - Couverture souple

Bourchier, C.B. George

 
9781845740016: EIGHT MONTHS’ CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BENGAL SEPOY ARMY DURING THE MUTINY OF 1857

Synopsis

An account of the Indian Mutiny in 1857 by a British participant. The author, Col. Bourchier of the Bengal Horse Artillery, describes the British siege and storming of Delhi - including the foiling of a fiendish plan to intoxicate the besieging forces; the defeat of the mutineers at Agra; the siege and massacre at Cawnpore; the relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram and its second relief by Sir Colin Campbell; and finally the defeat of the Gwalior mutineers at Cawnpore. An action-packed account of eight months’ of remorseless fighting. Illustrated with several fine maps.

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An account of the Indian Mutiny in 1857 by a British participant. The author, Col. Bourchier of the Bengal Horse Artillery, describes the British siege and storming of Delhi - including the foiling of a fiendish plan to intoxicate the besieging forces; the defeat of the mutineers at Agra; the siege and massacre at Cawnpore; the relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram and its second relief by Sir Colin Campbell; and finally the defeat of the Gwalior mutineers at Cawnpore. An action-packed account of eight months’ of remorseless fighting. Illustrated with several fine maps.

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The Indian Mutiny from the siege of Delhi to the mutineers? defeat at Cawnpore, via the relief of Lucknow. Written by an officer of the British Horse Artillery.

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