SAUGOR, C.P. — A STORY OF 1857 . 
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(2.) When dealing with an Asiatic enemy never hesitate to take 
the initiative, unless, of course, the odds against you are 
fearful; but even then, a display of boldness will some¬ 
times overawe ten or twenty times your own strength. 
Whatever you do, never forget how readily the Afghans forfeited 
their Treaty pledges in 1841-2, and the wretch Nana Sahib (an 
educated man), and our own trusted Sepoys and Sowars at Cawnpore 
in 1857. 
P.S .—The foregoing narrative was written at the request of relations. 
Though rather personal, the writer thought its perusal might prove 
interesting to some brother officers, and with this view the paper was 
offered to the R.A. Institution. 
