rajendersingh
August 10th, 2003, 09:29 PM
dear all ,i was just going through a very rare book:military memoirs of lieut. col. james skinner, c. b. by j baillie fraser,esq.
as many of us know about the exploits of col james skinner. his father hercules was the one who came to india, and married a rajput lady. there the true story starts.james and roberts were two sons of hercules.i am going to write about james the prominent one.
james joined marathas and he was not considered at par with white sahibs because of his skin.after serving the marathas he had to join the company. the famous gen lake was the one under whom he fought all the battles henceforth.
col james skinner whose regiment is known as skinners horse as on date in indian army, did very well in all those years of termoil for the english.
in this book every battle ,even the smallest one is described in detail.he talks very high of gen lake and why not he got india to them.
in this book when deeg is discussed, skinner says that DEEG WAS A TAUNT FOR THEM FOR MANY YEARS .it is the only battle about which no detailes is given .to hide that taunt gore sahib ensured that comming generations should never know the truth.simply by not writing any thing about it
as many of us know about the exploits of col james skinner. his father hercules was the one who came to india, and married a rajput lady. there the true story starts.james and roberts were two sons of hercules.i am going to write about james the prominent one.
james joined marathas and he was not considered at par with white sahibs because of his skin.after serving the marathas he had to join the company. the famous gen lake was the one under whom he fought all the battles henceforth.
col james skinner whose regiment is known as skinners horse as on date in indian army, did very well in all those years of termoil for the english.
in this book every battle ,even the smallest one is described in detail.he talks very high of gen lake and why not he got india to them.
in this book when deeg is discussed, skinner says that DEEG WAS A TAUNT FOR THEM FOR MANY YEARS .it is the only battle about which no detailes is given .to hide that taunt gore sahib ensured that comming generations should never know the truth.simply by not writing any thing about it