Journal Of An English Officer In India Classic Reprint PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ... at Dilkoosha Park till the entire force should have assembled. My route from the Residency lay through the different palaces and enclosures held by Havelock's troops since we arrived to save the garrison. This position had been further extended on one side to effect a junction with the Commander-in-Chief, and this part of the road was unavoidably exposed to the enemy's batteries from the opposite side of the Goomtee. The advanced post of the Mathee Matial was occupied by the Commander-in-Chief's force. Here I found my old and esteemed brother officer, the Hon. Adrian Hope, who received me with a hospitable welcome, genial as his own fine nature. He made me partake of some bread and butter, a most welcome treat, as a long time had elapsed since I had had anything so dainty; also of some meat, cooked in a civilized fashion. After this refreshment I went on, still crossing the enemy's fire, till I found myself in the midst of a large bivouac, on either side of the road, with the river to one side. Near the river were the head-quarters of Sir Colin Campbell, the Secunder Bagh, memorable for the slaughter of seventeen hundred Sepoys the preceding day. They had been, much to their surprise, hemmed iu by the 93rd Highlanders, part of the 53rd, and the Sikh regiment; by this force a terrible vengeance was executed in their destruction. Immediately before I arrived, the enemy, in an attack made by him on one of our flanks, had been repulsed by a troop of our horse artillery and part of the 53rd, who set fire to his position. It was still in flames, in the midst of which one poor wretch, who, it was supposed, had been concealed by the thick bushes with which it was covered, was seen to spring up madly, as if to escape the devouring element, and...