General Lord Wolseley of Cairo a Memoir
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THE SACK OF THE KAISER BAGH.
ing timber, they reached the enclosure of the Kaiser Bagh, Avhere they found that the remainder of the 90th Regiment were already established, they having rushed in by one entry ^vhile the Sikhs and loth Foot effected an entrance by another. The scene that presented itself to Captain Wolse- ley's eyes within the building, or rather collection of palaces, courts, and gardens, which for magnificence and costliness of fittings enjoyed a reputation that was not belied b...y the reality, baffles description.
The Kaiser Bagh was given up to plunder, and there ensued a scene of vandalism and wilful destruction paral- leled in those pages of Gibbon wherein he describes the sack of Ctesiphon, in the year 627, by the Saracenic hordes led by the ruthless Caliph Omar. Sikh and Briton vied with each other, as with clubbed muskets they shivered to frag- ments the costly glass chandeliers, battered to pieces the statues and gilt furniture, and strewed the floor with the mirrors they could not remove.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
THE SACK OF THE KAISER BAGH.
ing timber, they reached the enclosure of the Kaiser Bagh, Avhere they found that the remainder of the 90th Regiment were already established, they having rushed in by one entry ^vhile the Sikhs and loth Foot effected an entrance by another. The scene that presented itself to Captain Wolse- ley's eyes within the building, or rather collection of palaces, courts, and gardens, which for magnificence and costliness of fittings enjoyed a reputation that was not belied b...y the reality, baffles description.
The Kaiser Bagh was given up to plunder, and there ensued a scene of vandalism and wilful destruction paral- leled in those pages of Gibbon wherein he describes the sack of Ctesiphon, in the year 627, by the Saracenic hordes led by the ruthless Caliph Omar. Sikh and Briton vied with each other, as with clubbed muskets they shivered to frag- ments the costly glass chandeliers, battered to pieces the statues and gilt furniture, and strewed the floor with the mirrors they could not remove.
What to read after General Lord Wolseley of Cairo a Memoir?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Rathbone Low to read onlineMoreLess
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