Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
From Cadet to Colonel; The Record of a Life of Active Service
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1877 Excerpt: ... 112 CHAPTER VII. Cabool--Baber's Tomb--" Syle"--Left in Garrison at Cabool--Quarters: for Men, for Officers--Winter Clothing--H.M. 13th and the 35th N.I.--Guard-mounting and Wonder of Caboolees--Sliding--Skating--Astonishment of Caboolees--Christmas Eve--A "Big Snow"--Move into Camp--Build a Hut--March to Bameean--Zohauk--Action with Dost Mohammed--Syghan and Fort of Sir-i-Sung--Return to Bameean--The Great Idol--Skeleton of a Dragon--Return to Cabool. Cabool is built between two hills;...
From Cadet To Colonel
In 'From Cadet to Colonel', Sir Thomas Seaton offers readers a fascinating insight into the life of an exceptional soldier. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in military history and the lives of soldiers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
From Cadet To Colonel: The Record Of A Life Of Active Service
At the tender age of 16 Thomas Seaton took up a cadestship in the East India Company in 1822, and waved farewell to his native London for a career of soldiering in India. He was to spend most of his life in the Indian sub-continent and its border regions, at the sharp end of the expansion of the British Empire. Plunged into a new world of sights and scenes of India Lieutenant Seaton of the 35th Native Infantry had little time to adjust before beginning his first major campaign at the bloody siege of the siege of Bhurtpore. A few years later, he was part of the very unsuccessful British incursion into Afghanistan in 1842, his memoirs as one of the besieged in Jalalabad are among the best that...
From Cadet To Colonel: The Record Of A Life Of Active Service
At the tender age of 16 Thomas Seaton took up a cadestship in the East India Company in 1822, and waved farewell to his native London for a career of soldiering in India. He was to spend most of his life in the Indian sub-continent and its border regions, at the sharp end of the expansion of the British Empire. Plunged into a new world of sights and scenes of India Lieutenant Seaton of the 35th Native Infantry had little time to adjust before beginning his first major campaign at the bloody siege of the siege of Bhurtpore. A few years later, he was part of the very unsuccessful British incursion into Afghanistan in 1842, his memoirs as one of the besieged in Jalalabad are among the best that...
The Athenaeum
None
Parliamentary Papers
None
Athenaeum
None
