Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... army , a contented , prosperous peasantry ? All the Governors and high officials of the land lament the contrary . Has education been successful ? Has it reached the masses ; has it really en- lightened the few that have sought its ...
... army , a contented , prosperous peasantry ? All the Governors and high officials of the land lament the contrary . Has education been successful ? Has it reached the masses ; has it really en- lightened the few that have sought its ...
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... army must be thoroughly re - organized on a new and different system . It is to the discussion of such a system that we propose to devote the following pages . It matters little how the mutinies arose , whether they were the offspring ...
... army must be thoroughly re - organized on a new and different system . It is to the discussion of such a system that we propose to devote the following pages . It matters little how the mutinies arose , whether they were the offspring ...
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qua non , but the native element must also enter largely into any Indian army . We would propose to have , as it were , two military bodies in this country . One , the regular army , European and native , liable to serve by sea and land ...
qua non , but the native element must also enter largely into any Indian army . We would propose to have , as it were , two military bodies in this country . One , the regular army , European and native , liable to serve by sea and land ...
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... army as follows : ARTILLERY , ALL EUROPEAN . 3 Brigades , of twelve troops , horse artillery . 6 Battalions , of forty - eight companies , foot artillery . 24 Horse field - batteries attached . CAVALRY . 8 Regiments Company's European ...
... army as follows : ARTILLERY , ALL EUROPEAN . 3 Brigades , of twelve troops , horse artillery . 6 Battalions , of forty - eight companies , foot artillery . 24 Horse field - batteries attached . CAVALRY . 8 Regiments Company's European ...
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... army , for the welfare of the empire , is to be stopped in its career by the personal claims of a set of men , who , at the very least , are , one and all , guilty of misprision of treason ? God forbid that such weakness should be shown ...
... army , for the welfare of the empire , is to be stopped in its career by the personal claims of a set of men , who , at the very least , are , one and all , guilty of misprision of treason ? God forbid that such weakness should be shown ...
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