The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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... dare not now go back . We have to govern a turbulent people inhabiting a vast territory of hills and plains , forests , jungle , and swamp , impassable to troops during more than half the year . Vigour , tact , and skill are much wanted ...
... dare not now go back . We have to govern a turbulent people inhabiting a vast territory of hills and plains , forests , jungle , and swamp , impassable to troops during more than half the year . Vigour , tact , and skill are much wanted ...
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Donald Mackenzie Smeaton. indescribable . They are afraid for their lives , and dare not arrest bad characters or answer the openly treasonable talk of the blackguards . " Now there is no Upper Burma to retreat to , these fellows are in ...
Donald Mackenzie Smeaton. indescribable . They are afraid for their lives , and dare not arrest bad characters or answer the openly treasonable talk of the blackguards . " Now there is no Upper Burma to retreat to , these fellows are in ...
Pagina 15
... dare not attack them in the chapel , but merely sur- rounded them , while a few looted the village . " The moment the dacoits left , the whole village rushed out and picked up the few guns they had hidden in the bushes while they went ...
... dare not attack them in the chapel , but merely sur- rounded them , while a few looted the village . " The moment the dacoits left , the whole village rushed out and picked up the few guns they had hidden in the bushes while they went ...
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... dare not attack , for they would have been tried for murder , and so the rebels swept on , and armed themselves with police muskets and ammunition , and poor St. Barbe was sacrificed . " When they got among the Bassein Karens , they ...
... dare not attack , for they would have been tried for murder , and so the rebels swept on , and armed themselves with police muskets and ammunition , and poor St. Barbe was sacrificed . " When they got among the Bassein Karens , they ...
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... dare not attack the troops or the Karens . Our levies are the only men who have not shown their backs meekly to the rebels . The mere marching of our ' red heads ' has kept the Hanthawaddy district clear of insur- rection ( all our ...
... dare not attack the troops or the Karens . Our levies are the only men who have not shown their backs meekly to the rebels . The mere marching of our ' red heads ' has kept the Hanthawaddy district clear of insur- rection ( all our ...
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