General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . Tkijurt-KS OF iHE 6111 ;av Cavalry, formerly Jacobs Major-General Sir W. Merewether. THE DEATH IN HARNESS 313 India. The Telegraph wrote: Another noble EngHsh-man hes dead in India—the victim of neglect, if notof absolute persecution. The brain-fever which struckBrigadier-General John Jacob was no sudden or acci-dental calamity, but the climax of long suffering—ofresponsibility too great for human nature to bear—ofdisappointment, fatigue, and irritation. Never did afiner soldier step than this g
General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . Tkijurt-KS OF iHE 6111 ;av Cavalry, formerly Jacobs Major-General Sir W. Merewether. THE DEATH IN HARNESS 313 India. The Telegraph wrote: Another noble EngHsh-man hes dead in India—the victim of neglect, if notof absolute persecution. The brain-fever which struckBrigadier-General John Jacob was no sudden or acci-dental calamity, but the climax of long suffering—ofresponsibility too great for human nature to bear—ofdisappointment, fatigue, and irritation. Never did afiner soldier step than this gallant sentinel of our Indianfrontier ; never was merit more grudgingly rewarded ;never was a man made to feel more literally the curseof an unfriended commoners position in the refusal ofofficial acknowledgment and professional the Spectator chimed in with almost identicallanguage. England has lost another of her bravestand noblest sons. John Jacob, a chevalier sans peiiret sans reproche, the brilliant swordsman, the originatorof a military system, the skilful inventor, the onlyEnglishman who has founded and given his name t
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