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The regular native army amounted , in 1851 , to 157,711 men ; and the irregular infantry to 39,613 men ; the regular native cavalry , 10,186 ; the irregu- lar 21,134 . The artillery , with sappers and miners , to 19,000 , partly ...
The regular native army amounted , in 1851 , to 157,711 men ; and the irregular infantry to 39,613 men ; the regular native cavalry , 10,186 ; the irregu- lar 21,134 . The artillery , with sappers and miners , to 19,000 , partly ...
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The native army of India is the only insti- tution which we had implanted in the habits of the people , and which associated them with British authority . Unhappily , from causes which are still obscure , the confidence we placed in ...
The native army of India is the only insti- tution which we had implanted in the habits of the people , and which associated them with British authority . Unhappily , from causes which are still obscure , the confidence we placed in ...
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Yet , by the strangest of contradictions , it was from this very population that we drew two - thirds of the Bengal army ; and when the territory had fallen into our own hands , the troops with which we occupied ...
Yet , by the strangest of contradictions , it was from this very population that we drew two - thirds of the Bengal army ; and when the territory had fallen into our own hands , the troops with which we occupied ...
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