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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... the verge of his eightieth year , had a gait as sturdy and a stride as firm as a man of fifty . Some six feet in height , he usually wore a tartan - plaid GARDNER AS HE APPEARED TO MR COOPER . 3 suit 2 THE MAN AND HIS WRITINGS .
... the verge of his eightieth year , had a gait as sturdy and a stride as firm as a man of fifty . Some six feet in height , he usually wore a tartan - plaid GARDNER AS HE APPEARED TO MR COOPER . 3 suit 2 THE MAN AND HIS WRITINGS .
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... APPEARED TO MR COOPER . 3 suit , purchased apparently from the quartermaster's stores of one of the Highland regiments serving in India . In consequence of a severe wound in the neck , received in battle many years before , the old ...
... APPEARED TO MR COOPER . 3 suit , purchased apparently from the quartermaster's stores of one of the Highland regiments serving in India . In consequence of a severe wound in the neck , received in battle many years before , the old ...
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... his death the unfinished work and Gardner's own manuscripts entirely dis- appeared . In a footnote to Sir Lepel Griffin's masterly Life VICISSITUDES OF GARDNER'S PAPERS . 5 of Ranjit Singh occurs 4 THE MAN AND HIS WRITINGS .
... his death the unfinished work and Gardner's own manuscripts entirely dis- appeared . In a footnote to Sir Lepel Griffin's masterly Life VICISSITUDES OF GARDNER'S PAPERS . 5 of Ranjit Singh occurs 4 THE MAN AND HIS WRITINGS .
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... appeared in the ' Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ' of February 1853. This ab- stract was furnished to the Journal by Mr Edge- worth , an officer of the Bengal Civil Service ; but as Mr Edgeworth was unfortunately prevented ...
... appeared in the ' Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ' of February 1853. This ab- stract was furnished to the Journal by Mr Edge- worth , an officer of the Bengal Civil Service ; but as Mr Edgeworth was unfortunately prevented ...
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... appeared to separate the northern ( or hill ) Hazaras from the southern tribes , and our daily marches were from eight to ten miles in length , and generally in a north- easterly direction . The kindly hill Hazaras kept us regularly sup ...
... appeared to separate the northern ( or hill ) Hazaras from the southern tribes , and our daily marches were from eight to ten miles in length , and generally in a north- easterly direction . The kindly hill Hazaras kept us regularly sup ...
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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 hand Harlan Hazara Hindu Kush Hira Singh History honour horses India Indus infantry Jammu Jindan JOHN journey Kabul Kafiristan Kafirs Kashmir Khaibar Khalsa Kharrak Singh Kirghiz Kunduz Lahore LL.D Maharaja Ranjit Singh Maharaja Sher Singh Minister mountain Muhammadan murdered Nao Nihal Singh officers OLIPHANT Pamir Panjab party passed Peshawar Portrait Post 8vo Prince Professor Raja Dhyan Singh regiment regions returned Revised river Royal ruler rupees sardars Scotland Second Edition Shah Sher Singh Shighnan Sikh army Sir Henry 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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