A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863Gowing, T. (Timothy)
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A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863
Gowing, T. (Timothy)
Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Personal narratives
and Infantry[19]|| 585 | 7 | 88| 95 || 16 | 235| 251 | 346
4th Sikh || | | | || | | |
Infantry[19] || 414 | 3 | 48| 51 || 10 | 116| 126 | 177
1st Punjaub || | | | || | | |
ditto[19] || 664 | 6 | 78| 84 || 11 | 189| 200 | 284
2nd " [19] || 650 | 2 | 51| 53 || 6 | 113| 119 | 172
4th " [19] || 641 | 1 | 19| 20 || 4 | 86| 90 | 110
1st. Belooch || | | | || | | |
Batt.[18] || 422 | 1 | 17| 18 || 4 | 75| 79 | 97
Pioneers || | | | || | | |
(unarmed)[18] || 320 | 1 | 36| 37 || 2 | 142| 144 | 181
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Grand Total || 11770 | 63 |1191| 1254 || 188 |3051| 3239 | 4493
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The head of the rebellion, though not severed, had now received its
death wound. Stern justice had overtaken many of the fiends. Gallows
were erected at every station, and were daily claiming some of those
much-pampered gentlemen, who had boasted that they would destroy us root
and branch. A terrible day of reckoning had dawned; reinforcements in
thousands, by the end of 1857, were landing in almost all the ports of
India; and Mr. Pandy soon found to his cost that the Russians had not
destroyed the whole of the British army. The first Crimean Infantry
regiment that had the honour of grappling with the murderers was one of
the noble regiments that had led the stormers at Sebastopol (the 90th).
But they were soon supported by others. The enemy appeared to be struck
with wonderment as to where all the men were coming from. The people
generally had not thrown in their lot with the Mutineers; but they, too,
were filled with surprise and awe.
DISARMING REGIMENTS AT PESHAWUR.
Retribution was fast setting in, and summary judgment had overtaken them
in a number of places. At Ferozepore and Peshawur an example that struck
terror into their inmost soul was made of some of the would-be
murderers. The 37th and 45th Native Infantry, with the 10th Native
Cavalry, were stationed at the former place, with our 61st regiment, the
latter being very weak. The three regiments fought the 61st for the
magazine, but got a good drubbing. They were confronted, and, with the
assistance of a battery of Artillery, were disarmed. The ringleaders
were then selected, tried by court-martial, and sentenced to death,
which sentence was carried out at once--some of them being hung, others
being blown from the guns; while their countrymen were marched up,
disarmed, and compelled to witness the awful scene.
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