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Life of General Sir Hope Grant With Selections From His Correspondence

1894

Kung's complaint of the looting of the Palace—He promises that our terms shall be agreed to—The prisoners given up— Detail of the batteries—Extraordinary strength of the walls— Funerals of the murdered prisoners—Burning of the Summer Palace—Rumours of treachery and Probyn's consequent rconnaissance—Entry of British troops into Pekin—The signing of the treaty—Prince Kung's terror of the photogr [...] B. of the 9th Lancers be promoted to the rank of Major-General in the army in consequence of his eminent services in command of the Cavalry Division at the siege of Delhi and in that of a division at the relief of Lucknow under General Sir Colin Campbell G.C. [...] B. My contemporaries in India — Lord Strathnairn Lord Sandhurst and Lord Napier of Magdala—have"SCARLETT PROMOTED AND MULCTED 5 all been raised to the Peerage and in addition w'this have received the Grand Cross of the Bath as well as the Grand Cross of the Star of India ; while no class of the latter order has been offered to me. [...] The chief of the staff now telegraphed word to me that the Commander-in-Chief wished me to send two regiments of infantry a battery of artillery and 600 cavalry to drive away the enemy from Sooltanpore and to occupy the town. [...] On the occasion of the investiture a troop of horsartillery was posted outside the house and a guard of the 79th Highlanders and 5th Fusiliers lined the sides of the room wherein the ceremony was to be performed.
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Pages
413
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142184
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xi Henry Knollys view
Chapter XIV. 1857. Indian-Mutiny-(Continued)
1-46 unknown view
Chapter IV. China War
47-83 unknown view
Chapter XVI. China War(Continued)
84-ii unknown view
Chapter XVII. China War(Continued)
103-128 unknown view
Chapter XVIII. China War(Continued)
129-157 unknown view
Chapter XIX. China War(Continued)
158-175 unknown view
Chapter XX. China War(Continued)
176-205 unknown view
Chapter XXI. China War(Continued)
206-239 unknown view
Chapter XXII. 1865-1870. Quartermaster-General-Horse-Guards
240-272 unknown view
Chapter XXIII. 1870-1873. Aldershot
273-313 unknown view
Chapter XXIV. 1873-1875. Aldershot-Death
314-341 unknown view
Retrospect
342-350 unknown view
Editor’s Reasons for Publishing This Book
351-354 Henry Knollys view
Index
355-362 unknown view
Catalogue of Messrs Blackwood & Sons’ Publications
1-32 unknown view

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