Soldier and Traveller: Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the Service of Maharaja Ranjit SinghW. Blackwood, 1898 - 359 páginas |
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... fire shall not be lighted till the heads of her husband's murderers are placed at her feet ; and she , when they have been thus placed by Gardner himself , mounting the pyre and applying the torch with her own hand , her little maid in ...
... fire shall not be lighted till the heads of her husband's murderers are placed at her feet ; and she , when they have been thus placed by Gardner himself , mounting the pyre and applying the torch with her own hand , her little maid in ...
Página xxxi
... fire in the Afghan cold at the mouth of their cave for fear of dis- covery , desperate from wounds and hunger , stop a party of traders , overhaul their effects , taking some of their provisions , such as fat sheep - tails preserved in ...
... fire in the Afghan cold at the mouth of their cave for fear of dis- covery , desperate from wounds and hunger , stop a party of traders , overhaul their effects , taking some of their provisions , such as fat sheep - tails preserved in ...
Página xxxii
... fire them with entire success ; and so in Sikh estimation his reputation as an artillerist is made . On one dire ... fires simul- taneously as the fanatical Akalis with shouts and brandished swords are pressing in a mass up the ...
... fire them with entire success ; and so in Sikh estimation his reputation as an artillerist is made . On one dire ... fires simul- taneously as the fanatical Akalis with shouts and brandished swords are pressing in a mass up the ...
Página xxxiv
... fire of disturb- ance burst forth worse than ever . The second war had to be undertaken , and after that the annex- ation of the Panjab became inevitable . one should doubt the ultimate necessity of that annexation , let him consult ...
... fire of disturb- ance burst forth worse than ever . The second war had to be undertaken , and after that the annex- ation of the Panjab became inevitable . one should doubt the ultimate necessity of that annexation , let him consult ...
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... fire and sword into the neigh- bouring countries . In these expeditions the Khalzais carry off women and children for sale in the slave - markets of Balkh or Bokhara . The Khalzais are armed with a long straight knife , a short , stout ...
... fire and sword into the neigh- bouring countries . In these expeditions the Khalzais carry off women and children for sale in the slave - markets of Balkh or Bokhara . The Khalzais are armed with a long straight knife , a short , stout ...
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Soldier and Traveller: Memories [i.e. Memoirs] of Alexander Gardner, Colonel ... Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner Visualização de excertos - 1970 |
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adventurer Afghan Afghanistan Allard Amir arrived artillery attacked Author Avitabile Badakshan Bolor British brother Captain cavalry Cheaper Edition chief Chitral cloth Colonel Gardner command Court Crown 8vo death Demy 8vo Dogra Dost Muhammad Khan English Fcap French Gulab Singh guns Habib-ulla Khan Harlan Hazaras Hira Singh History honour horses India Indus infantry Jammu Jindan John journey Kabul Kafiristan Kafirs Kashmir Khaibar Khalsa Kharrak Singh Kirghiz Kunduz lady Lahore LL.D Maharaja Ranjit Singh Maharaja Sher Singh Maps Minister mountain Muhammadan murdered Nao Nihal Singh officers OLIPHANT Pamir Panjab party passed Peshawar Portrait Post 8vo Prince Professor Raja Dhyan Singh regiment region returned Revised river Royal ruler rupees sardars Scotland Second Edition Shah Sher Singh Shighnan Sikh army Sir Henry Lawrence soldier Suchet Singh sword Syad Ahmad Therbah Third Edition took travelling tribe troops Urd Khan Ventura vols Wazirabad William Blackwood Yarkand
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