Through the Sikh War

A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub

by G. A. Henty

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Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub is by G. A. Henty. The preface says that among the many wars by which, province by province, the Empire of India was won, few, if any, were more brilliant and hard fought than those which terminated in the annexation of the Punjaub. The text shows Harcourt telling Groves that the ward-room, as they called it, is their palace, a bit of a hole in comparison with the saloon, but a snug little den, too, when everything is going on well and everyone is in good temper.

A speaker says that people report as many as two hundred disbanded soldiers lurking among the woods and bushes between this and the next town, and that the Sirdar Lal Mizrah, moved by the complaints of the country people, cleared the road of them a few days since. The text says that on the 30th of March the governor-general issued a proclamation declaring the Punjaub annexed to the British dominions in India.

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G. A. Henty

G. A. Henty (1832-1902) was an English novelist and war correspondent, the most prolific and popular author of boys' historical adventure novels in the late Victorian era.