Exempel på sepoy

• The sepoys were placed on the right and left in equal divisions.

• The sepoys however seem to have developed cold feet at the last moment.

• He gained a reputation as a linguist and chose to conduct all business with the sepoys in their own language.

• He accepted, and gradually learned the local customs and began training the sepoys.

• The sepoys freed their 85 imprisoned comrades from the jail, along with 800 other prisoners.

• The sepoys also gradually became dissatisfied with various other aspects of army life.

• Loyal sepoys who tried to join them were ordered to go to a safe place to prevent their being confused in the dark with mutineers.

• The cartridges had to bitten open to use the gunpowder, effectively meaning that sepoys would have to bite the lard and tallow.

• A further 184 sepoys were sentenced to terms of imprisonment of up to life.

• Black has a full, standard chess army (sepoys) in the usual position.

• A siege soon ensued and 50 loyal sepoys defended the house against artillery and musketry fire from the rebels.

• The sepoys' officers had attained rank by seniority only and none of them proved to be gifted generals, as opposed to platoon commanders.

• The sepoys there who had hitherto remained aloof from the revolt turned on their officers, a few of whom escaped after the sepoys left to join the looting.

• He claimed that the sepoys had been using cartridges greased with mutton fat for years and that there was therefore no reason to give in now.

• The sepoys returned it, and the contest was continued for about two hours, but at length the sepoys charged the enemy and drove them back into the town.