 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1834 - 502 pages
...might deem proper. I believe that neither I nor he had much sleep during that anxious night. The night fortunately passed quietly ; owing, as was said, to...requisition for a reinforcement was made, and two guns accompanied it to the Residency." At this stage occurred one of the most singular and dramatic... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1861 - 584 pages
...might deem proper. I believe that neither I nor he had much sleep during that anxious night. The night fortunately passed quietly ; owing, as was said, to...requisition for a reinforcement was made, and two guns accompanied it to the Residency." At this stage occurred one of the most singular and dramatic... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1861 - 698 pages
...might deem proper. I believe that neither I nor he had much sleep during that anxious night. The night fortunately passed quietly ; owing, as was said, to...requisition for a reinforcement was made, and two guns accompanied it to the Residency." At this stage occurred one of the most singular and dramatic... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - British - 1867 - 516 pages
...might deem proper. I believe that neither I nor ho had much sleep during that anxious night. The night fortunately passed quietly, owing, as was said, to...opposition to war evinced by some of the Ministers. Badjee Rao was physically an arrant coward ; he had always displayed this weakn^s anil was not ashamed... | |
 | Evans Bell - British - 1885 - 306 pages
...There we encountered the European Commandant of the Contingent, above alluded to, and Mr. Elphiiistone asked him the latest news from the city. He appeared...requisition for a reinforcement was made, and two guns accompanied it to the Residency. " I was not present at the battle of Kirkee, the cantonment near... | |
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... once from the cantonment, though hastily expressed, was subsequently abandoned. Mr. Elphinstone resolved to defer doing anything until the morning, and then to take such precautionary measures as he might deem proper. I believe that neither I nor... 