The Calcutta Review, Volume 26University of Calcutta, 1856 |
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Page 181
... Corps . " What he means by " twelve Regiments of Irregular Infantry " and " sixteen of Local Militia " in Bengal , we are at a loss to imagine . The expression- " Militia " -smacks of his book being a " get up " in Paternoster Row ...
... Corps . " What he means by " twelve Regiments of Irregular Infantry " and " sixteen of Local Militia " in Bengal , we are at a loss to imagine . The expression- " Militia " -smacks of his book being a " get up " in Paternoster Row ...
Page 182
... Corps included in Army lists . The one weak as a total of three average Corps . In the same way two and three Corps or De- European officers and soldiers , and 275,304 Natives , 516 Field Guns , as also a Mortars might be brought into ...
... Corps included in Army lists . The one weak as a total of three average Corps . In the same way two and three Corps or De- European officers and soldiers , and 275,304 Natives , 516 Field Guns , as also a Mortars might be brought into ...
Page 183
... Corps of Cutch Horse is counted with the two strong Regiments of Scinde Horse tachments are occasionally clubbed . The grand total 323,823 includes 48,519 small Mountain Train , are attached . Three hundred Battering Guns and as many We ...
... Corps of Cutch Horse is counted with the two strong Regiments of Scinde Horse tachments are occasionally clubbed . The grand total 323,823 includes 48,519 small Mountain Train , are attached . Three hundred Battering Guns and as many We ...
Page 190
... corps , going over not only the names of his own officers , but of others with whom he was not immediately connected . Telling how nobly Lucan died in covering the retreat through the Mokundra Pass ; how the 12th N. I. was destroyed in ...
... corps , going over not only the names of his own officers , but of others with whom he was not immediately connected . Telling how nobly Lucan died in covering the retreat through the Mokundra Pass ; how the 12th N. I. was destroyed in ...
Page 192
... Corps to another , to secure the command of Regiments to those , between the ages of thirty and fifty , who have , at least not given proofs of incompetency . There are men now commanding Re- giments known to have greatly injured , if ...
... Corps to another , to secure the command of Regiments to those , between the ages of thirty and fifty , who have , at least not given proofs of incompetency . There are men now commanding Re- giments known to have greatly injured , if ...
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Page 389 - ... certain it is, that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up, in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words ; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
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