...fought very gallantly. " A large body of fine daring zamindari men," wrote Sir Hope in his journal,* " brought two guns into the open and attacked us in...anything more magnificent than the conduct of these zamindaris." They attacked Hodson's horse, who * Incidents of the Sepoy War, by Sir Hope Grant and...

...the 60th Rifles. With the admiration of a soldier for a brave foe, Grant says in his journal : — " I have seen many battles in India, and many brave...anything more magnificent than the conduct of these zemindarees; around the 2 guns alone there were 125 corpses." After 3 hours' hard fighting, the enemy,...

...and these chivalrous chiefs were devoted to her cause. ' I have seen,' wrote the British general, ' many battles in India, and many brave fellows fighting...anything more magnificent than the conduct of these zaminddrs.' Order was re-established in July 1858. In 1859 the head-quarters were removed from Daryabdd,...

...engagement with Oudh yeomen and peasants, reported : " I have seen many battles in India and many brave men fighting with a determination to conquer or die, but...magnificent than the conduct of these Zamindars." Mr. (later Sir) Richard Temple has pithily summed up the salient characteristics of the Lawrences :...

...bodies, fought so as to extort the recorded admiration of their conqueror, who wrote : " I have seen many brave fellows fighting with a determination to conquer or die, but I never saw anything more magnificent than the conduct of these Zamindars (Yeomen)." They attacked with great...