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" Biluchis first discharging their matchlocks and pistols, dashed over the bank with desperate resolution ; but down went these bold and skilful swordsmen under the superior power of the musket and bayonet. "
The Victories of Wellington and the British Armies - Page 470
by William Hamilton Maxwell - 1852 - 528 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 85

Edmund Burke - 1844 - 978 pages
...superiority of the musket and bayonet over the sword and shield, and matchlock. The brave Beloochees first discharging their matchlocks and pistols, dashed...the bank with desperate resolution ; but down went those bold and skilful swordsmen under the superior power of the musket and bayonet. At one time, my...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 82

1857 - 922 pages
...of the shoulder - to - shoulder order over the loose efforts of individual valour. "Down went those bold and skilful swordsmen under the superior power of the musket and bayonet ; yet, even writhing with their death-wound, turned, and with dying hand dealt strokes at their foe,...
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Personal Observations on Sindh: The Manners and Customs of Its Inhabitants ...

Thomas Postans - 1843 - 436 pages
...25th NI the second, the 12th NI the third, and the 1st grenadier NI the fourth. The enemy was 1,000 yards from our line, which soon traversed the intervening...Lord, the courage and numbers of the enemy against the 22d, the 25th, and the 12th regiments bore heavily in that part of the battle. There was no time to...
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Correspondence Relative to Sinde, 1836-1838: Presented to Both Houses of ...

1843 - 572 pages
...superiority of the musket and bayonet over the sword and shield and matchlock. The brave Beloochees, first discharging their matchlocks and pistols, dashed...part of the battle. There was no time to be lost, and 1 sent orders to the cavalry to force the right of the enemy's line. This order was very gallantly...
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Bulletins and Other State Intelligence

1843 - 674 pages
...superiority of the musket and bayonet over the sword and shield and matchlock. The brave Beloochees, first discharging their matchlocks and pistols, dashed...Lord, the courage and numbers of the enemy against the 22d, the 25th, and the 12th regiments, bore heavily in that part of the battle. There was no time to...
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Personal Observations on Sindh: The Manners and Customs of Its Inhabitants ...

Thomas Postans - 1843 - 470 pages
...rushed on the bayonets of our troops. The gallant Sir Charles Napier says in his admirable dispatch, " The brave Biluchis first discharging their matchlocks...under the superior power of the musket and bayonet." No man of any rank, and no Biluchi in Sindh, is considered dressed without his sword,—it is as necessary...
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Annual Register, Volume 85

Edmund Burke - 1844 - 1496 pages
...superiority of the musket and bayonet over the sword and shield, and matchlock. The brave Beloochees first discharging their matchlocks and pistols, dashed...the bank with desperate resolution ; but down went those bold and skilful swordsmen under the superior power of the musket and bayonet. At one time, my...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of ..., Volume 85

1844 - 974 pages
...superiority of the musket and bayonet over the sword and shield, and matchlock. The brave Beloochees first discharging their matchlocks and pistols, dashed...the bank with desperate resolution ; but down went those bold and skilful swordsmen under the superior power of the musket and bayonet. At one time, my...
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The Foreign quarterly review [ed. by J.G. Cochrane]., Volume 32

John George Cochrane - 1844 - 636 pages
...discharging their matchlocks and pistols, darted over the bank with desperate resolution, but down went their bold and skilful swordsmen under the superior power of the musket and bayonet.' No man of any rank, and no Belooch in Sinde, is considered dressed without his sword ; it is as necessary...
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The Indian Mail, Issue 1; Issue 246161

1843 - 660 pages
...bayonet over the sword and shield, and matchlock. The brave Beloochees first discharging their matchlock and pistols, dashed over the bank with desperate resolution ; but down went those bold and skilful swordsmen under the superior power of the musket and bayonet. At one time, my...
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