Private Waterfield in Multan - 3 January, 1849

from Memoir of Private Waterfield, 3 Jan. 1849, pages 82-83:

We commenced laying siege to the fort this morning...We were relived by a Regiment of sepoys... Our band came to meet us, and with our captured colours wantoning in the breeze, we marched to camp to the tune of the 'British Grenadiers'.
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Private Waterfield, Memoir of Private Waterfield, 3 Jan. 1849. In Donald Scott and Arthur Swinson (ed.), The memoirs of Private Waterfield, soldier in Her Majesty's 32nd Regiment of Foot (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry),1842-57 (London, 1968), p. 82-83. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1386420090695 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Multan

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The British Grenadiers performed by band of the 32nd Regiment of Foot

Experience Information

Date/Time 3 January, 1849
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by th4 on Sat, 07 Dec 2013 12:41:30 +0000