 I am not so much surprised/ he wrote to Lord Canning, ' at their objections to the cartridges, having seen them. I had no idea they contained, or rather are smeared with such a quantity of grease, which looks exactly like fat. After ramming down the ball,...  Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief - 第 51 頁Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts 著 - 1898 - 597 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1899 - 384 頁
...compelled to admit that it was very plausible.1 ' I am not so much surprised,' he wrote to Liord Canning, ' at their objections to the cartridges, having seen...ball, the muzzle of the musket is covered with it.' Unfortunately this is not a complete statement of the case. It is a shameful and terrible truth that,... | |
 | Edward John Thompson - 1926 - 158 頁
...Anson, Commander-in-Chief when the Mutiny broke out, to Lord Canning: " I am not so much surprised at their objections to the cartridges, having seen...ball, the muzzle of the musket is covered with it " ; 8 and states as his own opinion that " incredible disregard of the soldiers' religious prejudices... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1928 - 470 頁
...was very plausible.1 "I am not so much surprised," he wrote to Lord Canning, the Governor-General, "at their objections to the cartridges, having seen...ball, the muzzle of the musket is covered with it." The lamentable matter is that the Sepoys were perfectly correct in their belief. According to Lord... | |
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...Lord Canning on the 23rd of March, " it their objections to the cartridges, having seen them. ' I hail no idea they contained, or rather are smeared with,...the case with those prepared according to the late instruction!. Bat there are DOW miigivings about the paper, and I think it so desirable that they should... | |
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