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'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎378] (397/622)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (575 pages). It was created in 1877. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
this method is farcical, and the excuses for the denial of justice
not very creditable to those concerned, for whereas Lieutenant
Adams is informed that no officer under the rank of Commander
is eligible for the Bath, Commander Campbell, after the Bur
mese War, is denied the Order on the grounds that his rank
renders him ineligible! Commander Adams, as we have seen
in a preceding chapter, has, since that day, added to the obli
gations under which he has placed the Government by his
prompt and judicious conduct at Zanzibar in 1859, on the
occasion of the defeat and capture of the present Sultan
Seyyid Burghash, when in rebellion against his brother, but
though he again received the thanks of the Bombay Govern
ment, the Ministry have never gratified the gallant old sailor
by some honorary distinction, but have left him and Captains
Campbell and Jones, to live on with the rankling feeling
that they have been slighted because they belonged to a Service,
which, though confessedly it did its duty under all circum-
stances, unhappily had no influence.
Scarcely was the Persian War over, than this country found
Itself involved in a life and death struggle for the retention
of India, while all the world looked on with breathless
interest. A considerable portion of the Service found a fresh
field for distinction in the dramatic scenes of the Indian
Mutiny.
been C.B. s and I shall get Outram to write about it." Outram, we see, did
" write about it," but without effect so far as Adams was concerned. Of the
Service Sir Edward Lugard writes to us under date the 16th of April, 1877
"Manj gallant members of the Indian Navj I felt proud to call mj friends."

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History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).

Author: Charles Rathbone Low.

Publication Details: London: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-vi); octavo.

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1 volume (575 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.

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Dimensions: 229mm x 140mm

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