Identifier: militaryhistoryo02viba (find matches)
Title: The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Vibart, Henry Meredith, 1839-1917
Subjects: India. Army. Engineers. Queen's Own Sappers and Miners
Publisher: London : W.H. Allen & co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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few taken prisonersand afterwards hanged. When near Kuthenghee, Major Jenkins and Lieutenant Walsonrode up to the column; they had succeeded in cutting their waythrough the ambuscade, and had concealed themselves on thehills. Lieutenant Watson was wounded in the cheek by amusket-ball, and Major Jenkins charger had two bullets throughhim. The body of Captain McGregor, 52nd B. N. L, was found atthe entrance to the town on the road, with his throat cut, a shotin his breast, and a bayonet wound in his body. The mutineershad murdered him before they attacked us, having taken himprisoner at Jubbulpore. The 120 men of the 52nd B. N. I.who were with our force, had been disarmed when the mutiny atJubbulpore was heard of, and Colonel Millars movements weremuch hampered by having to keep a sharp eye on them duringthe action. The Madras troops behaved well, and proved that they hadno sympathy with Bengal mutineers. A colour-havildar of the52nd B, N. L was captured by a havildar and two sepoys of
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