 ... in hopes they would have reflected (after the first impulse of their panic was over) how cruel as well as shameful it was to leave their countrymen to the mercy of a barbarous enemy ; and for that reason we made no doubt they would have attempted...  The History of British India - Page 165de James Mill - 1840Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1840 - 606 pages
...subsequent testimony of a surviving witness of the fatal scene, " there was not a single effort made to send a boat or vessel, to bring off any part of the garrison."* " Never,'' says the cotemporary historian, " was such an opportunity of performing a heroic action,... | |
 | James William Massie - 1840 - 512 pages
...their panic was over) how cruel as well as shameful it was to leave their countrymen to the mercy of a barbarous enemy ; and for that reason we made no...or vessel to bring off any part of the garrison." The historian Orme remarks, " Never, perhaps, was such an opportunity of performing an heroic action... | |
 | 1840 - 552 pages
...subsequent testimony of a surviving witness of the fatal scene, " there was not a single effort made to send a boat or vessel, to bring off any part of the garrison."* " Never,'1 says the cotemporary historian, " was such an opportunity of performing a heroic action,... | |
 | Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 994 pages
...their panic was over) how cruel as well as shameful it was to leave their countrymen to the mercy of a barbarous enemy, and for that reason we made no...boat or vessel to bring off any part of the garrison. " Never, perhaps," says Mr. Orme, referring to the catastrophe which subsequently took place, was rach... | |
 | Henry Elmsley Busteed - 1888 - 416 pages
...their panic was over) how cruel, as well as shameful, it was to leave their countrymen to the mercy of a barbarous enemy ; and for that reason we made no...effort made in the two days the Fort held out after their desertion to send a boat or vessel to bring off any part of the garrison. All the 19th the enemy... | |
 | 1902 - 1136 pages
...the fort for the ships to come up again to their stations. But there never was a single effort made to send a boat or vessel to bring off any part of the garrison." Meanwhile the enemy pressed on their attack with great vigour. From the church they galled the garrison... | |
 | Henry Elmsley Busteed - 1908 - 524 pages
...colours still fluttering at the flagstaff. * But Wp deceived ourselves," writes an indignant comrade, "and there never was a single effort made in the two days th« fort held out after their desertion to send a boat or vessel to bring off any part of the garrison."... | |
 | Henry Elmsley Busteed - 1999 - 398 pages
...their panic was over) how cruel, as well as shameful, it was to leave their countrymen to the mercy of a barbarous enemy ; and for that reason we made no...cover the retreat of those left Behind now they had secvired their own ; but we deceived ourselves, and there never was a aingle effort made in the two... | |
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