. A history of the Indian mutiny and of the disturbances which accompanied it among the civil population;. «-*■>VILLAGE , ^ BATTLE OF CAWNPORE. July 16< Scale ciJboTit Urtches tolAHle. London : Macmillan & C?1j JoAUaJvahud StoTt/brds Geoq- - 1857 HAYELOCKS CAMPAIGN 291 In this spirit he resumed his operations. On the following( he removed the troops to a strong position at Nawabganj,where they would be able to defeat any attemptlirhich the Nana might make for the recovery ofohe city; and bought up all the wine and spirits, lest theyshould be exposed to the temptation w
. A history of the Indian mutiny and of the disturbances which accompanied it among the civil population;. «-*■>VILLAGE , ^ BATTLE OF CAWNPORE. July 16< Scale ciJboTit Urtches tolAHle. London : Macmillan & C?1j JoAUaJvahud StoTt/brds Geoq- - 1857 HAYELOCKS CAMPAIGN 291 In this spirit he resumed his operations. On the following( he removed the troops to a strong position at Nawabganj,where they would be able to defeat any attemptlirhich the Nana might make for the recovery ofohe city; and bought up all the wine and spirits, lest theyshould be exposed to the temptation which had so nearly provedfatal to the garrison of Allahabad. But discipline was alreadythreatened by another cause. The soldiers, unrestrained andeven encouraged by their officers,^ were revelling in the plunderof the citizens. The wonder is, not that Havelock was obligedto threaten with the punishment of death the very men whoseconduct in the field he had just enthusiastically praised, butthat he was able to shield Cawnpore from the atrocities thathad been inflicted upon the citizens of Badajoz. Meanwhilehis reawakened energy had been rewarded and stimul
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