A History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-58, المجلد 2Longmans, Green, 1874 |
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الصفحة 209 - The God of my rock; in him will I trust: He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My saviour; thou savest me from violence.
الصفحة 399 - Let us propose a Bill for the flaying alive, impalement, or burning of the murderers of the women and children at Delhi.
الصفحة 153 - Pray only reflect on the whole history of India. Where have we failed when we acted vigorously ? Where have we succeeded when guided by timid counsels ? Clive with twelve hundred men fought at Plassey, in opposition to the advice of his leading officers, beat forty thousand men, and conquered Bengal.
الصفحة 267 - June were in full operation ; and soldiers and civilians alike were holding Bloody Assize, or slaying Natives without any assize at all, regardless of sex or age. Afterwards, the thirst for blood grew stronger still. It is on the records of our British Parliament, in papers sent home by the Governor-General of India in Council, that ' the aged, women, and children, are sacrificed, as well as those guilty of rebellion.
الصفحة 603 - A general massacre of the inhabitants of Delhi, a large number of whom were known to wish us success, was openly proclaimed. Blood-thirsty boys might be heard recommending that all the native orderlies, irregulars, and other "poorbeahs
الصفحة 386 - The marauding in this camp exceeds the disorders which supervened on the short-lived triumph of the miscreant Nana Sahib. A Provost-Marshal has been appointed, with special instructions to hang up, in their uniform, all British soldiers that plunder. This shall not be an idle threat. Commanding officers have received the most distinct warning on the subject.
الصفحة 398 - No doubt this is strange law, but it suits the occasion well, and I hope I shall not be interfered with, until the room is thoroughly cleansed in this way. ... I will hold my own, with ti1e blessing and help of God. I cannot help seeing that His finger is in all this — we have been false to ourselves so often.
الصفحة 454 - I write a line to tell you that Nicholson and I are of opinion that a strong movable column of reliable troops (Europeans and irregulars) should take the field proposed. in the Punjab at once ; and move on the first station that stirs next, and bring the matter, without further delay, to the bayonet. This disaffection will never be talked down now. It must be put down.
الصفحة 299 - I saw quite enough to convince me that if any insurrection took or takes place, we shall have no one to thank but ourselves, because we have now shown to the Natives how very easily we can become frightened, and when frightened utterly helpless.
الصفحة 236 - Volunteer hanging parties went out into the districts, and amateur executioners were not wanting to the occasion. One gentleman boasted of the numbers he had finished off quite ' in an artistic manner,' with mango-trees for gibbets and elephants for drops, the victims of this wild justice being strung up as though for pastime, in ' the form of a figure of eight.