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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ... taken place. Having to send men away to fetch the awning back was, however, a pretty good proof of the extraordinary violence of such a whirlwind; and the Malays assured me, that through the jungle such a violent squall will cut a lane, felling trees, as if so many woodmen had been 208 THE LAST BROADSIDE. at work. The best term for it, though somewhat more French than English in character, was that used to me some years afterwards by a French naval officer, who, describing the horrors and dangers of a campaign dans les iles de l'Archipel, said, " Ah! mais nous avons eu des vents la! par exemple! des coups de vent effrayants--des vents du diable mon ami!" We sat over our cup of tea discussing whether we should not, after all, have to take an active part in the fall of Quedah, when the black outline of the fort was illumined by flashes of artillery; they lasted some few minutes, and were followed by a dead silence. That volley was the knell of Quedah; for, in a short time, we heard cries, as of men drowning, near the stockade, and a number of my Malays, as well as some of Mr. Barclay's seamen, jumped into the water and swam to the rescue. They happily succeeded in saving six out of a dozen or fourteen men who had tried to swim across the river, but had failed. These men that we had saved were all natives of Upper India, and a fine six-foot fellow, directly he was able to speak, said, " We are the last of the garrison!" Their tale was this: --Two nights ago, under cover of an attempt made by us against the Siamese, THE CHIEF'S ESCAPE. 209 Tonkoo Mahomet Said, Prince Abdullah, and Typeetam, with a select body of men, marched along the low-water mark of the sea, as far as the mouth of the Jurlong river, unseen by us or the Siamese; there they...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781458845405
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 96
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1458845400
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 186 gr

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