History of the organization, equipment and war service of the reginment of Bengal Artillery, compiled from published works, official records and various private sources Volume 2
Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 ...of the Bengal Artillery under Lieutenant G. S. Lawrenson, a 5J-inch mortar, a 5£-inch howitzer, and a 6-pounder gun. A sunstroke on the first day did not deter the hrigadier from remaining, though in a dooly, at the head of his men. Todaghi was reached at seven o'clock on the morning of the 10th. After a halt, leaving a detachment to occupy the stockades here, he took up his ground at sunset within a mile of the position at Kaiklo. On the road they passed the bodies of officers and men who had fallen on the 7th, crucified or mutilated with savage and indecent barbarity. It was well, perhaps, that the Burmese did not await the encounter with our soldiers; but post after post was evacuated. They retired on the position at KaghahaL Securing Kaiklo with some native infantry, the brigadier moved on with the rest of his force and the artillery on the morning of the 11th; and next day found the place deserted, the enemy still in retreat. After destroying as much of the defensive works as could be done without a further halt, the force returned to Rangoon. In his despatch of the 14th October, the brigadier "Captain Murray and Lieutenant Aldritt, of the Madras Artillery, wero from the first zealous and indefatigable in their exertions in bringing their howitzers to the positions fixed upon; and the steadiness and alacrity evinced by them and their men, under a galling fire, was such as has on all occasions distinguished that corps." "The manner in which the Bengal Artillery was forced over 1824 the most unfavourable ground and various difficult obstacles Ootober reflects high credit on Lieutenant Lawrenson and his detachment." On the 13th of October Lieutenant-Colonel Goodwin left Rangoon, with the 41st Regiment and the 3rd Madras N.L...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of the organization, equipment and war service of the reginment of Bengal Artillery, compiled from published works, official records and various private sources Volume 2. To get started finding History of the organization, equipment and war service of the reginment of Bengal Artillery, compiled from published works, official records and various private sources Volume 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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History of the organization, equipment and war service of the reginment of Bengal Artillery, compiled from published works, official records and various private sources Volume 2
Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 ...of the Bengal Artillery under Lieutenant G. S. Lawrenson, a 5J-inch mortar, a 5£-inch howitzer, and a 6-pounder gun. A sunstroke on the first day did not deter the hrigadier from remaining, though in a dooly, at the head of his men. Todaghi was reached at seven o'clock on the morning of the 10th. After a halt, leaving a detachment to occupy the stockades here, he took up his ground at sunset within a mile of the position at Kaiklo. On the road they passed the bodies of officers and men who had fallen on the 7th, crucified or mutilated with savage and indecent barbarity. It was well, perhaps, that the Burmese did not await the encounter with our soldiers; but post after post was evacuated. They retired on the position at KaghahaL Securing Kaiklo with some native infantry, the brigadier moved on with the rest of his force and the artillery on the morning of the 11th; and next day found the place deserted, the enemy still in retreat. After destroying as much of the defensive works as could be done without a further halt, the force returned to Rangoon. In his despatch of the 14th October, the brigadier "Captain Murray and Lieutenant Aldritt, of the Madras Artillery, wero from the first zealous and indefatigable in their exertions in bringing their howitzers to the positions fixed upon; and the steadiness and alacrity evinced by them and their men, under a galling fire, was such as has on all occasions distinguished that corps." "The manner in which the Bengal Artillery was forced over 1824 the most unfavourable ground and various difficult obstacles Ootober reflects high credit on Lieutenant Lawrenson and his detachment." On the 13th of October Lieutenant-Colonel Goodwin left Rangoon, with the 41st Regiment and the 3rd Madras N.L...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of the organization, equipment and war service of the reginment of Bengal Artillery, compiled from published works, official records and various private sources Volume 2. To get started finding History of the organization, equipment and war service of the reginment of Bengal Artillery, compiled from published works, official records and various private sources Volume 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.