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Title: The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868 Roberts, Emma, 1794?-1840
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Publisher: London, New York : The London printing and publishing company, ltd.
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t the British had passed on sc- rapidly; for the enemy had attempted to destroy the bridge, and had failed for want of time. The explosion of their mine had thrown down the parapet walls, but left the arches uninjured. Five guns had been taken during the day.The tired troops bivouacked on the spot from, which they had last fired. That night a rumour spread through the camp, that the Nana himself, with the whole of the Cawnpoor mutineers, estimated at 4,000 in-fantry and 500 horse, had formed an in-trenchment at the village of Aherwa, at the fork of the Grand Trunk road, about four miles from Cawnpoor, where one branch runs on to cantonments, and the main line continues to Delhi. The intelligence was true; and the general, finding that the mu-tineers were stationed, with heavy guns, soas to command the road and sweep it with a flanking fire, resolved to make a detour, and attack them from an unguarded point. For this purpose a most trying march was undertaken. The distance to be -(I P =5 5c 5c irnl ■^
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IMAGE: Capture of the guns by the Highlanders before Cawnpore » ENGAGEMENT NEAR CAWNPOOR—JULY 16th, 1857. 377 accomplished was about twenty-two miles.Fourteen were traversed in the morning of the 16th of July; then the troops halted,took food and rest. At 2 p.m. the march was recommenced. The men were fully armed and accoutred, each one carrying sixty rounds of ball ammunition. Just before starting a supply of porter was issued, and the pernicious effects of this heavy drink were too speedily manifested.* The scorching glare of the mid-day sun was intolerable : at every step a man reeled out of the ranks, and threw himself fainting by the side of the road; the calls for water were incessant along the line. At length the point for the flank movement was reached; the column turned off into the fields; and the overworked, ill-fed cattle toiled heavily over the freshly ploughed ground for about half a mile, when the British came in sight of the enemy, and were greeted by a fierce fire from their guns, the range of which was happily too high, or heavy loss mu

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