CRUISE OF THE PEARL WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN INDIA

Language: English

Published by Naval & Military Press, 2004

1843428202 / 9781843428206

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SB xii+310pp. line drawing. 2004 N&MP Reprint of 1859 Original Edition Published Published Price £14.50 An exciting account of a unique episode in the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58. As the author, who was naval Chaplain aboard 'H.M.S Pearl', says in his introduction: 'This is, I believe, the only example in English history of officers and seamen of the Royal Navy leaving their ships, and taking their guns seven or eight hundred miles into the interior of a great continent, to serve as soldiers, marching and counter-marching for fifteen months.and taking an active part in upwards of twenty actions'. The crews of the 'Pearl' and the 'Shannon' were in Calcutta on a round-the-world show the flag tour when the Mutiny broke out. Pressed into shore service as the Naval Brigade, and serving alongside Gurkha regiments and the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, the sailors took part in the Battles of Phoolpore,Belwa, Amorha, Hurrreah and Toolseepore and other exhausting actions. In Williams' words 'It was a brutalizing war in which quarter was neither given nor received'.…

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Title
CRUISE OF THE PEARL WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN INDIA
Author
Rev. E. A. Williams, Chaplain Royal Navy
Publisher
Naval & Military Press
Publication year
2004
Condition
New
Book Type
Book
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1843428202
ISBN 13
9781843428206
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Naval and Military Press Ltd

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The Naval & Military Press offer specialist books for the serious student of conflict. The range of titles stocked covers the whole spectrum of military history with titles on uniforms, battles, official histories, specialist works containing medal rolls and casualties lists, and numismatic titles for medal collectors and researchers. The innovative approach we have to military bookselling and our commitment to publishing have made us Britain¿s leading independent military bookseller. http://www.naval-military-press.com http://www.booksforcollectors.com …

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