A New Hero in India The Grant Exploit in Manipur
A detailed account of Lieut Grant of the Second Burmah regiment leading 80 troops against Manipuri forces at Taummu and Manipur. He marches with Gurkhas, fights through entrenched positions, and captures a long enemy fort despite shortages. Grant earns the Victoria Cross and a major's commission, while relief arrives after a tense retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Britain
India
Black Watch
Gourkas
Taummu
Burmah
Manipur
Tammu
Tummu
C. J. W. Grant
Government of India
Grant
Grimwood
Lieut
Fort Thomas
Lieut. Grant
Rah
England
Thobas
Manipuri
Colummn
Capt. Presgrave
Presgrave
Patel
Gronvk Ll. Kilmer
Why They Stopped and Other Comic Snippets
A collage of humorous vignettes and quotes from periodicals. Includes anecdotes about brothers late from school and a boy admitting he stopped to watch a fight, playful classroom scenes, quirks of servants, comic opera touring, and light social jests from Harper’s Bazar and New York papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Bobby
Mammy
Gothamite
New York Herald
Africa
New York Sun
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Chicago Mail
Barclay
Miss Bray
Harper
Texas
Harper's Bazar
The
Ayer
William H. Quartly
Minlaton
Australia
T. J. Macmurray
Ripley
Ohio
C. N. Nichols
Baptist Church
No. Tisbury, Mass
Helena, Mont
Ed A. K. Prescott
Lower Montana
Smutte - Mont
James Twiford
Helena
Montana
Lower Main Street
New Merchant's Hotel
Broadway
Dillon Tribune
Merchant’s Hotel Co. Joux G. Vawrer, Sec’y and Treas
Hei
Neil
Inio
N. Ewine
St. Helena, Montana
C. H. Dogge
General Agency
ND Novelty Co
Clark St
Chicago
Fox
Augusta
Maine
Singer Manufacturing Co
Dillon
Mont
Rey
San Francisco Chronicle
California
Oregon
Bood & Peterson
Wilson, Montana
United States
Hiew
Missoula
George Haltenhoff
Silvertow
John Wenger
Niels Nielen
August Wenger
Jergen Jergenson
All of Wisdom
Rupert Fisner
Register
Kippling
Mandel
Conan Doyle
Bret Harte
Thomas Hardy
Walter Besant
Olive Schreiner
Ambrose Tierce
M. Quad
New York Story Club
Ceives
Atheneum Book League
Kre
Omance
Atheneum Nook League
Romance Publishing .C
Astor Place
New York
J. W. Buel
Savage Lands
Pacific Publishing
Alpswerth Block
Portland
Ore
United States Land Office
John Henry Longmaid
Bannack
Montena
Congress
Beaverhead County
Recorder of
Tannack
Golden Leaf
Junction Mill
Thaaix
LIMA
Eugene A. Baily
Lima, Montana
John A. Clinton
Lima, Mont
Ping
Ditton Brick Yard
M. J. McCune
Aehio
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Denver
Colo
Wyncoop Sts
O. E. Morse
Attacameats
Home Sewing Machine CO
Orange
Union Square W
Santrincisco
Mute
O. E. Mors
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