 | Sindh (Pakistan) - 1843 - 572 pages
...embarrassment encounter it, and the result has been the most decisive victory gained on the best fought field. Sir Charles Napier had my instructions more than three...were best calculated to control a barbarous Durbar; and, had the Ameers been entirely masters over their own troops, it seems to be doubtful, even now,... | |
 | William Napier Bruce - Generals - 1885 - 448 pages
...Committee (13th March 1843), bears witness to the forbearance the General showed in executing his orders. " Sir Charles Napier had my instructions more than three...were best calculated to control a barbarous durbar ; and, had the Ameers been entirely masters of their own troops, it seems to be doubtful, even now,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1843 - 598 pages
...embarrassment encounter it, and the result has been the most decisive victory gained on the best fought field. Sir Charles Napier had my instructions more than three...were best calculated to control a barbarous Durbar ; and, had the Ameers been entirely masters over their own troops, it seems to be doubtful, even now,... | |
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Sir Charles Napier had my instructions more than three months before the battle of Meeanee. He was during all that period at the head of a preponderating force ; but, acting with extreme forbearance, in the true spirit of a generous soldier, he earnestly... 