Home > General > Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage-Corps, Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's Attack [In a Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John H
Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage-Corps, Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's Attack [In a Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John H

Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage-Corps, Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's Attack [In a Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John H

          
5
4
3
2
1

Out of Stock


Premium quality
Premium quality
Bookswagon upholds the quality by delivering untarnished books. Quality, services and satisfaction are everything for us!
Easy Return
Easy return
Not satisfied with this product! Keep it in original condition and packaging to avail easy return policy.
Certified product
Certified product
First impression is the last impression! Address the book’s certification page, ISBN, publisher’s name, copyright page and print quality.
Secure Checkout
Secure checkout
Security at its finest! Login, browse, purchase and pay, every step is safe and secured.
Money back guarantee
Money-back guarantee:
It’s all about customers! For any kind of bad experience with the product, get your actual amount back after returning the product.
On time delivery
On-time delivery
At your doorstep on time! Get this book delivered without any delay.
Notify me when this book is in stock
Add to Wishlist

About the Book

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... being equally distributed among the hired followers, would constitute a perpetual guard over these men. Baggage animals would not be driven beyond their powers of endurance, because the regulations of the baggage corps "positively prohibit servants, or any persons with the baggage, to beat or hurry on camels, or to disobey the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the baggage corps, who are to have the entire command of the baggage on the line of march."--(Scinde, G. 0., January, 1845.) Lieutenant-Colonel Burlton says, that--"Sir C. Napier has coloured his pictures so highly, and exaggerated the probable benefits to be derived from the employment of a few hundred disciplined camel-men so greatly, that it is not easy to deal with the question with suitable gravity and decorum!" It was impossible to exaggerate, or too highly to colour, the defects complained of in the army transport department over which this irritated writer so long presided, and consequently it was impossible to exaggerate or overcolour the benefit of any effectual remedy for such scandalous defects and disorder. Sir Charles Napier's statements are all taken from facts which occurred under his own eye, and of which there are official proofs. The advantages of his plan did not consist, as Colonel Burlton insinuates, in "the employment of a few hundred disciplined camel-men" alone, but in the adoption of the most simple and admirable rules for the organisation of every thing connected with the movement of army baggage. These rules have been tested in the field, and it is somewhat curious that at the very moment when Colonel Burlton was inventing a little volume of abuse against them, in Cheltenham, the rules in Scinde were...


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151327451
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 68 gr
  • ISBN-10: 115132745X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm

Related Categories

Similar Products

How would you rate your experience shopping for books on Bookswagon?

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS           
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage-Corps, Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's Attack [In a Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John H
Rarebooksclub.com -
Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage-Corps, Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's Attack [In a Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John H
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage-Corps, Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's Attack [In a Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John H

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book
    Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals

    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!