Identifier: shorthistoryofen00chey (find matches)
Title: A short history of England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Cheyney, Edward Potts, 1861-1947
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY 65 I they reached the Cape of Good Hope. Although in many casesthese were too late to save the English women and children frombeing massacred under the most terrible circumstances, yet inother cases they came in time to succor the survivors and pre-vent further attacks from the rebels. In putting down the revoltthe English inflicted severe punishment upon the mutineers. Allwho were suspected of participating in the massacres were put todeath as ruthlessly and often with scarcely less cruelty than theyhad themselves used. Many were shot from the mouth of cannon.1Others after surrender were shot down in cold blood by Englishofficers. Before the end of the next year, 1858, the revolt wascompletely stamped out. 588. The Empire of India. — In England the occurrence ofthe mutiny turned attention to the form of government of India.It was felt to be unreasonable that a great part of the BritishEmpire, with many millions of people, should be governed solargely by the

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