United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 46H. Colburn, 1844 - Military art and science |
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... regiments of native infantry , under Brigadier Wild , first hurried across the Punjab , shortly succeeded by the force ... regiment and a detachment of native infantry . We crossed the pontoon - bridge of the Sutlej on the 4th of January ...
... regiments of native infantry , under Brigadier Wild , first hurried across the Punjab , shortly succeeded by the force ... regiment and a detachment of native infantry . We crossed the pontoon - bridge of the Sutlej on the 4th of January ...
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... regiment , which puts me much in mind of the one that Beau Brummell acknowledged to have consumed , when asked by a lady if he never ate vegetables . pea Let us take a comparative view of the two Services in India . The establishment of ...
... regiment , which puts me much in mind of the one that Beau Brummell acknowledged to have consumed , when asked by a lady if he never ate vegetables . pea Let us take a comparative view of the two Services in India . The establishment of ...
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... regiment , and one of these is not unfre- quently in command of the corps . I have , indeed , heard an instance , where great sickness prevailed , of there being only one European officer doing duty with a regiment , who was commanding ...
... regiment , and one of these is not unfre- quently in command of the corps . I have , indeed , heard an instance , where great sickness prevailed , of there being only one European officer doing duty with a regiment , who was commanding ...
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... regiment with a non - effective Field - Officer , and paying him with tailor's cabbage . In the Company's Service ... regiments , those that keep their health are sure of rather quick promotion by rotation ; several of the batch of ...
... regiment with a non - effective Field - Officer , and paying him with tailor's cabbage . In the Company's Service ... regiments , those that keep their health are sure of rather quick promotion by rotation ; several of the batch of ...
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... regiments their full and proper complement of European officers , equal to those of the British regiments , and you will no longer have occasion to scamper over the mountains to look for imaginary Russians , or even if they did come ...
... regiments their full and proper complement of European officers , equal to those of the British regiments , and you will no longer have occasion to scamper over the mountains to look for imaginary Russians , or even if they did come ...
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