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41. Mss Eur B214/5/20

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Mss Eur B214/5/20
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Enemy thoroughly defeated on 14 Jul. Severe casualties, among them several officers. All chance of an immediate assault at an end and the Field Force will probably remain in camp there until strengthened for a regular siege.
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India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1857
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42. Mss Eur B214/5/21

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Mss Eur B214/5/21
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Description of Baird Smith's daily routine Dated as: Delhi 16 Jul 1857
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
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43. Mss Eur B214/5/22

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Mss Eur B214/5/22
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General Reed has resigned command of the Force, and is leaving for the hills with several of the staff. Brigadier Wilson is to be the new commander with the rank of Brigadier-General. Baird Smith is glad that in the commander 'we have at last a man'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1857
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44. Mss Eur B214/5/23

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Mss Eur B214/5/23
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An interview with the General on 17 Jul. Baird Smith agrees with General Wilson that an assault would now be dangerous as they have lost too many men in Brigadier Chamberlain's two excursions. Baird Smith suggested the army should maintain its grip on Delhi until strong enough in men and materia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
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Unspecified

45. Mss Eur B214/5/24

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Mss Eur B214/5/24
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Condition of Lieutenant E. Jones. Another encounter with the enemy - few casualties. Dated as: Delhi 19 Jul 1857
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
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46. Mss Eur B214/5/25

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Mss Eur B214/5/25
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Baird Smith promises not to conceal facts from his wife. Captain Spring's encounter with the mutineers at Jhelum. Lieutenant Thomas E. Dickins wounded in the head. Dated as: nd [? 20 Jul 1857]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[? 20 Jul 1857]
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47. Mss Eur B214/5/26

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Mss Eur B214/5/26
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All quiet, and the persistence and vigour of enemy attacks has demolished. Baird Smith's disgust with a campaign he consults the result of 'a gigantic blunder of our own, growing for years'. News of events in Cawnpore and of General Havelock's Victory at Fatehpur. Dated as: Delhi 29 Jul 1857
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
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Unspecified

48. Mss Eur B214/5/27

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Mss Eur B214/5/27
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General Wilson's illness. The enemy quiet. Dated as: nd [? 30 Jul 1857]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[? 30 Jul 1857]
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49. Mss Eur B214/5/28

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Mss Eur B214/5/28
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Family news. The enemy have come out in force, but their intentions are not yet plain. Dated as: Camp Delhi
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
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Unspecified
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50. Mss Eur B214/5/29

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Mss Eur B214/5/29
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Enemy attack on 31 Jul in an attempt to intercept a large convoy that was to come in that morning. Baird Smith's interview with the General, who was still not quite recovered, he advised more rigorous measures that the General was prepared for. Dated as: Camp Delhi 1 Aug 1857
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
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