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Scraps from My Sabretasche - The Experiences of a Trooper of the 14th Light Dragoons in India & During the Indian Mutiny (Paperback)
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Scraps from My Sabretasche - The Experiences of a Trooper of the 14th Light Dragoons in India & During the Indian Mutiny (Paperback)
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A British light cavalry trooper during the Indian Mutiny
During the early period of the Victorian era the cavalry regiment
to which the author of this book belonged-H. M 14th (King's) Light
Dragoons-had already seen much active service in India. It had
fought with distinction in the bloody conflicts to bring the Sikhs
of the Punjab under the Imperial banner. Young George Stent was
clearly something of a 'lad about town' in civilian life and his
enlistment as a trooper was followed quickly by a voyage to the
sub-continent to join the regiment there. In Stent we are
introduced to a likeable rogue, well able to make good account of
himself in civilian or military life and clearly a man with an eye
for the ladies. He provides the reader with an entertaining and
often humorous account of garrison life in India in the middle part
of the nineteenth century. Soon, however, all thought of the
pleasant diversions of peace time soldiering in cantonments were
banished from the author's mind as they were from the thoughts of
every European. The Indian Mutiny broke out in all its bloody fury
and Stent devoted himself to the role of cavalry trooper engaged in
hard campaigning, battle and retribution. This is an excellent
first-hand account and invaluable reading for all those interested
in the ordinary British soldiers of the Victorian era. Available in
softcover and hardback with dust jacket.
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