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Page 445
... Sikh Pioneers formed two ranks and , bayonets fixed , marched resolutely towards the wall . On the left flank the Gurkhas began scaling the rocky bluff with its sangars ; two companies of Sikhs deployed into line on the Opposite flank ...
... Sikh Pioneers formed two ranks and , bayonets fixed , marched resolutely towards the wall . On the left flank the Gurkhas began scaling the rocky bluff with its sangars ; two companies of Sikhs deployed into line on the Opposite flank ...
Page 446
... Sikhs clam- bered unopposed over the wall and there followed ' the ridiculous posi- tion , Sikh and Mongol swaying backwards and forwards over the possession of swords and match- locks ' . Apart from other considera- tions , the Tibetan ...
... Sikhs clam- bered unopposed over the wall and there followed ' the ridiculous posi- tion , Sikh and Mongol swaying backwards and forwards over the possession of swords and match- locks ' . Apart from other considera- tions , the Tibetan ...
Page 498
... Sikhs , two of the 8th Gurkhas ( with their Bubble and Squeaks ) , the two Norfolk Max- ims and fifty Mounted Infantry , he moved out on 3rd May and reached the defile to find himself confronted by about 3,000 Tibetans , the main body ...
... Sikhs , two of the 8th Gurkhas ( with their Bubble and Squeaks ) , the two Norfolk Max- ims and fifty Mounted Infantry , he moved out on 3rd May and reached the defile to find himself confronted by about 3,000 Tibetans , the main body ...
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