The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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... arms . Events have proved how ill - founded this belief was . While our army was far away north , on the Irrawaddy , a real campaign — and a bloody one— was being prepared for us in the low country . The people do not want us any more ...
... arms . Events have proved how ill - founded this belief was . While our army was far away north , on the Irrawaddy , a real campaign — and a bloody one— was being prepared for us in the low country . The people do not want us any more ...
Pagina 10
... arm the Karens in any threatened district if they would volunteer . I can put any number of Karens in the field . " Every mission has promised me a levy en masse of all the able - bodied men . They all agree to refuse all pay and to ...
... arm the Karens in any threatened district if they would volunteer . I can put any number of Karens in the field . " Every mission has promised me a levy en masse of all the able - bodied men . They all agree to refuse all pay and to ...
Pagina 11
... arms . It is really curious to see how the dacoits avoid our Karen Christian villages . They have not tried it on us . The fighting my men have had has been at a distance . The dacoits have several times passed among my villages , but ...
... arms . It is really curious to see how the dacoits avoid our Karen Christian villages . They have not tried it on us . The fighting my men have had has been at a distance . The dacoits have several times passed among my villages , but ...
Pagina 12
... arms . The very day of the reception , eight of my fellows came on forty dacoits , and hunted them many a mile , capturing four . They laughingly complained that they had twice too many men , quoting an old war- song , ' Ten to one is ...
... arms . The very day of the reception , eight of my fellows came on forty dacoits , and hunted them many a mile , capturing four . They laughingly complained that they had twice too many men , quoting an old war- song , ' Ten to one is ...
Pagina 15
... arms , but still the dacoits 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 ...
... arms , but still the dacoits 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 ...
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