British India and Its RulersW. H. Allen, 1881 - 323 pages |
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Page 13 - Manual of Military Law. For all ranks of the Army, Militia, and Volunteer Services. By Colonel JK PIPON, and JF COLLIER, Esq.
Page 21 - Military Works — chiefly issued by the Government. Field Exercises and Evolutions of Infantry. Pocket edition, Is. Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army. Corrected to 1874.
Page 6 - Post 8vo. 6s. CONTENTS. — Outward Bound. — The Old Times and the New. — Domestic Life. — Houses and Bungalows. — Indian Servants. — The Great Shoe Question. — The Garrison Hack. — The Long Bow in India, — Mrs. Dulcimer's Shipwreck. — A Traveller's Tale, told in a Dark Bungalow. — Punch in India. — AngloIndian Literature. — Christmas in India. — The Seasons in Calcutta. — Farmers in Muslin. — Homeward Bound. — India as it Is.
Page 31 - Containing a Copious Glossary of Indian Terms, and a Complete Chronological Index of Events, to aid the Aspirant for Public Examinations. Third edition. 1 vol.
Page 13 - ... Courts-Martial. 4. Courts of Inquiry. 5. Courts of Inquest. 6. Courts of Request. 7. Forms of Courts-Martial. 8. Precedents of Military Law. 9. Trials of Arson to Rape (Alphabetically arranged.) 10. Rebellions.