A letter from an officer at Madras, to a friend ... in England; exhibiting an unbiassed account ... of the late unfortunate insurrection in the Indian army1810 |
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... measures , from the vengeance of that rigour beyond the law , which now rules over our miserable settle- ment . I anticipate all the horror you will feel at learning that the army in which you so long ' served , and the companions with ...
... measures , from the vengeance of that rigour beyond the law , which now rules over our miserable settle- ment . I anticipate all the horror you will feel at learning that the army in which you so long ' served , and the companions with ...
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... measures have unnecessarily led to this most horrible result ? " T I will endeavour to trace the progress of those unhappy events which appear to have led to this distressing conclusion . At the departure of Sir John Craddock , the ...
... measures have unnecessarily led to this most horrible result ? " T I will endeavour to trace the progress of those unhappy events which appear to have led to this distressing conclusion . At the departure of Sir John Craddock , the ...
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... measure , however , which was suspended during the command of Sir John Craddock , took full effect on the succession of General Macdowall , while the exclusion of the Commander - in - Chief from council , by an arrangement equally ab ...
... measure , however , which was suspended during the command of Sir John Craddock , took full effect on the succession of General Macdowall , while the exclusion of the Commander - in - Chief from council , by an arrangement equally ab ...
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... measure requires a more detailed description , because it led to more important consequences ; and as the advisers of government have taken par- ticular pains to misrepresent the incidents to which it gave rise in all the official ...
... measure requires a more detailed description , because it led to more important consequences ; and as the advisers of government have taken par- ticular pains to misrepresent the incidents to which it gave rise in all the official ...
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... measure . In the year 1799 , similar difficulties in the army under General Harris gave rise , as you may remember , to a similar expedient ; and the subsidiary force of Hyderabad , under Colonel Dalrymple , was , by the very same means ...
... measure . In the year 1799 , similar difficulties in the army under General Harris gave rise , as you may remember , to a similar expedient ; and the subsidiary force of Hyderabad , under Colonel Dalrymple , was , by the very same means ...
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Adjutant-General adopted agitation appeal Appendix appointed artillery ascer authority battalion camp-equipage Captain Marshall cause character charge Chief circulation Colonel Close Colonel Munro Commander-in Commander-in-Chief commanding native corps Company's army Company's service conduct considered coun Court of Directors court-martial declared der-in-Chief direct discipline disobedience disrespect England European officers exercise feelings field-service Fort St garrison Governor in Council Gowdie Honourable Court Hyderabad influence injurious insinuations justice late letter Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Munro Lord Cornwallis Lord Minto Lordship M'Dowall Macdowall Madras Majesty's Major Boles mand mander-in-Chief Masulipatam measure Memorialists ment military Munro from arrest native troops neral obedience obey offensive officers commanding corps officers commanding native opinion paper Presidency principles proceedings public duty punish Quarter-Master-General Quarter-Master-General's racter regiment removed respect Robert Bell sentiments Sentleger Seringapatam signed Sir George Barlow staff station suspended tent contract tion Travancore trial vernment
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96 페이지 - By granting the same allowances in peace and war for the equipment of native corps, while the expenses incidental to that charge are unavoidably much greater in war than in peace, it places the interest and duty of officers commanding native corps in direct opposition to one another. It makes it their interest that their corps should not be in a state of efficiency fit for field service, and therefore furnishes strong inducements to neglect their most important duties.
94 페이지 - Regiment, with conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman in the following instance, viz.
104 페이지 - Munro, being destructive of subordination, subversive of military discipline, a violation of the sacred rights of the Commanderin-chief, and holding out a most dangerous example to the service...
104 페이지 - Commander-in-chief, for disobedience of orders, and for contempt of military authority, in having resorted to the power of the Civil Government, in defiance of the judgment of the officer at the head of the army, who had placed him under arrest, on charges preferred against him by a number of officers commanding native corps, in consequence of which appeal direct to the Honourable the President in Council, Lieutenant-General Macdowall has received positive orders from the Chief Secretary to liberate...
102 페이지 - Government, and have enabled him to exercise the functions of his station, as the representative of the army, with honour to the service, and credit to himself; no prospect of such an occurrence being at all probable, in justice to the army, and to his own character, he has determined to retire.
103 페이지 - ... of such an occurrence being at all probable, in justice to the army, and to his own character, he has determined to retire. On quitting a country where he has passed the greatest part of his life, and where he possesses many dear and respectable friends...
102 페이지 - Macdowall succeeded to the high and enviable office with all the advantages enjoyed by his predecessors, he would, upon first assuming the command, have promulgated his sentiments on so flattering an event ; but the circumstances of his appointment were so humiliating and unpropitious, that he declined addressing the army, in the anxious hope that the Court of Directors might, on further deliberation, be induced to restore him to his right...
106 페이지 - General of the Army, it must have been known to that Officer that in giving currency to a Paper of this offensive description, he was acting in direct violation of his duty to the Government, as no authority can justify the execution of an illegal act, connected as that act obviously in the present case has been, with views of the most reprehensible nature.
96 페이지 - ... that their corps should not be in a state of efficiency " fit for field-service, and therefore furnishes strong "" inducements to neglect their most important duties.
104 페이지 - Macdowall, in support of the dignity of the profession, and his own station and character, feels it incumbent on him to express his strong disapprobation of Lieutenant-Colonel Munro's unexampled proceedings, and considers it a solemn duty imposed upon him to reprimand Lieutenant-Colonel Munro in general orders; and he is hereby reprimanded accordingly. (Signed.) T. BOLEs. DAG