(Updated on 18th September 2013) INDIAN OCE AN bhortimatamnd Bahadur Shah Zalar LEADERS OF 1857 REVOLT
c 50 BRITISH LEADERS IN 1857 REVOLT
LORD DALHOUSIE Colin Campbell
Lord Canning
Major Wiliams LORD WAREEN ASTLNGES
1864
RifleMusket53 FCR
Builet5 5 0Dia
W A X
Powder 2 Drs.
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1864 FOR 53 Rifle Musket Bullet 550 Dia PowderWAX2Drs. (LATTLG The Enfleld ile
Thls porcussion-lock rifle was produced in the British Ordnance
Factoryat Entield noar London. It came into use in the Britlsh army in 1853. Shortly afterwards it was sent out for trlais for the Company army in india. The 'riling on tho inalde of the barrel made theshot more accurate and gave the weapona greater rango. It wes an enormous improvement on the Brown Bess amooth-bore flinttock musket whlch had been the standard weapon of all Britsh forces slnce the eeriyelghteenth century. Agreased cartridge How It was toaded
Paper case
Powder
Bullet
Grease 2. The soldler tears open the He pours the powder He takes his remrod trom end of the certridge with down themuzzle his teeth. of his its slot beneath the rifle ritle. Then he thrusts the barrel, and rams paper, bullet, stli# wrapped in the bullet and powder to the cartridge paper which makesbottomof the barref. ita tight fit, into the muzzle.
Indians in Kenya - The Politics of Diaspora (Harvard Historical Studies) - Sana Aiyar - 2015 - Harvard University Press - 9780674289888 - Anna's Archive
Indians in Kenya - The Politics of Diaspora (Harvard Historical Studies) - Sana Aiyar - 2015 - Harvard University Press - 9780674289888 - Anna's Archive
