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It was by his command that 50 troops, including 25 Gurkhas of 1st / 9th Gurkha Rifles, 25 Pathans and Baluch of 54th Sikhs and 59th Sindh Rifles, all armed with. 303 Lee-Enfield rifles opened fire on a gathering of unarmed civilians, including women and children, at the Jallianwalla Bagh in what came to be known later as the Amritsar massacre.
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He had looked over my forms and was impressed by what he had seen there ; ;
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It was secured by an oversized padlock.
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They never troubled themselves about us while we were playing, because the fence formed such a definite boundary and `` Don't go outside the gate '' was a command so impossible of misinterpretation.
In any event, the critical productivity of that time is abundant proof that if he was taking laudanum, it was never in command of him to the extent that it had been during his vagrant years.
To consolidate what her Navy had won, the Czarina was fortunate that, for the first time in Russian history, her land forces enjoyed absolute unity of command under her favorite Giaour.
But he was perpetually engaged in a battle to command his own temper.
In his absence, the rifle regiment was under the command of Major Thomas Posey, another able Virginian.
Mr. Gorboduc was finally in command of his mind again.
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The husky 6-3, 205-pound lefthander, was in command all the way before an on-the-scene audience of only 949 and countless of television viewers in the Denver area.
And He laid down for him certain conditions: so that, if he kept the command of God, then he would always remain as he was, that is, immortal ; ;
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Hooker was routed by Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, but continued to command his troops for some weeks.
Meade's failure to capture Lee's army as it retreated from Gettysburg, and the continued passivity of the Army of the Potomac, persuaded Lincoln that a change in command was needed.
Gen. Felix Huston, challenging each other for the command of the Texas Army ; Johnston refused to fire on Huston and lost the position after he was wounded in the pelvis.
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Gen. John B. Floyd, who was to take command at Fort Donelson as the senior general present just before Brig.
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