See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SIR ROBERT HENRY SALE (1782—1845)

SALE (1782—1845)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, entered the 36th See also:

• FOOT

Foot in 1795, and went to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in 1798, as a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of the 12th Foot . His See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment formed See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• BAIRD, HENRY MARTYN (1832—1906)
• BAIRD, JAMES (1802—1876)
• BAIRD, SIR DAVID (1757—1829)
• BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON (1823--1887)

Baird's See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade of See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris's See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army operating against Tippoo See also:

• SAHIB

Sahib, and See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

Sale was See also:

• PRESENT

present at Mallavelly (Mallawalli) and See also:

• SERINGAPATAM, or SRIRANGAPATANA

Seringapatam, subsequently serving under See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against Dhundia . A little later the 12th was employed in the difficult and laborious attack on Paichi See also:

• RAJA

Raja . Promoted See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in 1806, Sale was engaged in 1808—1809 against the Raja of See also:

• TRAVANCORE

Travancore, and was at the two actions of See also:

• QUILON

Quilon, the See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm of Travancore lines and the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Killianore . In 1810 he accompanied the expedition to See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius, and in 1813 obtained his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority . After some years he became See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major in the 13th, with which regiment he was for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life associated . In the Burmese See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he led the 13th in all the actions up to the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• RANGOON

Rangoon, in one of which he killed the enemy's See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in single combat . In the concluding operations of the war, being now lieutenant-colonel, he commanded a brigade, and at 1blalown (1826) he was severely wounded . For these services he received the C.B . In 1838, on the outbreak of the Afghan War, See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

Brevet-Colonel Sale was assigned to the command of the 1st See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal brigade of the army assembling on the See also:

• INDUS

Indus . His See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column arrived at See also:

• KANDAHAR

Kandahar in See also:

• APRIL

April 1839, and in May it occupied the See also:

• HERAT

Herat See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . The Kandahar force next set out on its See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march to See also:

• KABUL

Kabul, and a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month later See also:

• GHAZNI

Ghazni was stormed, Sale in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person leading the storming column and distinguishing himself in single combat .

The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was well provisioned, and on its supplies the army finished its march to Kabul easily . For his services Sale was made K.C.B. and received the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, as well as the Shah's See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the Duranee See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . He was See also:

• LEFT

left, as second-in-command, with the army of occupation, and in the See also:

• INTERVAL

interval between the two See also:

• WARS

wars conducted several small See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns ending with the See also:

• ACTION

action of Parwan which led directly to the surrender of Dost Mahommed . By this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the army had settled down to the quiet life of cantonments, and See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Sale and her daughter came to Kabul . But the policy of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in stopping the See also:

• SUBSIDY (through Fr. from Lat. subsidium, reserve troops, aid, assistance, from subsidere, literally " to sit or remain behind or in reserve,")

subsidy to the frontier tribes roused them into hostility, and Sale's brigade received orders to clear the See also:

• LINE

line of communication to See also:

• PESHAWAR

Peshawar . After severe fighting Sale entered See also:

• JALALABAD, or JELLALABAD

Jalalabad on the 12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1841 . Ten days previously he had received See also:

• NEWS

news of the See also:

• MURDER

murder of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• BURNES, SIR ALEXANDER (1805–1841)

Burnes, along with orders to return with all See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed to Kabul . These orders he, for various reasons, decided to ignore; suppressing his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• DESIRE

desire to return to protect his wife and See also:

• FAMILY

family, he gave orders to push on, and on occupying Jalalabad at once set about making the old and See also:

• HALF

half-ruined fortress See also:

• FIT

fit to stand a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege . There followed a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close and severe investment rather than a siege, and the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison's sorties were made usually with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of obtaining supplies . At last See also:

• POLLOCK

Pollock and the relieving army appeared, only to find that the garrison had on the 7th of April 1842 relieved itself by a brilliant and completely successful attack on See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar's lines . Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Sale received the G.C.B.; a See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal was struck for all ranks of defenders, and salutes fired at every large See also:

• CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment in India . Pollock and Sale after a time took the offensive, and after the victory of Haft Kotal, Sale's See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division encamped at Kabul again .

At the end of the war Sale received the thanks of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . In 1845, as quartermaster-general to Sir H . See also:

• GOUGH, HUGH GOUGH, VISCOUNT (1779-1869)
• GOUGH, JOHN BARTHOLOMEW (1817-1886)
• GOUGH, RICHARD (1735-1809)

Gough's army, Sale again took the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field . At See also:

• MOODKEE, or MUDKI

Moodkee (Mudki) he was mortally wounded, and he died on the 21st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1845 . His wife, who shared with him the dangers and hardships of the Afghan war, was amongst Akbar's captives . Amongst the few possessions she was able to keep from Afghan plunderers was her See also:

• DIARY

diary (See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of the Disasters in See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1843) . See See also:

• GLEIG, GEORGE (1753-1840)

Gleig, Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan (London, 1846) ; See also:

• KAYE, SIR JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1876)

Kaye, Lives of Indian See also:

• OFFICERS

Officers(London, 1867) ; W . Sale, See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

Defence of Jellalabad (London, 1846); Regimental See also:

• HISTORY

History of the 13th See also:

• LIGHT

Light See also:

• INFANTRY

Infantry .